POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : Auto render off (but still on) : Re: Auto render off (but still on) Server Time
5 Oct 2024 16:00:13 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Auto render off (but still on)  
From: Trevor G Quayle
Date: 28 Sep 2009 19:30:01
Message: <web.4ac145dda3ae398ec67b294d0@news.povray.org>
"Darats" <damien___@hotmail.com> wrote:
> "Trevor G Quayle" <Tin### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> > "Darats" <damien___@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've a problem with the auto-render feature, I disabled it but every time I
> > > double-click on a pov-ray file, it just opens pov-ray and still start rendering.
> > > I would like to open every file just into the Editor and be able to start the
> > > rendering only manually.
> > >
> > > I've checked and the Autorender is 0 (off).
> > >
> > > Could you please help me ?
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot.
> >
> > The Auto-Render setting under the Render file menu is for the File Queue (see
> > 1.5.7.6 in the docs)
> >
> > Assuming you are using windows (likely), it sounds like it is just your file
> > association.
> >
> > When you left click on the file there should be 2 options with one in bold:
> >
> > Edit with in POV-Ray
> > Render with POV-Ray
> >
> > the bolded one is the default and it sound like it's set to render.
> >
> > If you don't know how to change this:
> > In Windows Explorer, go to the menu item [Tools/Folder Options...]
> > In the "File Types" tab, find POV extension, click "Advanced"
> > Select the "Edit in POV-Ray" action and click "set default"
> > Done!, click OK
> >
> > -tgq
>
> Thanks a lot, I see what you means with XP, but in fact I'm running Seven. Do
> you have any clue haw to do it with this OS (I think I should be the same as
> Vista).

No idea.  I windows explorer not the same or similar?  I'm familiar with XP, not
Vista or 7.

-tgq


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