> So, I'm basically looking for an automatic way for POV
> to run and trace a certain image every time the computer
> starts up...

Perhaps if you put a shortcut to povray in the startup menu, using the
shortcut properties to specify certain command line parameters?

Or maybe you could set povray to *render* a file when it's opened rather
than open it in the editor, and then just put a shortcut to the file in the
starup menu?

 - Slime
[ http://www.slimeland.com/ ]

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Hm. Interesting ideas. I'll look into those...
Thanks!

Slime wrote:

> > So, I'm basically looking for an automatic way for POV
> > to run and trace a certain image every time the computer
> > starts up...
>
> Perhaps if you put a shortcut to povray in the startup menu, using the
> shortcut properties to specify certain command line parameters?
>
> Or maybe you could set povray to *render* a file when it's opened rather
> than open it in the editor, and then just put a shortcut to the file in the
> starup menu?
>
>  - Slime
> [ http://www.slimeland.com/ ]

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Homepage: http://www.digitaltwilight.de/no_lights/index.html
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In article <3CE8E511.8384AF23@gmx.de>, tim### [at] gmxde says...
> Hm. Interesting ideas. I'll look into those...
> Thanks!
> 
> Slime wrote:
> 
> > > So, I'm basically looking for an automatic way for POV
> > > to run and trace a certain image every time the computer
> > > starts up...
> >
> > Perhaps if you put a shortcut to povray in the startup menu, using the
> > shortcut properties to specify certain command line parameters?
> >
> > Or maybe you could set povray to *render* a file when it's opened rather
> > than open it in the editor, and then just put a shortcut to the file in the
> > starup menu?
> >
> >  - Slime
> > [ http://www.slimeland.com/ ]
> 
> --
> Tim Nikias
> Homepage: http://www.digitaltwilight.de/no_lights/index.html
> Email: Tim### [at] gmxde
> 
> 
>

How did you go, Tim?  I took a different path and experimented with 
running it directly from the registry.

First create a POV ini file called (eg.) "D:\Graphics\RunRender.ini", 
containing the file to render plus any options you want, eg:
  Height=480
  Width=640
  Input_File_Name="D:\Graphics\PoV Projects\thing.pov"
  Continue_Trace=on

Then to place a startup command in the Registry.  To make it easier to 
load (if you choose to do this), create a text file called
"PoV-Render.reg", with contents (example below) matching your own 
directory paths.  You can then simply double-click the REG file you 
created to merge it into your registry, without having to run Regedit.

You only need to do this once, but there is no harm in subsequently re-
editing the .REG file and re-loading it, if you wish to change the 
registry value.

The following is how Regedit exported my own Registry value to the
PoV-Render.reg text file, including the double-slash escape sequences.  
[the last "two" lines are actually a single line, with a space between 
"Windows" and "v3.5".]

--cut--
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"PoV-Ray Render"="D:\\Program Files\\POV-Ray for Windows 
v3.5\\bin\\pvengine.exe D:\\Graphics\\RunRender"
--cut--

To change your scene or options, just edit the RunRender.INI file.

To disable or re-enable it, simply use the msconfig utility:- a "PoV-Ray 
Render" tick option is now in the "startup" tab!

Cheers,
   Brian.
-- 
"Strictly UNIX"    To dance is to live.
bel### [at] gilcomau

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Well, I didn't have to do it for the image I was working on. It took
only two days, which I could judge from when it started, so I told
myself I could keep it running. If at some point I'll need waaaaay
longer than that, then I'd be fumbling with startup etc...

But I'll keep your method in mind (and on disk) in case I need it...

Brian Elliott wrote:

> In article <3CE8E511.8384AF23@gmx.de>, tim### [at] gmxde says...
> > Hm. Interesting ideas. I'll look into those...
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Slime wrote:
> >
> > > > So, I'm basically looking for an automatic way for POV
> > > > to run and trace a certain image every time the computer
> > > > starts up...
> > >
> > > Perhaps if you put a shortcut to povray in the startup menu, using the
> > > shortcut properties to specify certain command line parameters?
> > >
> > > Or maybe you could set povray to *render* a file when it's opened rather
> > > than open it in the editor, and then just put a shortcut to the file in the
> > > starup menu?
> > >
> > >  - Slime
> > > [ http://www.slimeland.com/ ]
> >
> > --
> > Tim Nikias
> > Homepage: http://www.digitaltwilight.de/no_lights/index.html
> > Email: Tim### [at] gmxde
> >
> >
> >
>
> How did you go, Tim?  I took a different path and experimented with
> running it directly from the registry.
>
> First create a POV ini file called (eg.) "D:\Graphics\RunRender.ini",
> containing the file to render plus any options you want, eg:
>   Height=480
>   Width=640
>   Input_File_Name="D:\Graphics\PoV Projects\thing.pov"
>   Continue_Trace=on
>
> Then to place a startup command in the Registry.  To make it easier to
> load (if you choose to do this), create a text file called
> "PoV-Render.reg", with contents (example below) matching your own
> directory paths.  You can then simply double-click the REG file you
> created to merge it into your registry, without having to run Regedit.
>
> You only need to do this once, but there is no harm in subsequently re-
> editing the .REG file and re-loading it, if you wish to change the
> registry value.
>
> The following is how Regedit exported my own Registry value to the
> PoV-Render.reg text file, including the double-slash escape sequences.
> [the last "two" lines are actually a single line, with a space between
> "Windows" and "v3.5".]
>
> --cut--
> REGEDIT4
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
> "PoV-Ray Render"="D:\\Program Files\\POV-Ray for Windows
> v3.5\\bin\\pvengine.exe D:\\Graphics\\RunRender"
> --cut--
>
> To change your scene or options, just edit the RunRender.INI file.
>
> To disable or re-enable it, simply use the msconfig utility:- a "PoV-Ray
> Render" tick option is now in the "startup" tab!
>
> Cheers,
>    Brian.
> --
> "Strictly UNIX"    To dance is to live.
> bel### [at] gilcomau

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Tim Nikias
Homepage: http://www.digitaltwilight.de/no_lights/index.html
Email: Tim### [at] gmxde

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