Is there a command-line version of Pov-Ray 3.01 for Win95 that lets you
edit the source file in a DOS box and display the rendering image in a
separate window?  (Something similar to what the new version of Polyray
1.8A does.)


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Anthony C. D'Agostino wrote:
> 
> Is there a command-line version of Pov-Ray 3.01 for Win95 that lets you
> edit the source file in a DOS box and display the rendering image in a
> separate window?  (Something similar to what the new version of Polyray
> 1.8A does.)

Not sure this is what you want, but you can try
calling pvengine.exe /EXIT, with the right parameters, especially those
concerning pause at end of trace.

I may be completely wrong in what I understood, but in this case just
tell me.
  B-o-b

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Anthony C. D'Agostino wrote:
> 
> Is there a command-line version of Pov-Ray 3.01 for Win95 that lets you
> edit the source file in a DOS box and display the rendering image in a
> separate window?  (Something similar to what the new version of Polyray
> 1.8A does.)
> 
> ---------------------
> Anthony C. D'Agostino
> sco### [at] csicom
> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/scorpius
> Home of the finest ray-traced puzzles rendered with POV-Ray.
In fact this has been done from program code in the
Calimax modeler
It actually opens PovWin with a command line using 
several options-flags.
go to
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Andreas_Koepke/homepage.htm
download and have a look how it works

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I have also been looking for this. A 32 bit version of povray3.1g that 
renders either in a dos window or console window(basicly the same thing). I 
would actually prefere no window.



sco### [at] csicom (Anthony C. D'Agostino) wrote in 
<01bceb08$a4b321c0$LocalHost@uymfdlvk>:

>Is there a command-line version of Pov-Ray 3.01 for Win95 that lets you
>edit the source file in a DOS box and display the rendering image in a
>separate window?  (Something similar to what the new version of Polyray
>1.8A does.)
>
>
>---------------------
>Anthony C. D'Agostino
>sco### [at] csicom
>http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/scorpius
>Home of the finest ray-traced puzzles rendered with POV-Ray.
>
>
>

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Maybe even run it as a service on WinNT or Win2000?

On 24 Jul 2000 11:24:28 -0400, lav### [at] hotmailcom (lavender)
wrote:

>I have also been looking for this. A 32 bit version of povray3.1g that 
>renders either in a dos window or console window(basicly the same thing). I 
>would actually prefere no window.
>
>
>
>sco### [at] csicom (Anthony C. D'Agostino) wrote in 
><01bceb08$a4b321c0$LocalHost@uymfdlvk>:
>
>>Is there a command-line version of Pov-Ray 3.01 for Win95 that lets you
>>edit the source file in a DOS box and display the rendering image in a
>>separate window?  (Something similar to what the new version of Polyray
>>1.8A does.)
>>
>>
>>---------------------
>>Anthony C. D'Agostino
>>sco### [at] csicom
>>http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/scorpius
>>Home of the finest ray-traced puzzles rendered with POV-Ray.
>>
>>
>>

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>Maybe even run it as a service on WinNT or Win2000?

I would be very wary of running POV under the LocalSystem account on NT.
To run it under another account, you'd have to find some way to communicate
with it from your logged-in session, since services running under other
accounts can't access the desktop.

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Ron Parker   http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
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This seems to be an old thread, but I agree with Ron and wouldn't recommend
using the LocalSystem account for PoV. If you create another account you can
communicate with it as a service indirectly through the schedule service,
but that requires administrative priveleges. If you're on a network and
security is any concern, I wouldn't recommend any of it.


bat### [at] cadronhsacom


Ron Parker wrote in message ...

>>Maybe even run it as a service on WinNT or Win2000?
>
>I would be very wary of running POV under the LocalSystem account on NT.
>To run it under another account, you'd have to find some way to communicate
>with it from your logged-in session, since services running under other
>accounts can't access the desktop.
>
>--
>Ron Parker   http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
>My opinions.  Mine.  Not anyone else's.

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