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19 Apr 2024 22:28:04 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Executing POV from Visual Basic  
From: Orionis
Date: 29 Jun 2009 06:25:00
Message: <web.4a4895c5e18746bd5430b1600@news.povray.org>
> You will have to make a call to the Windows API to run the povray binary,
> passing the .pov filename and the name for a temporary output file as command
> line parameters; same for resolution and AA options and the like. You should
> also specify the "/EXIT" command line parameter, and make sure POV-Ray is
> configured to allow for multiple instances. You'll then have to wait for
> POV-Ray to terminate, and then read in the temporary output file.

Thanks for your prompt answer.
I will study the command line format (and the Windows Shell) to see if can do
that.
I guess it is not so easy.


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