[solved] Is using IrfanView as Plugin supposed to work?

[rachman]

I have read it somewhere that IrfanView 64-bit doesn't support yet as plugin for TC. I just tried TC 9.0a 32-bit with IrfanView 4.44 as plugin on VM Win7 32-bit, but it doesn't seem work. Is it supposed to work with latest version of both software? How to know when it does work? thanks. regards :)

[ghisler(Author)]

No, IrfanView 64-bit doesn't work with TC 9.0a because it returns wrong parameters (displaced by 4 bytes because it sends 64-bit handle instead of 32-bit). You can either install IrfanView 32-bit in addition to 64-bit and use it with TC, or try TC 9.10 beta.

[rachman]

Here is my setting
[img]https://i.imgur.com/Ao07Z2s.png[/img]

Location of IrfanView
[img]https://i.imgur.com/NhsstUv.png[/img]

and here is F3 view example
[img]https://i.imgur.com/M6hmduT.png[/img]

Looks like it doesn't work
I tried this with TC v9.10B2 32-bit on Win 8.1 64-bit

[petermad]

Made the links clickable:

Here is my setting
Image: https://i.imgur.com/Ao07Z2s.png

Location of IrfanView
Image: https://i.imgur.com/NhsstUv.png

and here is F3 view example
Image: https://i.imgur.com/M6hmduT.png

Looks like it doesn't work
I tried this with TC v9.10B2 32-bit on Win 8.1 64-bit

[ghisler(Author)]

jpg files are not loaded via Irfanview, TC loads bmp, jpg and gif internally.

If you want to load jpg via IView, you need to add the line
IViewAdditionalTypes=*.jpg
to section [Lister] in wincmd.ini. If it is missing, add it at the end.

[rachman]

@petermad thank you :)

@ghisler yes, that solved my problem. thank you :)

[BlueSky20008]

I tried with Totalcmd-x86 v9.22a with xnview or iview x86 then IviewAdditionalTypes attribute works well on Windows 10x64.
But when I use Totalcmd-x64 v9.22a with xnview(x86 or x64) or IrfanView (x86 or x64) on Windows 10x64 then it does not work.

Is it a bug or limitation in x64?

[Horst.Epp]

I tried with Totalcmd-x86 v9.22a with xnview or iview x86 then IviewAdditionalTypes attribute works well on Windows 10x64.
But when I use Totalcmd-x64 v9.22a with xnview(x86 or x64) or IrfanView (x86 or x64) on Windows 10x64 then it does not work.

Is it a bug or limitation in x64?

Not a bug nor limitation.
It works fine here with actual x64 version of IrfanView

[BlueSky20008]

I tried with Totalcmd-x86 v9.22a with xnview or iview x86 then IviewAdditionalTypes attribute works well on Windows 10x64.
But when I use Totalcmd-x64 v9.22a with xnview(x86 or x64) or IrfanView (x86 or x64) on Windows 10x64 then it does not work.

Is it a bug or limitation in x64?

Not a bug nor limitation works fine here with actual x64 version of IrfanView

I have 2 PCs and they cannot work with totalcdm x64 on Win10x64 with IrfanView x64. This is my setting in wincmd.ini
[Lister]
IView=1
IViewPath=%COMMANDER_PATH%\PortableApps\iview\i_view64.exe
IViewAdditionalTypes=*.jpg *.png *heic *.bmp

I tried totalcmd x86 with IrfanView x86 then it works well

[Horst.Epp]

I tried with Totalcmd-x86 v9.22a with xnview or iview x86 then IviewAdditionalTypes attribute works well on Windows 10x64.
But when I use Totalcmd-x64 v9.22a with xnview(x86 or x64) or IrfanView (x86 or x64) on Windows 10x64 then it does not work.

Is it a bug or limitation in x64?

Not a bug nor limitation works fine here with actual x64 version of IrfanView

I have 2 PCs and they cannot work with totalcdm x64 on Win10x64 with IrfanView x64. This is my setting in wincmd.ini
[Lister]
IView=1
IViewPath=%COMMANDER_PATH%\PortableApps\iview\i_view64.exe
IViewAdditionalTypes=*.jpg *.png *heic *.bmp

I tried totalcmd x86 with IrfanView x86 then it works well

May be a problem with your portable apps version of IrfanView ?
There is no need for any portabel apps with IrfanView, it has its own portable version.
Also I see a missing "." for heic files in your IViewAdditionalTypes line.

[BlueSky20008]

Not a bug nor limitation works fine here with actual x64 version of IrfanView

I have 2 PCs and they cannot work with totalcdm x64 on Win10x64 with IrfanView x64. This is my setting in wincmd.ini
[Lister]
IView=1
IViewPath=%COMMANDER_PATH%\PortableApps\iview\i_view64.exe
IViewAdditionalTypes=*.jpg *.png *heic *.bmp

I tried totalcmd x86 with IrfanView x86 then it works well

May be a problem with your portable apps version of IrfanView ?
There is no need for any portabel apps with IrfanView, it has its own portable version.
Also I see a missing "." for heic files in your IViewAdditionalTypes line.

PortableApps folder is only name I named. I download portable version of Irfanview from its site.
We can bypass *heic because rarely have heic files. I only press F3 and Crtl+Q for png/jpg file

[ghisler(Author)]

Are you perhaps running Total Commander x64 with elevated rights (As Administrator)? Then the communication with Irfanview/Xnview will not work if it was already open.

[BlueSky20008]

I always run totalcmd x64 with normal mode but it always use Imagine plugin to view with F3 and Ctrl+Q instead of IrfanView/iview in setting

[ghisler(Author)]

Yes, plugins take precedence over loading via Irfanview/Xnview.

[DrShark]

IViewAdditionalTypes=*.jpg *.png *heic *.bmp
...
I always run totalcmd x64 with normal mode but it always use Imagine plugin to view with F3 and Ctrl+Q instead of IrfanView/iview in setting

Try to add in [Lister] section also:

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NoPluginFileTypes=*.jpg *.png *.heic *.bmp

This way TC should use internal viewer at first, and use plugin only after pressing "4" key.