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jimberry

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Making a multi-skin album in one pass
Posted: 26 Jul 06, 16:08
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Some posters have asked for the ability to create multiple galleries with different skins as an option in JAlbum, but it is actually quite easy to do that with a batch file like this example

@echo off
echo Hello this is a test batch file
pause
java -Xmx400M -jar "E:\Program Files\JAlbum\JAlbum.jar" -projectFile simple.jap -appendImages
pause
java -Xmx400M -jar "E:\Program Files\JAlbum\JAlbum.jar" -projectFile bpp.jap -appendImages
pause
java -Xmx400M -jar "E:\Program Files\JAlbum\JAlbum.jar" -projectFile bppgrantham.jap
pause
java -Xmx400M -jar "E:\Program Files\JAlbum\JAlbum.jar" -projectFile gallery.jap -appendImages
pause

If anyone is interested, there is some discussion on this at http://jalbum.net/forum/thread.jspa?threadID=9766&start=0&tstart=0

<<<<Added 28/12/2006>>>>>>
See http://jalbum.net/consolemode.jsp for a list of allowed parameters and their defaults

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jimberry

For skin-specific parameters, see David's advice in this thread
http://jalbum.net/forum/thread.jspa?threadID=12593&tstart=0

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MarkE

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Re: Making a multi-skin album in one pass
Posted: 27 Jul 06, 09:04   in response to: jimberry in response to: jimberry
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This is a Top Tip :D
MarkE

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Re: Making a multi-skin album in one pass
Posted: 7 Oct 06, 01:23   in response to: jimberry in response to: jimberry
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The batch approach can also be used in this example : I use Chameleon with a Panoramics album, which consists of 6 (and growing) folders. Originally, I used 6 separate jap files and one Index jap, and ran them individually or all together using a batch file. The 6 japs use different Chameleon styles, and the index has a few more changes.

The problem is this : the Chameleon skin is very much a live project, and is updated often (for which I am very grateful :D ). To keep my album fully up to date means much editing of these 7 jap files, double checking that the right settings are being used etc.

So, for an album like this which has small variations in parameters, I created a "base" jap file and used the command line parameters to make the necessary adjustments. This means that I have only one jap file (and one batch file) to maintain, which should help reduce the work load in the future.

Simple but effective. See http://mworthington.cabspace.com/jalbum/panoramics

The batch file is :

@ECHO OFF
CLS
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO Automatically Process Sub-Projects
ECHO ==================================
ECHO.
REM Use "-appendImages" for "Make Album", leave it out for "Rebuild All".
REM
REM See C:\Program Files\JAlbum\help\consolemode.html
ECHO.
ECHO Do you want to do this?
ECHO.
ECHO Control-C to abort
ECHO.
PAUSE
ECHO.
java -Xmx400M -jar "C:\Program Files\JAlbum\JAlbum.jar" -projectFile "Panoramics.jap" -directory "D:\Mark's JAlbum\Input\Panoramics\England" -outputDirectory "D:\Mark's JAlbum\Output\Panoramics\England" -style BlackBlue.css -appendImages
ECHO.
java -Xmx400M -jar "C:\Program Files\JAlbum\JAlbum.jar" -projectFile "Panoramics.jap" -directory "D:\Mark's JAlbum\Input\Panoramics\Home(s)" -outputDirectory "D:\Mark's JAlbum\Output\Panoramics\Home(s)" -style BlackRed.css -appendImages
ECHO.
java -Xmx400M -jar "C:\Program Files\JAlbum\JAlbum.jar" -projectFile "Panoramics.jap" -directory "D:\Mark's JAlbum\Input\Panoramics\Malta" -outputDirectory "D:\Mark's JAlbum\Output\Panoramics\Malta" -style BlackGold.css -appendImages
ECHO.
java -Xmx400M -jar "C:\Program Files\JAlbum\JAlbum.jar" -projectFile "Panoramics.jap" -directory "D:\Mark's JAlbum\Input\Panoramics\Others" -outputDirectory "D:\Mark's JAlbum\Output\Panoramics\Others" -style BlackTurquoise.css -appendImages
ECHO.
java -Xmx400M -jar "C:\Program Files\JAlbum\JAlbum.jar" -projectFile "Panoramics.jap" -directory "D:\Mark's JAlbum\Input\Panoramics\Skiing" -outputDirectory "D:\Mark's JAlbum\Output\Panoramics\Skiing" -style BlackWorld.css -appendImages
ECHO.
java -Xmx400M -jar "C:\Program Files\JAlbum\JAlbum.jar" -projectFile "Panoramics.jap" -directory "D:\Mark's JAlbum\Input\Panoramics\The Great Outdoors" -outputDirectory "D:\Mark's JAlbum\Output\Panoramics\The Great Outdoors" -style BlackJungle.css -appendImages
ECHO.
java -Xmx400M -jar "C:\Program Files\JAlbum\JAlbum.jar" -projectFile "Panoramics.jap" -directory "D:\Mark's JAlbum\Input\Panoramics" -outputDirectory "D:\Mark's JAlbum\Output\Panoramics" -style Black.css -appendImages -subdirs false -thumbSize 120x120 -cols 5
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO Check Album ....
ECHO.
PAUSE
"D:\Mark's JAlbum\Output\Panoramics\index.html"

Mark

ps, for those who notice, some of the Chameleon styles are my modified ones ...
JeanPierre

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Re: Making a multi-skin album in one pass
Posted: 27 Dec 06, 16:42   in response to: MarkE in response to: MarkE
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Thank for these pieces of information that help me a lot. I am using this instruction
java -Xmx400M -jar "C:\Program Files\JAlbum\JAlbum.jar" -projectFile "FamilleOriginaux.jap" -appendImages
that should correspond to "Make Album" in the standard user interface. What is the instruction for "Rebuild all"?
JeanPierre

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Re: Making a multi-skin album in one pass
Posted: 27 Dec 06, 23:05   in response to: JeanPierre in response to: JeanPierre
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Ok, I solved my problem by removing the -appendImages.
jimberry

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Re: Making a multi-skin album in one pass
Posted: 27 Dec 06, 23:07   in response to: JeanPierre in response to: JeanPierre
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See http://jalbum.net/consolemode.jsp for a list of allowed parameters and their defaults

For skin-specific parameters, see David's advice in this thread
http://jalbum.net/forum/thread.jspa?threadID=12593&tstart=0

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alan927

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Re: Making a multi-skin album in one pass
Posted: 16 Apr 07, 01:53   in response to: jimberry in response to: jimberry
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I'm just now writing my first .cmd file for JAlbum. It runs OK, but it's only using about 50% of CPU so it appears to be only running 1 thread. Any ideas on running 2 threads from command mode, or should I request a new parameter in the "Feature Requests" forum?
alan927

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Re: Making a multi-skin album in one pass
Posted: 16 Apr 07, 01:56   in response to: alan927 in response to: alan927
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BTW, you should always use an extension of .cmd instead of .bat when writing batch files in Windows2000 and higher. Using .bat invokes the 16-bit WOW (Windows on Windows) subsystem, while .cmd runs the file in native 32-bit mode (faster, less overhead due to no WOW subsystem launch).

Will you notice a difference? Probably not. But technically speaking it's more efficient. :0
jimberry

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Re: Making a multi-skin album in one pass
Posted: 16 Apr 07, 03:56   in response to: alan927 in response to: alan927
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Thanks for the tip, Alan. That's something I was not aware of.
MarkE

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Re: Making a multi-skin album in one pass
Posted: 16 Apr 07, 09:17   in response to: alan927 in response to: alan927
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BTW, you should always use an extension of .cmd
instead of .bat when writing batch files in
Windows2000 and higher. Using .bat invokes the
16-bit WOW (Windows on Windows) subsystem, while .cmd
runs the file in native 32-bit mode (faster, less
overhead due to no WOW subsystem launch).

Will you notice a difference? Probably not. But
technically speaking it's more efficient. :0


Good tip! I was unaware of this.

Mark
fromchair9

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Re: Making a multi-skin album in one pass
Posted: 3 Apr 08, 21:42   in response to: alan927 in response to: alan927
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Did you ever figure out how to enter 2 threads in a .cmd script?
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