Xworks portable software (ArtSage, Sh'elf, Sutra)

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I am Baas
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Xworks portable software (ArtSage, Sh'elf, Sutra)

#1 Post by I am Baas »

1. ArtSee - a small graphics (slideshow) viewer. It displays the image files in a folder tree. Lots of features and options packed in a small executable. Settings saved to .ini file in the artsee folder). Download artsee (88 kb)

ArtSee is now ArtSage

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Features and Options:

- Slideshow (slideshow, timer)
- Sort (forward/reverse/random, name/created/modified/accessed)
- Layer (normal, fullscreen, wallpaper, stay on top, blend, opacity)
- Loop (loop, pause, exit, shuffle)
- Navigate (next & previous w/gears, first, last, current)
- Scroll (mouse, arrow keys w/ gears, autoscroll)
- Folder (browse, current, refresh, subfolders, hidden folders, peek)
- Find (find/filter/exclude, find next, bookmark, goto mark, goto)
- Formats (bmp, emf, gif, ico, jpg, png, tif)
- Favorites (send shortcut, send to desktop, view favorites/desktop/target, recycle invalid, folder)
- Wrap (resize window to wrap around each image)
- Crop (remove borders and unused background)
- Squeeze (scale down to fit window/desktop)
- Shrink (scale down to fit one side)
- Stretch (scale up to window/desktop)
- Zoom (in, out, 100%, 1% gear, zoom lock, zoom step)
- Rotate (rotate, rotate lock, aspect filter)
- Layout (centered, corners, roaming)
- Collage (fixed-size roaming images)
- Transitions (select effects, overlap/wipe)
- Window (caption, status, taskbar/tray, decor, center/roam, draggable, 5 presets, show/hide)
- Fullscreen (caption, cursor, centered/roaming image)
- Wallpaper (center, tile, stretch, clear, restore)
- Shell (view, explore, open with, copy file, move/rename, save as, copy image, copy view, paste, recycle, delete)
- Shell++ (archive, view with, explore with, Blackbox)
- Settings (save, save now, bookmark on exit)
- Drag and Drop (folders/files/shortcuts, Shift appends)
- Menu pins (keep menus open while adjusting options)
- F1 menu at corner/cursor
- Command line options
- Tray icon controls and mouse wheel support
- Can be run as a screensaver
- Can be run as a wallpaper changer
- Needs no installation
- Saves settings file in program folder

2. Pearls is a small reminder program. It periodically displays a line or paragraph of text from a file. Downlaod pearls (44 kb)

Pearls is now Sutra

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Features and Options:

- Slideshow
- Hide (popup)
- Random
- Play Sound
- Stay On Top
- Timers (slide and hide times in hh:mm:ss:ms, countdown)
- Navigation (next, previous, first, last, slide next/previous, random)
- Fit To Font (longest line, tallest paragraph)
- Fit To Graphic (background image)
- Crop (remove titlebar and borders)
- Titlebar (normal/minimal window, optional status information)
- Multiline (empty line separates paragraphs)
- Background (show background image)
- Transparent (transparent window)
- Draggable (drag window to move)
- Dock options (center/full at top/bottom, centered)
- Select the text file to display
- Choose the font
- Choose the font color
- Choose the background color
- Select the background image
- Select the sound file
- Save Settings (select settings file)
- Save on Exit (to settings file)
- Bookmark and resume (non-random)
- Drag and drop text file
- Tray icon with status information tooltip
- Menu pins (menus kept open while adjusting options)
- Command line option for settings file
- Can be used as a meditation timer
- Needs no installation
- Unicode enabled

3. TinyDesk exposes the desktop in a window. Download tinydesk (49 kb)

TinyDesk is now Sh'elf

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Features and Options:

- Desktop display (icons on desktop)
- Use items (open, rename, view text, view image, properties)
- Recycle and Delete items
- New file, new folder
- Refresh, Select All
- Explore Here, Command prompt
- Desk (icon style, sort, home/end, show hidden, tray icon, colour, folder, properties)
- Tools (explore with, zip viewer, text tool, image tool, trim memory)
- Status (modem, time, recycle bin)
- Hosts bbDnD for shell operations:
- Drag and drop
- Cut, copy and paste
- Shell context menus (right click)
- Menu pins (keep menus open while adjusting options)
- F1 menu at corner/cursor
- Needs no installation
- Saves settings file in program folder
- Unicode enabled

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Re: Xworks portable software

#2 Post by __philippe »

DavidRoper's question originally posted in ArtSage (formerly ArtSee) Comments section:
Is there a way to view just one jpg and not ALL the jpgs it can find?
I want to use a command line in batch file such as: "ARTSAGE64.exe MyPix.jpg"
and then allow escape or some other key to clear the screen when user has seen enough of the the picture.
Then Artsage64.exe should exit and quit until called again. I do not want a slide show, just simply one picture.
Awfully convoluted CLI solutions ;-)

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c:\>artsage64 mypicture.jpg
(Exit with..."Esc" key...;-) )

Plain batch file:

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REM art.bat yourpic.jpg
@echo off
artsage64 %1
Prompting batch file :

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REM artp.bat (type input file name after prompt)
@echo off
set /p arg= pix ?
artsage64 %arg%
See also artsage.txt doc included in the artsage64.zip package, where all intricate CLI options will be revealed...;-)

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Re: ArtSage 2.00

#3 Post by smaragdus »

ArtSage at version 2.00, changes:
What's New ver2.00
— discontinued 64-bit version
— removed transparency function (which now causes a crash)
— removed support for blackbox shell
— removed wallpaper layer
— removed language translation support (lang.ini files)
However I cannot test it because anytime I start ArtSage I get the following error message:

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When I put "libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll" in program folder I get another error message:

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It seems that a lot of stuff has been removed and only a bug has been added. But the problem may be present on my system only so I would appreciate confirmation about it.

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Re: Xworks portable software

#4 Post by TP109 »

smaragdus wrote: It seems that a lot of stuff has been removed and only a bug has been added. But the problem may be present on my system only so I would appreciate confirmation about it.
I get the same error on XP for the new version.

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Re: Xworks portable software

#5 Post by JohnW »

I'm running under Windows 7 Home Premium.
I get more or less the same error messages as smaragdus.
Just to be a little pedantic, after the libgcc dll message I got a message about the need for libstdc++-6.dll.

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Re: Xworks portable software

#6 Post by webfork »

Old thread update: the site is offline and unfortunately the home page is just pointing to a youtube video, so here's the various mirrors on Archive.org:

Sutra
https://web.archive.org/web/20180518054 ... index.html

Sh'elf
https://web.archive.org/web/20180518054 ... index.html

Artsage
https://web.archive.org/web/20180531134 ... index.html

... Artsage remains a very interesting and useful viewer/editor with some neat ideas even today. The entry has been updated with the mirror notes.

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