I'm Published: ImageLink at Handango

[KCoram]

My first freeware PalmOS app is up at Handango: http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=1&jid=C18BE968DFC29599A7A25X63AE6A7E1A&productId=64848&optionId=1_1_2&productType=2&catalog=1&txtSearch=imagelink&sectionId=0&platformId=1

OS5 only, sorry.

Basically, I got really anoyed with the HUGE file sizes of Handstory image files, and started just saving mapquest maps as JPG files for viewing with AcidImage. But then it was a pain to have to switch applications to go from my driving directions to the map. So I thought "wouldn't it be nice to be able to just hyperlink to the image?"

Well, AcidImage 2.4n and newer support launching from other apps to use AI to display an image. So, I borrowed (with permission) some code from ShadowLink5 and made a program that lets you tap/double-tap on a pseudo-URL in a memo, and fires up AcidImage to display the referenced image from your memory stick.

Enjoy!

[rldunn]

Sounds very cool!! Thanks for letting us know!!

[jbarr]

Very interesting!

It worked the first time in MemoSafe. I just entered <image:/DCIM/101MSDCF/DSC01512.JPG> into a memo and tapped on "image:" and AcidImage fired up and then returned me to MemoSafe. Very nice.

Note: I tried it in DateBK5 (latest beta preview version) and it doesn't work. DateBK5 must be using some other field input method.

I could see setting up some sort of Shortcut to facilitate easier entry.

[jbarr]

I tried it in other applications (Address, ToDo) and it doesn't work. Is this "Memo-specific"?

I could definatly see keeping a list of images in a memo for easy access!

[KCoram]

It shouldn't be memo specific, but the way it hooks into the tap/double-tap does require it to be in a note field. If you put the link in a note attached to a ToDo or Address, it should work.

I've used it from a ShadowPlan note, from MemoPad, from CryptoPad, from a memo in HandStory, and from a ToDo note.

I should probably update my documentation to indicate where the links work and where they don't. :)

[edit to add below]

Hmm. It doesn't work properly from a DateBk5 note field. My app seems to see the image on the memory stick, but when it passes on to AcidImage, AI didn't display it. It looked like it started to, but then aborted ... it could be a memory issue. DateBk5 uses a fair amount of the available memory and since this isn't a full application switch, the heap space DateBk5 is using isn't freed up before AI fires.