Spry Gallery - photos.xml question

Question

Is there a way to generate the "photos.xml" file from a
folder of images automatically. It seems like a lot of hand coding
in the XML file say if you have a gallery with 20 images.

Answer 1

Hi Flat Top,
perhaps, you need a program that understands the structure of
jpegs like exiftool. Momentarily i use a powershell script:
get-childitem images\*.jpg |
foreach {
$image = [String]::Concat("Images\", $_.name)
$thumb = [String]::Concat("Thumbs\", $_.name)
perl exiftool.pl -c "%d deg %.4f min" -p FmtImage.txt $image
| Out-File xml.xml -append
perl exiftool.pl -c "%d deg %.4f min" -p FmtThumb.txt $thumb
| Out-File xml.xml -append
with FmtImage.txt:
<photo
path = "$FileName"
width = "$ImageWidth"
height = "$ImageHeight"
Kommentar = "$Comment"
GPSLatitude = "$GPSLatitude, $GPSLatitudeRef"
GPSLongitude = "$GPSLongitude, $GPSLongitudeRef"
GPSPosition = "$GPSPosition"
Hersteller = "$Make"
Modell = "$Model"
ISOSpeedRatings = "$ISO"
Date_TimeOriginal ="$DateTimeOriginal"
F_Number = "$FNumber"
ExposureTime = "$ExposureTime"
FocalLength ="$FocalLength"
Flash = "$Flash"
and FmtThumb.txt:
thumbpath = "$FileName"
thumbwidth = "$ImageWidth"
thumbheight = "$ImageHeight">
</photo>
this generates most of the photos.xml. Not automated are in
the moment some problems with the german Umlauts and with the
coordinates to bring them in a form understanable by google maps.
Perhaps that might help you.
I have no knowledge of php or Asp, my provider doesn't allow
it.
Greetings from Germany
Hannes Löhr