Frameless

A border-less, caption-less image viewer with commandline support for image placement.

Usage:

Frameless.exe "<image path>" <parameters>

Parameters:

​x
x=<x coordinate> or either the letter L, C, or R (for Left, Center, or Right)
y=<y coordinate> or either the letter T, C, or B (for Top, Center, or Bottom)
w=<#>                    (resize image width to this value)
h=<#>                    (resize image height to this value)
mon=<monitor #>          (for use with L/C/R, T/C/B, and FullScreen options)
taskbar=no               (no button in the Windows taskbar)
duration=hh:mm:ss        (window will auto-close after duration expires (unless msgbox parameter is set))
msgbox="Some text here"  (will display a message box before exiting, i.e., after the specified duration time expires)
trans=<0-255> or "alpha" (sets window transparency or uses alpha transparency present in some PNG files)
caption="foo"            (custom caption text)
aot=yes                  (sets window as "always on top")
aob=yes                  (sets window as "always on bottom")
fullscreen=yes           (resize the image to the resolution of the specified monitor)
noexit=yes               (removes the "Exit" entry from the context menu and also disables the Alt+F4 hotkey.  You can still kill it via the Task Manager.)
noactivate=yes           (shows the window without activating it)
noresize=yes             (does not allow the image to be resized with the mouse)
clickthrough=yes         (allows the image to be clicked through to underneath)
​
e.g.: c:\path\to\Frameless.exe "c:\path\to\image.jpg" x=100 y=200 taskbar=no duration=00:00:10
e.g.: c:\path\to\Frameless.exe "c:\path\to\image.jpg" x=C y=C mon=2
e.g.: c:\path\to\Frameless.exe "c:\path\to\image.jpg" duration=00:00:10 msgbox="Don't forget!"
e.g.: c:\path\to\Frameless.exe "c:\path\to\image.jpg" mon=2 fullscreen=yes
e.g.: c:\path\to\Frameless.exe "c:\path\to\image.jpg" trans=128
e.g.: c:\path\to\Frameless.exe "c:\path\to\image.jpg" trans=alpha

Notes:

• All parameters are optional.

• The x/y coordinates default to zero if not specified.

• The w/h options have no effect on animated GIFs.

• Pressing the Escape key while an image is focused will close it.

• Right-clicking an image will bring up a small context menu.

  • If the clickthrough option is enabled, no context menu will show.

• You can move an image around by holding down left-click on it.

• You can resize images as you would a normal window. Hold down the Shift key while resizing to keep the images's original aspect ratio.

  • Resizing is NOT supported for animated GIF files.
  • Resizing is NOT supported for PNG files when the trans=alpha option is in use.

• Supported formats:

  • All Windows OS: GIF, JPG, BMP, ICO, CUR & ANI
  • Windows XP or later: PNG, TIF, Exif, WMF & EMF

Hotkeys:

• Up/Down/Left/Right arrow keys will move an image one pixel at a time.
• Shift + Up/Down/Left/Right arrow keys will move an image ten pixels at a time.
• Spacebar (or PageDown) will advance to the next image in the folder.
• Backspace (or PageUp) will advance to the previous image in the folder.