Re: Thumbnail EPS image?

From: Bob Powell [MVP] (bob_at__spamkiller_bobpowell.net)
Date: 03/08/04


Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 10:27:32 +0100

As you know, you cannot load EPS files with the GDI+ image decoders but
there may be another way of getting a thumbnail of an EPS.

The system shell provides a method for Explorer to display a thumbnail using
the IExtractImage method. If your system has a COM object registered that
provides an EPS thumbnail you should be able to get to the image using that
COM object.

This article (watch for line-wrap)...

http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/NET/Code/Libraries/Shell_Projects/Thumbnail_Extraction/article.asp

explains how to perform thumbnail image extraction from the shell using C#.

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"Mats-Erik Grundh" <nospam@co.se> wrote in message
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> Thumnail EPS image?
>
> I need to view an EPS image as a thumbnail.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Mats-Erik
>
>


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