Thumbnails

[Julio Jansson]

Hi NI,

I need to use FileSelectPopup() to let users select and open bitmap files. I just could not set the view type to be Thumbnail View, so that the operator of my application can preview the image file prior to using in the application. Is there a way of setting such attribute for this function call or some other way to display Thumbnails of image files whithout creating a new User Interface ?

Thanks for your time,

Julio Jansson.

[MJF]

In CVI 7.1 on Win XP, I am able to manually select the view type as thumbnail from the dialog box but I don't see any way to force this selection.

This would be a nice feature to add to this in the future. Hopefully NI will do this.

You may be able to do this using SDK functions but you will probably have to build things up from scratch. I wish I could be more help but that's all I can see right now without digging into the guts of the SDK.

[Wendy L]

Hello Julio Jansson,

Whether or not you can view folders by thumbnails and how to enable that feature is OS-dependent. Regarding the Open dialog box that appears when you use the FileSelectPopup function, that dialog box is the standard Windows dialog box. You will have to manually select Thumbnail View from the "View" or "View Menu" dropdown list that appears on the Open dialog box. The fact that the dialog window does not remember that view setting is also an OS issue since it remember the setting if you do so through Windows Explorer but not through the Open dialog box.

Thanks.