New topic: Create a custom Open Dialog window as thumbnail pictures
<http://forums.realsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?t=32265> Page 1 of 1 [ 2 posts ] Previous topic | Next topic Author Message nyprog Post subject: Create a custom Open Dialog window as thumbnail picturesPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:24 pm Joined: Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:24 pm Posts: 83 I would like to bring up a directory of files and have them shown as thumbnails of images/videos. But I want to be able to create my own Dialog window to populate video/image thumbnail and have the user select one or multiple files. I want to create my own, so I can add other buttons and options. Thanks in advanced. Top jefftullin Post subject: Re: Create a custom Open Dialog window as thumbnail picturesPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 2:32 am Joined: Wed Nov 15, 2006 3:50 pm Posts: 1265 Start by building the dialog then. Once you have something that can navigate up and down the directory tree, and show a small bitmap against each listed file, you can start with the task of getting the bitmap to show the file content or preview. On the Mac, you can spend some time with declares, or you can pay MBS about 30 Euros for the Picture plugin, which can extract the preview icon for a file for you. There are API calls to do the same on Windows. Alternatively, if the files are ones you created yourself, you might implement a 'create preview' method inside your custom window, which opens the file briefly, creates a picture that represents it, then closes it again. Top Display posts from previous: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by AuthorPost timeSubject AscendingDescending Page 1 of 1 [ 2 posts ] -- Over 1500 classes with 29000 functions in one REALbasic plug-in collection. The Monkeybread Software Realbasic Plugin v9.3. http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/realbasic/plugins.shtml [email protected]
