Image/Thumbnail from PDF

[johan_rademan]

Hi,

Any pointers/methods on how to create thumbnail/image from a PDF file?
Looking to have a preview of the PDF in a list.

thanks

Johan

[KevinErskine]

If it is in a list, is it really worth the overhead to show a thumbnail of the current contents of each pdf? Just use a standard PDF ico/png in the list.

Just asking is the ROI worth the effort.

[johan_rademan]

Hi Kevin

Yes, I what I am doing at the moment, but thinking could be a nice touch, especially if multiple PDF’s involved for the user to see a preview

Johan

[PurpleEdge2214]

See previous discussions e.g.

PDF not working in Clarion IMAGE control

Similar to Rick’s suggestion, we use an OLE = Shell.Explorer.2 for .pdf as follows .. szFilename CSTRING(255) Window WINDOW('Caption'),AT(,,1029,574),SYSTEM,FONT('Microsoft Sans Serif',8) OLE,AT(2,2,1025,570),USE(?myPDF),COMPATIBILITY(020H),CREATE('Shell.Explorer.2') END END Code szFilename = 'put_your_filename_here' Open(Window) ACCEPT CASE Event() of EVENT:OpenWindow ?myPDF{'na…

[johan_rademan]

Hi,

Thank you for all the options, I forgot to add that this will be used on webpage as well as desktop.
So the idea is to store the thumbnail when the PDF is archived into database.
Well, documents are stored separately in a folder structure with a reference in the DB

Thinking the GhostScript DLL option Carl mentions in a previous post could work nicely
(PDF not working in Clarion IMAGE control)

thanks

Johan