Gettting preview bitmap
Gettting preview bitmap
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Is there any way to get a preview bitmap from an outside executable rather than a macro or an addin?
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RE: Gettting preview bitmap
Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716
RE: Gettting preview bitmap
SldWorks::GetPreviewBitmap
however there is a note that it will only works if used in a macro or an add-in and not if I am using an external application.
However I need to get a preview from an outside program
RE: Gettting preview bitmap
SW can also 'saveas' as a jpeg
RE: Gettting preview bitmap
RE: Gettting preview bitmap
Your Initial post left all of us guessing what you meant. The more information you can provide in your initial post will make the thread much more efficient as most of us don't do API.
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: Gettting preview bitmap
" I would like to do is have an application display the preview of the file when you highlight it in a file list"
what application, and what list?
RE: Gettting preview bitmap
I have a previously written app in VB which does many things, one of which is it's ability to display a preview of an AutoCAD drawing that a user has selected in the custom filediaog box( on the custom app). I am trying to extend this to solidworks drawings.
users who use this application use it for the most part to search for drawings. A lot of times thought the desription of the drawing provided through my custon app does not give the enduser enough information to pich the right drawing. Therefore a preview would be of immense help.
Simply highlight the filename of the desired drawing in the custom app and see the preview of it.
RE: Gettting preview bitmap
we highlight the 'file' and we see the preview
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Jonathan Anderson
RE: Gettting preview bitmap
2) If you need to have a listbox with a seperate bitmap preview (instead of the view thumbnails approach) do as Jonathan Anderson suggested and open SolidWorks silently so that you can use the existing tool. This is definitely the easiest solution.
3) If you haven't already done so, download the E-Drawings SDK http://ww
By the way, I thought the wording in the original question was fine.
RE: Gettting preview bitmap
If anybody should need to look at it please let me know