Showing Images as Saved Files

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I have a program in which I would like to make the saved files show as images. Windows 7 has this ability with other programs such as MS Word and Adobe PDFs. The program I am writing uses MFC and C++ in VS2010.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a good tutorial on doing saving a file and having it display in the windows explorer panes as an image where I can get idea of what is contained in the file?

Thanks!

Posted 15-Nov-11 10:12am

AndrewG1231

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JackDingler · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-15T10:25:00

Solution 1

Here is the Microsoft article on how to do this.

Building Preview Handlers

And the Windows SDK Sample

Posted 15-Nov-11 10:25am

JackDingler

Updated 15-Nov-11 10:32am

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AndrewG1231 15-Nov-11 17:39pm

I keep running into an error when trying to follow the instructions in the second link to register the .dll. The example is giving me problems...have you gotten it to run. (this is the second link)

AndrewG1231 15-Nov-11 17:51pm

Nevermind..got it...I was in the wrong directory! thanks

JackDingler 15-Nov-11 17:43pm

It's been a few years since I've written a shell preview.

What error are you getting?

JackDingler 15-Nov-11 17:45pm

You may need to install the windows SDK to get the current libraries.

AndrewG1231 15-Nov-11 17:52pm

sorry...this a repeat...I had to change configurations to x64 and get into the folder where the .dll was stored. Again, thanks for the help! If you know of any other sites that I can use as a resource let me know.

AndrewG1231 15-Nov-11 18:16pm

Thanks for the help, but the preview does not seem to work...I posted it as different question since it seemed to diverge a bit from this question which only asks for resources. (No errors...just no preview)