by Hi,
What is the best way to create an image preview? In other words make and
display image thumbnails? I'd like for the user to select a directory,
and have the option of displaying the image files and filenames in that
directory in a TStringGrid. I've read a few things about creating a
Tbitmap, using it to temporarily store the image file, adding it to the
StringGrid, and also saving it as a thumbnail size image file. Due to
the overhead, I would rather not use a database to store the thumbnails.
Can I drop a non visible image component on the form, use it to create
the image file, and store the thumbnail in a dat file or Ini ? Once the
thumbnail images are created, and the user returns to the directory,
there must be a way to display the files and filenames in a TStringGrid
graphically just as a filelistbox displays them with text, without
having to reload them from a data file. A good example of this is
Photodex's CompuPic Image viewer (www.photodex.com). Any advice or code
example to point me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Rick