Image File Picker

Klaus Major klaus at major-k.de
Fri Sep 5 07:30:31 EDT 2008


Hi François,

> Le 5 sept. 08 à 11:53, Jesse Sng a écrit :
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm wondering if anybody has already rolled out an image file  
>> picker that allows for image previews when asking a user to select  
>> an image?
>> Maybe I'm missing something here because as far as I know, this is  
>> currently not possible using the "ask file" command and you let the  
>> user select a graphics file. So I'm assuming that there would be a  
>> need to implement something of our own.
>> Does someone already have a sample stack that does that?
>
> I will reply for MacOS X (precisely 10.4.11) usage. When I am in the  
> open file dialog of Preview (Apple app) or Intaglio or  
> GraphicConverter (3rd party apps) a jpg or pdf document, I have a  
> preview available at the right of the dialog window. This has been  
> true for common bitmap image file formats even in the pre OS X days,  
> thanks, I believe, to QuickTime.
> When doing "New Referenced Control>Image file..." or "Import as  
> Control>Image File..." and select a JPEG image, all I get is a  
> generic JPEG icon in rev Studio 2.8.1. I do not know if it is a bug,  
> but it certainly a missing feature.
> Anybody has info on this?

on OS X 10.5 you get an image preview in the Rev import dialogs!
Tested with Rev 2.9 and 3.0.

> Best regards from Paris
> 	François

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de





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