Ohh, nice work man!
Well, I got it only working so far with MAXScript, but it would make more sense to actually have it available outside of Max too
Unfortunetly I’m not so familiar with VB or C++ and can’t help you in that case I think.
Arg, I got no mail that there are replies in my thread. So, sorry for the late reply ^^
Ahh, and yes, the image size can vary and the max files somehow have different endings and so it was quite hard to actually get the right part out of it. It is still a bit slow in MAXScript, but maybe I find a way with a better performance
Cheers,
maT-Star
Hi,
I will try to create a MAXScript extension in C++ with the SDK to do that stuff if you are interested (thumbnailUtils.dlx would be a good name I think).
hi mathias, yannick,
the method on my website using dsofile is fast, since you dont have to search and build the thumbnail, you just retrieve it. I am using it in a few custom ui controls and it generates thumbnails amost immediately. but i havent been able to test a 64 bit version yet, just 32 bit. I dont like having to register a com dll for it though, i think its problematic for most users. I know its possible to automate this in an installer but i’ve not got rond to that yet.
but id love it, yannick if you could look at this and make something functional in max,and or dotnet. can you use a c++ dll in visual studio? its way over my head. Im still looking for a viable dotnet implementation for something like this, but im not sure its possible without the com class im using as i dont think vb dotnet does not allow access to ipropertystorage. when i say that i spend a while researching this for my solution and didnt find anything else, but that obviously doesnt mean its not possible!
thanks chaps, really interesting thread.
Hi Pete,
I’ll see what’s possible to do. I’m now working in a 3D CGI studio (as you can see the change in my profile) so I’m very busy but I’ll let you know.
hi Yannick,
Firstly, Congratulations on your new job!
And I dont know if this will help, but I was able to figure out my dotnet approach (even without knowing any C++) by the information in the comments of the propertytest project in the SDK. it’s found in \maxsdk\samples\utilities\propertytest
I’ll look forward to anything you find out. thanks!
Thanks Pete,
I’ll take a look at this PropertyTest Utility sample.