XnView Software

Since it seems that under Vista the OS support for HTML thumbnail generation has been removed (see here http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.p ... light=html, neither the plugin nor XnView by itself are able to create the thumbnails in my case, I am still waiting for confirmation from other users), I place here a request/suggestion for an update to XnView to natively render thumbnails for HTML files, i.e. .htm, .html and .mht. in any case, with or without OS support.

This http://iecapt.sourceforge.net/ might help...

I would REALLY appreciate HTML rendering in XnView, especially page rendering in the viewer, to avoid having to open the saved pages in the browser. Since the only other option that comes to my mind is to open ALL the thousands of archived web pages I have - one by one - and re-save them as PDFs or images, I would appreciate any "native" solution within XnView, either as built-in functionality or as a plugin.

Some time ago I coded an "archived pages viewer" around Microsoft's WebBrowser control, but it was just a quick&dirty test app, then I started managing my archives (folders with mixed content, 98% of them PDFs, saved web pages and images) with XnView which was perfect for the job, even though it was born as an "image manager". Now, as we have seen, under Vista there's no OS support for HTML rendering, so it cannot be used anymore to manage archived web pages.

Pierre, is anything in the works for the next releases? Has anybody any suggestion?

robc wrote:Pierre, is anything in the works for the next releases? Has anybody any suggestion?

No if win api doesn't support it anymore

Was afraid so... the quickest solution I found in the meantime was to create in C# a very basic "web viewer" that I use with the "open with..." XnView option (and related Alt+number shortcut) to open the archived pages, just like an image editor, which is quicker than IE or anything else since it actually is just a WinForms window with a WebBrowser control on it and just enough code to read the first commandline argument, allowing it to open files from XnView or other applications. This way it's much quicker and easier than firing up a browser for the same reason; problem is, the thumbnails always show the icon instead of the thumb, of course.

Thanks anyway, Pierre.

robc

Hello !

• Maybe could you use Universal Viewer from "Open with…"?
- There is a free version, and Italian is supported…

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robc wrote:Has anybody any suggestion?

• Ave's Vista Apps: HTML Thumbnails in Explorer
  “In Vista, Windows Explorer no longer shows thumbnails of HTML files. This functionality has simply been removed.
  This little addon for Windows Explorer will show thumbnails for HTML, MHTL and URL files.”
• CodeProject: Thumbnailgadget – Windows Vista API meets the Sidebar
  “Most Sidebar Gadgets are simple scripts. The Sidebar, though, the has potential to host any application, even if it uses the native API. This demo gadget allows you to preview any window using the Sidebar.”
• MSDN Forums: Thumbnails of HTML Files in Windows Explorer

HTH

Thanks XnTriq, Ave's Vista Apps looks interesting, but now whenever xnview shows a folder with html files crashes... it seems that it tries to interface with the shell extension made by Ave but crashes during the attempt.

robc wrote:Thanks XnTriq, Ave's Vista Apps looks interesting, but now whenever xnview shows a folder with html files crashes... it seems that it tries to interface with the shell extension made by Ave but crashes during the attempt.

For a short moment I thought we had found a solution.
Too bad I can't do any tests myself, because I'm still on Windows 2000.