Thumbs.db

[fenris]

Does any one have any information on creating these files - particularly the file format?

I am in the process of creating an image management program and I would like to create thumbnails of the photos to speed up photo browsing. My first thought was to create thumbnails and place them in a subfolder of the photo folder. This idea is reasonable but I was thinking there has to be a better way. Then it hit me, why not use the mechanism that windows 2000 and XP use to create thumbnails. Ultimately I am looking for information on creating these files without the aid of windows so that older O/S can create these files.

Any ideas?

 

[jspencer]

The only starting point that I could find was:

"You can extract thumbnails by calling IShellFolder::GetUIObjectOf to
obtain an IExtractImage interface for each item you are interested in.
But unfortunately you dont get a free ride on the shells thumbnail
cache."