In searching on the web, it is an OLE structured data file. Here is a
library someone wrote to parse it:
http://www.petedavis.net/MySite/DynPageView.aspx?pageid=31
and a pdf describing the file:
http://www.accessdata.com/media/en_US/print/papers/wp.Thumbs_DB_Files.en_us.pdf
You could probably use the Revolution file functions to create your own
code to read and process this file.
When it is all said and done, it is just a file. Revolution can read and
process it if you know what you are doing (and know the format of the file).
At 11:20 AM 10/18/2006, you wrote:
I have recently had XP users complaining about 'blank' images in what is
in essence a slide show of images contained in a folder. The standalone
assumes everything in the folder is an image, and tries to display each.
I had carefully deleted OS X invisible files (the file database and custom
icon files) from the folder, so I was surprised something had seemingly
sneaked through. I have discovered that the problem is an ordinarily
invisible file created by XP, called thumbs.db, containing,
unsurprisingly, the thumbnails used in the rather nasty filmstrip view.
Now I know it exists, I can 'filter it without' so that thumbs.db is not
included in the list of images to display. However, it got me to
wondering how hard it would be to display the images stored in the
thumbs.db file.
If the answer (using Rev) is 'impossible' or 'tricky', either single word
response to this post will do. Only waste brain and finger energy if it
is more easy than might be expected ;-))
Best Wishes,
David Glasgow
Carlton Glasgow Partnership
http://www.i-psych.co.uk
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