Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] PDF thumbnail display

[pcourterelle <pco...@te...>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glenn Linderman" <pe...@Ne...>
To: "pcourterelle" <pco...@te...>
Cc: <per...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] PDF thumbnail display


> On approximately 5/31/2007 9:30 PM, came the following characters from the 
> keyboard of pcourterelle:
>> Is it possible to display a thumbnail or preview from a PDF using 
>> Win32:GUI? PDF is not supported by the DIBitmap package so I thought I'd 
>> ask, see if something was in development or other avenues exist.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Phil Courterelle
>
> Yes, it is possible to do the display using Win32::GUI.  But, as you 
> discovered, not the reading of the PDF file.  Consider using Image::Magick 
> as a general image manipulation tool, convert the image into a local BMP 
> blob, and then display it using Win32::GUI.  That's what I do.
>


Glen...thanks....I was thinking I would have to convert it to a bmp or jpeg 
or something before displaying...thanks for the confirmation and the 
suggestion...most appreciated.

Phil