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GetPreviewBitmap Method (IApplication)
RetVal[out]
True if successful, false if not

Gets the preview bitmap of the specified document.

.NET Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Function GetPreviewBitmap( _
   const dsString& DocumentPath As System.String, _
   dsByteArray* BitmapByteArray As System.Object _
) As System.Boolean
C# 
System.bool GetPreviewBitmap( 
   System.string DocumentPath,
   out System.object BitmapByteArray
)
JavaScript 
GetPreviewBitmap( 
   DocumentPath : String
) : {
   BitmapByteArray : Array,
   RetVal : Boolean
}
COM native C++ 
HRESULT GetPreviewBitmap( 
   BSTR DocumentPath,
   VARIANT* BitmapByteArray,
   VARIANT_BOOL* RetVal
) 
C++ 
DSRESULT GetPreviewBitmap( 
   const dsString& DocumentPath,
   dsByteArray* BitmapByteArray,
   bool* RetVal
) 

Parameters

DocumentPath
Path and file name of the document's preview bitmap (.bmp)
BitmapByteArray[out]
Byte array of the preview bitmap
RetVal[out] or Return Value
True if successful, false if not

Remarks

Binary data is organized into variable-length chunks. The maximum length of each chunk is 127 bytes.

 

See Also

Availability

DraftSight V1R3.0


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