This property refers to the compression method for the thumbnail image.

[C++Builder]   imagekitcontrolname->FileIO->Exif->ThumbCompression[ = short ]
[Delphi]   imagekitcontrolname.FileIO.Exif.ThumbCompression[ = Smallint ]

Reference

Value Explanation
1 Uncompressed
6 JPEG compression

Explanation

The ThumbCompression property refers to the compression method for the thumbnail image.

The property value can be set or retrieved by executing the FileIO.GetImageFileType or the FileIO.GetImageFileTypeMem methods.

When the thumbnail is Jpeg compression data, the return value will be 6.

Setting this value

This value can be set at runtime.

Retrieving this value

This value can be retrieved at runtime.

[Differences from the ImageKit7 ActiveX]

In the IK7 this was a read only property. It can now be set.

 

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