The Thumbnail Control provides properties, methods, and events for automatically displaying image files as thumbnails.
Property List
| Custom Properties | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Appearance | Sets the appearance of the Thumbnail Control |
| BackColor | Sets the color for the background of the Thumbnail Control |
| BorderColor | Sets the color for the border of the Thumbnail Control |
| BorderVisible | Sets whether or not the Thumbnail Control border is displayed |
| Button3D | Sets whether or not the individual frames of the Thumbnail Control are shown in 3D |
| Cancel | Sets whether or not the process of displaying images in the Thumbnail Control is canceled |
| ClearOnLoad | Sets whether or not previously loaded images are cleared when an image is loaded into the Thumbnail Control |
| ColCount | Sets the number of columns displayed in the Thumbnail Control. |
| DispFileName | Sets whether or not the file name of the image in the Thumbnail Control is displayed under the image |
| EdgeSize | Sets the size of the area between the edge of the Thumbnail Control and the display of the thumbnails |
| EnableArrowKeys | Sets whether or not the arrow keys and the PageUp, PageDown keys on the keyboard can be used to scroll the images in the Thumbnail Control |
| Enabled | Sets whether or not the Thumbnail Control mouse or keyboard events are enabled |
| EnableDragSource | Sets whether or not a thumbnail image can be dragged from the thumbnail control and dropped into the ImageKit Control or into another Thumbnail Control |
| EnableDragTarget | Sets whether or not an image can be dragged from Windows Explorer and dropped into the Thumbnail Control |
| EnableMouseMoveButton | Sets whether or not the thumbnail image is selected when the mouse moves over that thumbnail image frame |
| EnableMouseWheel | Sets whether or not the mouse wheel is enabled |
| EnableMove | Sets whether or not a thumbnail image can be moved |
| EnableOLEDrag | Sets whether or not the OLE drag and drop is enabled |
| EnableSelectMultiFiles | Sets whether or not multiple thumbnail images can be selected |
| ErrorStatus | Refers to the types of errors that can occur when using the Thumbnail Control |
| FileExt | Sets the the image type that can be displayed in the Thumbnail Control |
| FileName | Refers to the filename of the image when the thumbnail image is selected |
| FilePath | Sets the file path to the directories containing the images |
| ForeColorDown | Sets the color of the thumbnail image frame when the image is selected |
| ForeColorUp | Sets the color of the thumbnail frame when the thumbnail image is not selected |
| GapSize | Sets the size of the space between the thumbnail images |
| Hdc | Refers to the device context of the Thumbnail Control |
| Hwnd | Refers to the window handle of the Thumbnail Control |
| ImageHandle | Refers to the image handle of the image loaded into the Thumbnail Control |
| ImageSize | Sets the size of the thumbnail image when it is displayed |
| MouseCursorFile | Sets the filename for the cursor when using a custom mouse cursor in the Thumbnail Control |
| MouseCursorType | Sets the shape of the cursor that is used inside the display area of the Thumbnail Control |
| PictureDown | Sets a background image displayed on the the display area of the thumbnail image |
| PictureDownFile | Sets the filename for the background image displayed on the thumbnail image frame when the mouse is clicked on a thumbnail |
| PictureUp | Sets a background image displayed on the display area of the thumbnail image when the thumbnail has not been clicked |
| PictureUpFile | Sets the filename for the background image displayed on the thumbnail image frame when the thumbnail has not been clicked |
| ReadMode | Sets how images are loaded and displayed in the Thumbnail Control |
| RowCount | Sets the number of rows displayed in the Thumbnail Control |
| ScrollBar | Sets whether or not scroll bars are enabled on the Thumbnail Control |
| ScrollStep | Sets the size of the scroll step |
| ScrollVH | Sets whether the Thumbnail Control can be scrolled horizontally or vertically |
| SelectMouseCursorFile | Sets the name of the cursor file that will be used when the mouse is clicked inside the thumbnail frame |
| SelectMouseCursorType | Sets the shape of the cursor that is used inside the Thumbnail Control |
| SelectTextBackColor | Sets the background color of the text (either filename or comment) for the selected thumbnail image |
| SelectTextColor | Sets the color of the text (either filename or comment) for the selected thumbnail image |
| SelectTextTransparent | Sets whether or not the transparency is enabled when the filename or comment is displayed in the thumbnail cell that has been selected |
| Sort | Sets the sorting method for the image files contained in the folder(s) specified by the FilePath property |
| SortDate | Sets how the files will be sorted when the Sort property is set to 2 (ikSortDate) |
| SortOrder | Sets whether the image files set in the FilePath property are sorted in ascending or descending order |
| StartNum | Sets the image number of the thumbnail image displayed in the top left corner of the Thumbnail Control |
| Style | Sets the style of the thumbnail image frame |
| Text | Sets a comment and that is displayed under the thumbnail images |
| TextBackColor | Sets the background color for the text (either the filename or comment) for a thumbnail image |
| TextColor | Sets the color of the text (either the filename or comment) for a thumbnail image |
| TextTransparent | Sets whether or not the transparency is enabled when the filename or comment is displayed in the thumbnail cell |
| ThumbArrayFileName | Retrieves the image file's filename from the thumbnail image specified by the ThumbArrayNum property |
| ThumbArrayNum | Uses the thumbnail image number to retrieve the image file's filename, directory name, and page number |
| ThumbArrayPage | Retrieves the image file's page number from the thumbnail image specified by the ThumbArrayNum property |
| ThumbArrayPathName | Retrieves the image file's directory name from the thumbnail image specified by the ThumbArrayNum property |
| ThumbnailFile | Sets the thumbnail file used by the Thumbnail Control |
Method List
| Custom Method | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Clear | Clears the Thumbnail Control |
| Delete | Deletes the specified thumbnail image from Thumbnail Control |
| DeSelectImage | Deselects a thumbnail image that has been selected |
| Display | Displays the thumbnail images |
| GetFiles | Acquires the thumbnail image. |
| IsSelect | Determines if the specified thumbnail image is selected |
| Refresh | Redisplays the images in the Thumbnail Control |
| Scroll | Scrolls the thumbnail images |
| SelectImage | Selects a thumbnail image |
| UpdateThumbnailFile | Updates the thumbnail file |
Event List
| Custom Event | Explanation |
|---|---|
| DropFileInThumb | Generated when an image is dragged and dropped into the Thumbnail Control |
| EndLoadFile | Generated after each image is loaded into the Thumbnail Control |
| MouseMoveOnThumb | Generated when the mouse is moved over a thumbnail image in the Thumbnail Control |
| SelectFile | Generated when a thumbnail image is selected |
| ShowThumbImage | Generated just after a thumbnail image is displayed in the Thumbnail Control |
| StartLoadFile | Generated before each image is loaded on the Thumbnail Control |