Jens, Thanks - QuickLook does indeed consistently give the same previews as Finder. Problem solved!
Regards, Sandy On Nov 28, 2009, at 8:41 AM, Jens Alfke wrote: > > On Nov 27, 2009, at 10:31 PM, Sandy McGuffog wrote: > >> For some files, I get a thumbnail of the file, so e.g., for a JPEG, I get a >> miniature of the actual image in the JPEG. But for other files, even in the >> same directory, I get the file type icon, so e.g., for a JPEG, the OS X JPEG >> icon. >> >> All these files show the miniature of the image in Finder. > > > Some files have embedded previews, or are in common formats (like JPEG) that > the system at a low level knows how to generate preview of — NSWorkspace etc. > will give you previews of those. But not all file types are like that. If > you're trying to get icon previews of all kinds of files, the QuickLook API > is the best way to do it. > > —Jens _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
