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QuickLook

Use QuickLook, Apple's engine to generate previews of documents.

• Classes
  • class QLPreviewControllerMBS
    • method AddItem(item as FolderItem)
    • method AddItem(item as FolderItem, title as String)
    • method AddItems(items() as FolderItem)
    • shared method canPreviewItem(file as FolderItem) as Boolean
    • method ClearItems
    • method Constructor
    • method Destructor
    • method Dismiss
    • method Items as FolderItem()
    • method Present
    • method refreshCurrentPreviewItem
    • method reloadData
    • method SetItems(items() as FolderItem)
    • property currentPreviewItem as FolderItem
    • property currentPreviewItemIndex as Integer
    • property Handle as Integer
    • event DidDismiss
    • event didSaveEditedCopyOfPreviewItem(Item as FolderItem, modifiedContentsFile as FolderItem)
    • event didUpdateContentsOfPreviewItem(Item as FolderItem)
    • event editingModeForPreviewItem(Item as FolderItem) as Integer
    • event shouldOpenURL(URL as String, Item as FolderItem) as Boolean
    • event WillDismiss
  • class QLPreviewPanelMBS
    • shared method Available as boolean
    • method Constructor
    • method currentPreviewItem as folderitem
    • method enterFullScreenMode(screen as NSScreenMBS)
    • method exitFullScreenMode
    • method refreshCurrentPreviewItem
    • method reloadData
    • method updateController
    • property currentPreviewItemIndex as Integer
    • property inFullScreenMode as boolean
    • property PreviewView as QLPreviewViewMBS
    • event beginPreviewPanel
    • event didLoadPreviewItem(file as folderitem)
    • event endPreviewPanel
    • event handleEvent(e as NSEventMBS) as boolean
    • event numberOfPreviewItems as Integer
    • event previewItemAtIndex(index as Integer) as folderitem
    • event sourceFrameOnScreenForPreviewItem(file as folderitem) as NSRectMBS
    • event transitionImageForPreviewItem(file as folderitem, byref contentRect as NSRectMBS) as NSImageMBS
    • event willLoadPreviewItem(file as folderitem)
  • class QLPreviewViewMBS
    • shared method Available as boolean
    • method close
    • method Constructor
    • method Constructor(Handle as Integer)
    • method Constructor(left as Double, top as Double, width as Double, height as Double)
    • method Constructor(left as Double, top as Double, width as Double, height as Double, style as Integer)
    • method refreshPreviewItem
    • property autostarts as boolean
    • property previewItem as folderitem
    • property shouldCloseWithWindow as boolean
  • class QLThumbnailGenerationRequestMBS
    • method Constructor(File as FolderItem, width as Integer = 512, height as Integer = 512, scale as double = 2.0, representationTypes as Integer = &hFF)
    • property contentType as String
    • property Handle as Integer
    • property height as Double
    • property iconMode as Boolean
    • property minimumDimension as Double
    • property representationTypes as Integer
    • property scale as Double
    • property width as Double
  • class QLThumbnailGeneratorMBS
    • method cancelRequest(request as QLThumbnailGenerationRequestMBS)
    • method Constructor
    • method generateBestRepresentationForRequest(request as QLThumbnailGenerationRequestMBS)
    • method generateRepresentationsForRequest(request as QLThumbnailGenerationRequestMBS)
    • method saveBestRepresentationForRequest(request as QLThumbnailGenerationRequestMBS, file as FolderItem, contentType as String)
    • shared method sharedGenerator as QLThumbnailGeneratorMBS
    • property Handle as Integer
    • event generateBestRepresentationForRequestCompleted(request as QLThumbnailGenerationRequestMBS, thumbnail as QLThumbnailRepresentationMBS, error as NSErrorMBS)
    • event generateRepresentationsForRequestUpdated(request as QLThumbnailGenerationRequestMBS, thumbnail as QLThumbnailRepresentationMBS, type as Integer, error as NSErrorMBS)
    • event saveBestRepresentationForRequestCompleted(request as QLThumbnailGenerationRequestMBS, error as NSErrorMBS, file as FolderItem)
  • class QLThumbnailRepresentationMBS
    • method Constructor
    • property CGImage as Variant
    • property contentRectHeight as Double
    • property contentRectLeft as Double
    • property contentRectTop as Double
    • property contentRectWidth as Double
    • property Handle as Integer
    • property NSImage as NSImageMBS
    • property Picture as Picture
    • property Type as Integer
• Class Extensions
  • class FolderItem
    • method QuickLookMBS(MaxWidth as Integer = 500, MaxHeight as Integer = 500, IconMode as Boolean = false, ScaleFactor as Double = 1.0) as picture
    • method QuickLookMTMBS(MaxWidth as Integer = 500, MaxHeight as Integer = 500, IconMode as Boolean = false, ScaleFactor as Double = 1.0) as picture
• Controls
  • control DesktopQLPreviewViewControlMBS
    • property View as QLPreviewViewMBS
    • event BoundsChanged
    • event Closing
    • event ConstructContextualMenu(base as DesktopMenuItem, x as Integer, y as Integer) As Boolean
    • event ContextualMenuItemSelected(selectedItem As DesktopMenuItem) As Boolean
    • event didCloseContextualMenu(menu as NSMenuMBS, NSEvent as NSEventMBS)
    • event FocusLost
    • event FocusReceived
    • event FrameChanged
    • event MenuBarSelected
    • event MouseDown(x as Integer, y as Integer, Modifiers as Integer) As Boolean
    • event MouseDrag(x as Integer, y as Integer)
    • event MouseUp(x as Integer, y as Integer)
    • event Opening
    • event ScaleFactorChanged(NewFactor as Double)
    • event willShowContextualMenu(menu as NSMenuMBS, NSEvent as NSEventMBS)
  • control QLPreviewViewControlMBS
    • property View as QLPreviewViewMBS
    • event BoundsChanged
    • event Close
    • event Closing
    • event ConstructContextualMenu(base as MenuItem, x as Integer, y as Integer) as Boolean
    • event ContextualMenuAction(hitItem as MenuItem) as Boolean
    • event didCloseContextualMenu(menu as NSMenuMBS, NSEvent as NSEventMBS)
    • event EnableMenuItems
    • event FocusLost
    • event FocusReceived
    • event FrameChanged
    • event GotFocus
    • event LostFocus
    • event MenuBarSelected
    • event MouseDown(x as Integer, y as Integer, Modifiers as Integer) As Boolean
    • event MouseDrag(x as Integer, y as Integer)
    • event MouseUp(x as Integer, y as Integer)
    • event Open
    • event Opening
    • event ScaleFactorChanged(NewFactor as Double)
    • event willShowContextualMenu(menu as NSMenuMBS, NSEvent as NSEventMBS)
• Examples
  • /Audio/PortAudio
  • /CURL/FTP/CURLS ftp file upload with progress
  • /DynaPDF/PlaceTemplate test
  • /Images/LCMS2/CMYK/RGB to CMYK and back
  • /MacCF/My details MacOSX
  • /MacCocoa/NSImage EPS Test/NSImage EPS Test
  • /MacControls/TextEdit MBS
  • /MacOSX/Disk Arbitration/Events
  • /MacOSX/Permission test
  • /XL/AutoFilter Sort
• Blog Entries
  • News from the MBS Xojo Plugins Version 25.5
  • MonkeyBread Software Releases the MBS Xojo Plugins in version 25.5
  • News from the MBS Xojo Plugins Version 23.3
  • MonkeyBread Software Releases the MBS Xojo Plugins in version 23.3
  • Adding QuickLook preview for iOS to Xojo
  • News from the MBS Xojo Plugins in version 21.5
  • New desktop controls
  • MonkeyBread Software Releases the MBS Xojo / Real Studio plug-ins in version 15.0
  • File Previews on Windows
  • MBS Plugins 10.3 Release Notes

Release notes

• Version 26.2
  • Added beginPreviewPanel and endPreviewPanel events to QLPreviewPanelMBS class.
• Version 25.5
  • Added AddItem() method variant to QLPreviewControllerMBS class, which takes an title text.
• Version 24.4
  • Changed QLThumbnailGeneratorMBS to retain your instance while the asynchronous operation works.
• Version 24.3
  • Fixed memory leak in QLThumbnailGeneratorMBS class.
• Version 24.2
  • Added AllowRotation parameter for QLPreviewControllerMBS class constructor to allow more rotation than the parent view.
  • Added QLThumbnailGenerationRequestMBS, QLThumbnailGeneratorMBS and QLThumbnailRepresentationMBS classes.
• Version 23.3
  • Added QLPreviewControllerMBS class for iOS to preview documents and markup PDFs.
• Version 21.1
  • Fixed problem in QLPreviewPanelMBS, broken in version 21.0.
• Version 19.5
  • Changed QLPreviewPanelMBS to not switch to empty content if you switch to other Xojo window.

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