Thank you, Leslie,
that iPreviewHandler-thing seems to be what I was looking for. I have 
followed your link and read the text about preview-handlers, but, 
honestly, I didn't understand a word and how to use it.
Has anybody developed that "paradox specific DLL" by now?
Wolf


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> On 18/04/2024 8:22 PM, wolf wahn wrote:
>> Hi,
>> before it is too late and this fine newsgroup dead and gone: I am using
>> dhtmledit to show jpg-images in Paradox (11/win 11). Is there any
>> other/better way to do this?
>>
>> Thanks to all who contributed here over the years,
>> Wolf
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> The embedded iwebbrowser and iwebbrowser2 I think used by dhtmledit 
> might also disappear soon. From memory they are tied to internet 
> explorer and actually allow ocx the run inside them. Given IE is about 
> to be completely removed from Windows soon its time to move on.
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> The recommended way to show files and objects is to use the 
> iPreviewHandler interface. I would have thought someone would have coded 
> a paradox specific DLL by now, but maybe not.
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> This is the link to the nuts and bolts of that interface: 
> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/preview-handlers
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> It's non-trivial I am afraid but once working it is fast as images 
> preview in their own thread if done correctly.
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