HTML files in thumbnailview??!

Andre Linoge · Post by *Andre Linoge » 2006-03-24, 18:00 UTC

Good evening,

I was wandering if its possible to view html files trought the thumbnailview exacly as txt files (without the codes).

TIA
Andre Linoge

ts4242 · Post by *ts4242 » 2006-03-24, 18:33 UTC

Yes you can
go to Options> thumbnail page
uncheck "Use explorer method (OLE) for"
add this *.htm *.html to the option Plain text file thumbnails for

Andre Linoge · Post by *Andre Linoge » 2006-03-24, 19:02 UTC

ts4242 wrote:Yes you can
go to Options> thumbnail page
uncheck "Use explorer method (OLE) for"
add this *.htm *.html to the option Plain text file thumbnails for

I already used this option, but didnt uncheck "Use explorer method (OLE) for".
Still the html tags are still visible.

Thanks for the respons.

ts4242 · Post by *ts4242 » 2006-03-25, 00:21 UTC

mybe using internal lister F3 is better than thumbs (how could you read text on thumbs?!!!)
the internal lister shows text on html files without tags is this what you want?

Andre Linoge · Post by *Andre Linoge » 2006-03-25, 10:07 UTC

ts4242 wrote:mybe using internal lister F3 is better than thumbs (how could you read text on thumbs?!!!)
the internal lister shows text on html files without tags is this what you want?

True, true, and f3 is often used, but try using lister with some 100 files, looking for an particulair file.

IMHO viewing an small thumbnail is so much more easyer.

ts4242 · Post by *ts4242 » 2006-03-25, 18:51 UTC

sorry, but i cannot understand your problem!
when the option "Use explorer method (OLE) for *.*" is selected i can see the content of any html file as small picture, see this

Andre Linoge · Post by *Andre Linoge » 2006-03-25, 20:06 UTC

Your view is exactly what i need. but i still see the html code.

I have even removed some plugins to see if those are the cause, but no.

These are the thumbnails-options; all are checked.

x Get from Lister plugins for: *.*
x Use Explorer method (OLE2) for: *.*
x Get from Irfan-/XNview for: *.*
x Plain text file thumbnails for: *.txt *.ini *.htm *.html

ts4242 · Post by *ts4242 » 2006-03-25, 20:24 UTC

do you face this problem with Windows Explorer?

try to open the folder that contain your html files in windows explorer and switch to thumbnails veiw. maybe the problem is in your windows explorer, if not, try to start TC with clean wincmd.ini file

Andre Linoge · Post by *Andre Linoge » 2006-03-26, 09:40 UTC

It seems in Windows Explorer only images appears as thumbnails, txt, html and other files as an enlarged file-icon.

Post by *petermad » 2006-03-26, 23:12 UTC

2ts4242
I also have no thumbnails in both TC and Explorer - you must have some universal html thumbnail viewer installed as an extension to the Explorer method. Or ??

Andre Linoge · Post by *Andre Linoge » 2006-03-27, 09:23 UTC

petermad wrote:2ts4242
I also have no thumbnails in both TC and Explorer - you must have some universal html thumbnail viewer installed as an extension to the Explorer method. Or ??

What system are using?? As i recall not all Window versions have the thumbnailview option; i myself have Windows XP, perhaps that is the cause.

Wilhelm M. · Post by *Wilhelm M. » 2006-03-27, 12:47 UTC

Well, had the same problem with W2k.

Changed the settings to
x Use Explorer method (OLE 2) for: *.htm *.html
and everything is okay now. Html files are now shown as thumbnails.

Andre Linoge · Post by *Andre Linoge » 2006-03-27, 16:50 UTC

Wilhelm M. wrote:Well, had the same problem with W2k.

Changed the settings to
x Use Explorer method (OLE 2) for: *.htm *.html
and everything is okay now. Html files are now shown as thumbnails.

Good, but does the htm file show text as an textfile?; in my case the html thumb shows:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>TITLE</TITLE>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</HEAD>
<BODY scroll=no>
<h3>TITLE</h3>

If the settings are correct the html thumbs should show like an previous posting of ts4242; (look out for: see this). Thats what were looking for.

BTW: just usede youre option:
x Use Explorer method (OLE 2) for: *.htm *.html
it didnt made any differents in the htm files, but causes other files to show there icon.

Post by *petermad » 2006-03-27, 16:58 UTC

2Andre Linoge

What system are using??

I use Windows XP SP2

ts4242 · Post by *ts4242 » 2006-03-27, 20:59 UTC

petermad wrote:2ts4242
I also have no thumbnails in both TC and Explorer - you must have some universal html thumbnail viewer installed as an extension to the Explorer method. Or ??

My system is WinME and i use IE 5.5,
I cannot remember that i installed any html thumbnail viewer.

anyway search for thumbvw.dll in your system folder, if it is not there, try to restore it from windows installation CD