SavePreviewThumbnail Property (ActiveX)

Specifies if BMP preview images are saved with the drawing.

Supported platforms: Windows only

Signature

VBA:

object.SavePreviewThumbnail

object

Type: PreferencesOpenSave

The object this property applies to.

Property Value

Read-only: No

Type: Boolean

• True: No preview image is created.
• False: Preview image is created.

Remarks

The initial value for this property is True.

Note: The value for this property is saved in the THUMBSAVE system variable.

Examples

VBA:

Sub Example_SavePreviewThumbnail()
    ' This example returns the current setting of
    ' SavePreviewThumbnail. It then changes the value, and finally
    ' it resets the value back to the original setting.
    
    Dim preferences As AcadPreferences
    Dim currSavePreviewThumbnail As Boolean
    
    Set preferences = ThisDrawing.Application.preferences
    
    ' Retrieve the current SavePreviewThumbnail value
    currSavePreviewThumbnail = preferences.OpenSave.SavePreviewThumbnail
    MsgBox "The current value for SavePreviewThumbnail is " & preferences.OpenSave.SavePreviewThumbnail, vbInformation, "SavePreviewThumbnail Example"
    
    ' Change the value for SavePreviewThumbnail
    preferences.OpenSave.SavePreviewThumbnail = Not (currSavePreviewThumbnail)
    MsgBox "The new value for SavePreviewThumbnail is " & preferences.OpenSave.SavePreviewThumbnail, vbInformation, "SavePreviewThumbnail Example"
    
    ' Reset SavePreviewThumbnail to its original value
    preferences.OpenSave.SavePreviewThumbnail = currSavePreviewThumbnail
    MsgBox "The SavePreviewThumbnail value is reset to " & currSavePreviewThumbnail, vbInformation, "SavePreviewThumbnail Example"
End Sub

Visual LISP:

(vl-load-com)
(defun c:Example_SavePreviewThumbnail()
    ;; This example returns the current setting of
    ;; SavePreviewThumbnail. It then changes the value, and finally
    ;; it resets the value back to the original setting.
    (setq acadObj (vlax-get-acad-object))
    (setq preferences (vla-get-Preferences acadObj))
    
    ;; Retrieve the current SavePreviewThumbnail value
    (setq currSavePreviewThumbnail (vla-get-SavePreviewThumbnail (vla-get-OpenSave preferences)))
    (alert (strcat "The current value for SavePreviewThumbnail is " (if (= currSavePreviewThumbnail :vlax-true) "True" "False")))
    
    ;; Change the value for SavePreviewThumbnail
    (vla-put-SavePreviewThumbnail (vla-get-OpenSave preferences) (if (= currSavePreviewThumbnail :vlax-true) :vlax-false :vlax-true))
    (setq newValue (vla-get-SavePreviewThumbnail (vla-get-OpenSave preferences)))
    (alert (strcat "The new value for SavePreviewThumbnail is " (if (= newValue :vlax-true) "True" "False")))
    
    ;; Reset SavePreviewThumbnail to its original value
    (vla-put-SavePreviewThumbnail (vla-get-OpenSave preferences) currSavePreviewThumbnail)
    (alert (strcat "The SavePreviewThumbnail value is reset to " (if (= currSavePreviewThumbnail :vlax-true) "True" "False")))
)