SolidWorks® Preview plugin 1.1.4.1 for Total Commander or WhereIsIt
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 * License:
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This software is released as freeware.


 * Disclaimer:
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This software is provided "AS IS" without any warranty, either expressed or
implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The author will not be
liable for any special, incidental, consequential or indirect damages due to
loss of data or any other reason.


 * Installation:
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For Total Commander:

 1. Unzip the archive to an empty directory
 2. Choose Configuration - Options
 3. Choose Edit/View
 4. Click "Configure internal viewer..."
 5. Click "LS-Plugins"
 6. Click "Add" and select the sldpreview.wlx
 7. Click "OK" twice
 8. sldpreview.ini is initialized by a copy of the provided template file
    sldpreview.template.ini during the very first plugin initialization.

For WhereIsIt:

 1. Unzip the archive to subdirectory "Plugins" of WhereIsIt's main directory
 2. Rename sldpreview.wlx to sldpreview.dll
 3. When WhereIsIt starts the next time, it will recognize and include the new
    plugin sldpreview.dll.


 * Description:
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SolidWorks stores a preview bitmap for each configuration. This is typically
shown in the File-Open dialog of SolidWorks.

The SolidWorks Preview plugin shows the embedded preview bitmap of SolidWorks
Assembly, Drawing and Part Documents. It can also be used for the thumbnail
view of for Total Commander >= 6.5.

Extracting the preview bitmap does not require SolidWorks to be installed.

The default bitmap width, height, position and background color can be set in
section [SolidWorks Preview Settings] of sldpreview.ini.


 * Examples:
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You can download some example SolidWorks files from
http://tbeu.totalcmd.net/solidworks/SolidWorks_SampleFiles.rar. Total download
size is about 913 kByte.


 * ChangeLog:
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 o Version 1.1.4.1 (06.09.2007)
   - fixed: return NULL in ListLoad() if extraction of preview bitmap fails
 o Version 1.1.4.0 (09.08.2007)
   - added: print preview bitmap (CTRL+P)
   - replaced SldWorks_ExtractBitmap.dll library by SW_ExtractBitmap.dll
 o Version 1.1.3.0 (13.04.2007)
   - fixed vertical scrolling
 o Version 1.1.2.0 (02.02.2007)
   - added: copy preview bitmap to clipboard (CTRL+C)
 o Version 1.1.1.0 (27.11.2006)
   - added support for new lister option: "Center images" (for Total Commander
     >= 7 beta 1)
   - removed option CenterImage from sldpreview.ini
 o Version 1.1.0.0 (25.11.2006)
   - added: avoid flickering of preview window when switching from one file to
     the next (for Total Commander >= 7 beta 2)
   - added option Debug in sldpreview.ini
 o Version 1.0.5.0 (18.01.2006)
   - added option BackColor in sldpreview.ini
   - fixed repainting if preview window was moved out of screen
   - fixed potential access violations
 o Version 1.0.4.0 (25.11.2005)
   - added support for WhereIsIt
 o Version 1.0.3.0 (17.11.2005)
   - added extensions ASM, ASMDOT, DRW, DRWDOT, PRT, PRTDOT, SLDDRT, SLDFLP
   - added scrolling
   - fixed: thumbnail view crashed if ListLoad() was not called before
 o Version 1.0.2.0 (12.11.2005)
   - added registration of SldWorks_ExtractBitmap.dll
 o Version 1.0.1.0 (11.11.2005)
   - added option CenterImage in sldpreview.ini
   - fixed: fit image to window in Quick View mode
 o Version 1.0.0.1 (10.11.2005)
   - first public version


 * References:
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 o LS-Plugin Writer's Guide by Christian Ghisler
   - http://ghisler.fileburst.com/beta/listplughelp1.8.zip
 o WhereIsIt Description API 2.20 documentation and samples by Robert Galle
   - http://www.whereisit-soft.com/DescAPI22.zip


 * Trademark and Copyright Statements:
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 o SolidWorks is a registered trademark of SolidWorks Corporation.
   © 1997-2007 SolidWorks Corporation. All rights reserved.
   - http://www.solidworks.com
 o Total Commander is Copyright © 1995-2007 by Christian Ghisler, C. Ghisler & Co.
   - http://www.ghisler.com
 o UPX - The Ultimate Packer for eXecutables is Copyright © 1996-2007 by Markus
   Oberhumer, Laszlo Molnar & John Reiser
   - http://upx.sourceforge.net
 o WhereIsIt is Copyright © 1997-2007 by Robert Galle. All rights reserved.
   - http://www.whereisit-soft.com


 * Feedback:
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If you have problems, questions, suggestions please contact Thomas Beutlich.
 o Email: support@tbeu.de
 o URL: http://tbeu.totalcmd.net