Re: using QuickLook from an application?
Re: using QuickLook from an application?
- Subject: Re: using QuickLook from an application?
- From: Bill Janssen <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:40:05 PDT
- Comments: In-reply-to Julien Jalon <email@hidden> message dated "Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:00:32 -0700."
Julien Jalon <email@hidden> wrote:
> > I'd like to be able to invoke the QuickLook server from my application
> > to obtain PDF or RTF preview versions of MS-Office Documents before
> > opening them. The capability exists; you can see it in Finder, for
> > instance. But I can't see how to invoke it from a client. The only
> > useful call I can make is QLThumbnailImageCreate(), which
> > unfortunately
> > is for single-page data. Symmetry tells me there should be something
> > like QLPreviewDocumentCreate(), but I don't see it anywhere.
> >
> > What am I missing? Surely Apple wouldn't keep such a useful facility
> > out of the hands of developers?
> >
>
> As of Leopard, Apple does.
>
> Please file a radar and explain precisely what you want.
I'll do that. Basically, the idea is that having access to simplified
standardized renditions of various document formats is very useful for
purposes other than the user interface. I'd like cognates of
QLThumbnailImageCreate() for multi-page documents, particularly
something like QLPDFCreate(). I get the impression from the
documentation that all multi-page static formats render as PDF, which
would be very helpful to lots of people.
Bill
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