Viewing remote ftp site pics in thumbnail format...

[Brad Pears]

Why can't a Windows XP machine list .jpg files from a remote ftp site in
"thumbnail" format? Is there some settings that have to be made to do so?
(besides changing the view option to thumbnails)? Do I need to create a
thumbs.db somehow?

help!! It 's a real pain!!!'

Thanks, Brad

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

Why can't a Windows XP machine list .jpg files from a remote ftp site in
"thumbnail" format? Is there some settings that have to be made to do so?
(besides changing the view option to thumbnails)? Do I need to create a
thumbs.db somehow?

help!! It 's a real pain!!!'

Are you using IE or Network Places for the FTP connection? I really doubt
that you would be able to view thumbnails on the remote site like that, as
it would require actually downloading the files themselves before a
thumbnail could formed. thumbs.db files are only used locally I think. I
am not sure they can even be used on a LAN.

But then, saying that, CuteFTP Pro allows thumbnail view on the remote site,
but I have never used that function, and do not know what FTP commands it
uses to achieve it. I'm not sure if the home version does this either.

ss.

 

[Tim Slattery]

Why can't a Windows XP machine list .jpg files from a remote ftp site in
"thumbnail" format?

Because it would have to download the entire file in order to do that,
which would make choosing one to download kind of useless.

 

[Brad Pears]

Thanks for that. I thought maybe it might just download and use the
thumbs.db from that ftp site and directory to display the thumbs...

Brad