make Thumbnail from PDF like Explorer

[AUGE_OHR]

hi,

Windows can show Thumbnail from PDF in Explorer

Explorer_PDF_Thumbnail.png (606.63 KiB) Viewed 1112 times

but Adobe Acrobat, Foxit Reader or SumatraPDF must be installed as "external" reader (does not work with Portable Version)

SumatraPDF use MuPDF Library
https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/mupdf

you can download MuPDF here
https://mupdf.com/releases/index.html (mupdf-1.20.0-windows.zip)

it include mupdf.exe, mupdf-gl.exe and mutool.exe

make a *.BAT File and include this Line

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mutool draw -o "%1.png" -r 96 -h 150 "%1" 1-1

it will generate Thumbnail "Filename.PNG" with 96 DPI and 150 Pixel Height
1-1 mean only Page 1
1-N are Tbumbs from 1 until End

Sample

g:\CT>mutool draw -o "ct.22.22.pdf.png" -r 96 -h 150 "ct.22.22.pdf" 1-1
page ct.22.22.pdf 1

see upper left in Snapshot

[serge_girard]

Thanks Jimmy!