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Data 7 Design Thumbnail OCX Helpwww.data7consultancy.com

Use the Data 7 Design Thumbnail OCX to display an embroidery design file. The Data 7 Design

Thumbnail control is compatible with many different design formats.

Note: This OCX comes with a developer LIC file that is required so it can be used with your own developmentcode. Under no circumstances must the LIC be included in any installation packages or distributed withoutprior consent from Data 7 Consultancy.

PropertiesBackColourBlueblueBorderSizeBorderStyleColourNumberColoursDesignHeight

DesignWidthDrawNeedleGreengreenMaxXMaxYMinXMinYNeedleChangesPaletteColourPictureRedStitchesImage

MethodsShowshowdesign


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Compatible Design Formats

- Data 7 Quick Expanded .QEP

- Barudan DOS .U01

- Babylock, Bernina, Brother .PES-

- Compucon .XXX

- Elna .EMD

- Generations .VST

- Happy .TAP

- Janome .JEF

- Janome .SEW- Melco .EXP

- Pfaff .KSM

- Pfaff .PCS

- Pfaff .PCM

- Tajima .DSB (Barudan stitch data)

- Tajima .DST (Eltac stitch data)

- Tajima .DSZ (Fortron stitch data)

- Toyota .10O

- Wilcom Barudan .T03 (Barudan stitch data)

- Wilcom Tajima .T01 (Eltac stitch data)

- Wilcom Zangs .T04 (Fortron stitch data)- Wilcom ZSK .T05 (Fortron stitch data)


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BackColour Property

Returns or sets the background colour of the thumbnail control.

Syntax

thumbnailcontrol.BackColour [= colour]

Setting Description

Normal RGB colours Colours specified by using the standard RGB Colour palette

Available only at run-time


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Blue Property

Returns an integer representing the blue element of the design colour pointed to by the

ColourNumber property. The value returned is a number in the range 0-255

Syntax

thumbnailcontrol.Blue



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BorderSize Property

Returns or sets the BorderSize in pixels. This is reflected as a space around the control/design. Therange is 0-20.

Syntax

thumbnailcontrol.BorderSize = [value]

The BorderSize property settings are:

Setting Description

0 None (no border space from edge of control todesign).

1-20 Space in pixels from edge on control to design.



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ColourNumber Property

Returns or sets the colour number of a design currently displayed by the thumbnail control. The

ColourNumber property is used to return values for the PaletteColour, Red, Greenand Blueproperties

Syntax

thumbnailcontrol.ColourNumber = [value]

Setting Description

0-thumbnailcontrol.Colours Colour number to return PaletteColour, Red,

Green or Blue property.



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Colours Property

Returns the total number of colours in the sequence for the currently displayed design in the

thumbnail control. This number is then used as the maximum number passed to the ColourNumberSyntax

thumbnailcontrol.Colours



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DesignHeight Property

Returns the height of the design currently displayed in the thumbnail control. This value is in

1/10mm

Syntax

thumbnailcontrol.DesignHeight



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DesignWidth Property

Returns the width of the design currently displayed in the thumbnail control. This value is in1/10mm

Syntax

thumbnailcontrol.DesignWidth



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DrawNeedle Property

Returns or sets the colour number of a design to be drawn.

Syntax

thumbnailcontrol.DrawNeedle = [value]

Setting Description

0 Draw entire design

1-thumbnailcontrol.Colours Draws only colour set by this property

Remarks

If the DrawNeedle property is set to a none zero value which is not greater than the Colours

property then only this colour is drawn and the Stitchesproperty will equal the total stitches in thatcolour only.



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Green Property

Returns an integer representing the green element of the design colour pointed to by the

ColourNumber property. The value returned is a number in the range 0-255

Syntax

thumbnailcontrol.Green



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MaxX Property

Returns an integer representing the maximum x co-ordinate of the currently drawn design.

Syntax

thumbnailcontrol.MaxX



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MaxY Property

Returns an integer representing the maximum y co-ordinate of the currently drawn design.

Syntax

thumbnailcontrol.MaxY



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MinX Property

Returns an integer representing the minimum x co-ordinate of the currently drawn design.

Syntax

thumbnailcontrol.MinX



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MinY Property

Returns an integer representing the minimum y co-ordinate of the currently drawn design.

Syntax

thumbnailcontrol.MinY



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NeedleChanges Property

Returns the total number of needle changes in the currently displayed design in the thumbnail

control.

Syntax

thumbnailcontrol.NeedleChanges



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Red Property

Returns an integer representing the red element of the design colour pointed to by the ColourNumber

property. The value returned is a number in the range 0-255

Syntax

thumbnailcontrol.Red



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Stitches Property

Returns the total number of stitches in the currently displayed design in the thumbnail control unless

the DrawNeedle property was first set to a value between 1 and the total number ofColours.

Syntax

thumbnailcontrol.Stitches



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ShowDesign Method

Sets the design to be drawn.

Syntax

Retval=thumbnailcontrol.ShowDesign(Design)

The ShowDesign method syntax has these parts:

Part Description

Design Full design name and path of design to be drawn by the control

Returns an integer.

0 Design drawn successfully

None Zero Error drawing design. Return value is error code.



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PaletteColour Property

Returns the position of the colour in the design palette pointed to by the ColourNumber property.

e.g.

A design has 10 colours in it sequence and 9 needle changes but only has 5 colours in the design

palette.

Colour Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Palette Position 4 1 2 5 3 5 3 2 5 4

if ColourNumber equals 4 then PaletteColour would equal 5 which would be the palette position 5.

Syntax

thumbnailcontrol.PaletteColour



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BorderStyle Property

Returns or sets the border style for the thumbnail control.

Syntax

thumbnailcontrol.BorderStyle = [value]

The BorderStyle property settings are:

Setting Description

0 None (no border or border-related elements).

1 Fixed Single


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Image Property

Returns the a snapshot image of whatever is within the control.

Syntax

LPPictureDisp = thumbnailcontrol.Image


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