A simple utility for Chemists that integrates with Windows Explorer and provides Thumbnail, Preview, Search and other useful features for structure files.
Right clicking in Windows Explorer and choosing ThumbFish >> Preferences...
From a context-menu item on the Preview Window
Display common options (display, stereo). Save and read from file. Registry will not be accessible.
The options file (thumbfish.config) will be stored in LocalLow directory so that it can be read by Preview handler also. It should a speedy structure dump and pick as it will be read every time ThumbFish.dll loads. Written only when OK is pressed on preferences dialog.
Explore possibility of using SQLITE to store preferences. It can be extended to store more information such as Recent Items, Favorites, Molecule db creation etc.
http://www.sqlite.org/
A preferences dialog can be displayed by:
Display common options (display, stereo). Save and read from file. Registry will not be accessible. The options file (thumbfish.config) will be stored in LocalLow directory so that it can be read by Preview handler also. It should a speedy structure dump and pick as it will be read every time ThumbFish.dll loads. Written only when OK is pressed on preferences dialog.
Explore possibility of using SQLITE to store preferences. It can be extended to store more information such as Recent Items, Favorites, Molecule db creation etc. http://www.sqlite.org/