Well, Dan, it 'sorta' worked. Seems like 'way more work to save the space that just making JPG files for each embroidery file would create.
But, it was a fun exercise and I thank you for that. :)
Regards,
Connie
> Here's a crazy idea that won't let you open the files in TP but it should give you thumbnails and (unless I'm overlooking something) allow you to open the files in other programs:
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(Note: you still didn't mention the file format so I'll refer to it as .XYZ here)>
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[*]Make JPG versions of the files and copy those JPGs to a new folder.
> [*]Rename their .jpg extensions to .xyz (cat.jpg becomes cat.xyz)
> [*]Launch TP and go to that folder
> [*]Go to Options | Preferences | Filetypes and create a definition for the .XYZ type and make it 'Equivalent to: JPG', then go back and thumbnail the .xyz files.
> [*]Now exit TP, delete the fake .xyz files and copy the original .xyz files into that folder instead.
> [*]Then re-launch TP, and verify that the thumbnails can still be seen, and you can drag and drop the files into your embroidery software. Note that TP will likely indicate that the files have changed (i.e. the thumbnails should be updated), but you must ignore that.
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