PixiThumbnailProvider 0.9 done in native mode

[tomaszkot]

This is a native implementation of Thumbnail Provider based on the pixi preview data from a file's header.

To test it run a InstallPixiThumbnailProviderServer.bat file at PixiThumbnailProvider.

TODO: add an icon of the app in the lower right corner.

[Equbuxu]

Wow, that was quick! I'll have to review it today, the PR might just make it into the 1.0 release

[tomaszkot]

Theoretically it was very simple, but I had a trouble with interpreting array of bytes describing preview size. In .net there is BitConverter, in c++ you have to write it. It's working, though not supporting that big-endian and little-endian checks, so currently it will not work on Power PC. I can improve it of you support such architecture.

Today I'll try to add that app's icon in the corner of the thumbnail.

[Equbuxu]

Looks good, for me the thumbnails already have the pixieditor logo in the corner (might be a win 11 thing?)

[flabbet]

I'm gonna do a proper review in a few days, I don't want to risk releasing it to 1.0, it's too little time to test it properly

[tomaszkot]

...for me the thumbnails already have the pixieditor logo in the corner (might be a win 11 thing?)

Wow, I do not have win11 so can not tell, doing it is possible, yet again not a piece of cake as loading pixi logo from rc file in c++ would be a nasty piece of code.

[tomaszkot]

I'm gonna do a proper review in a few days, I don't want to risk releasing it to 1.0, it's too little time to test it properly

Yes, test it carefully as it's quite dangerous code (native + windows API handler). So test it on all OS supported by the app.
Also installer is to be changed to support it, so quite a change.