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PagePreviewOptions reference

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This topic lists all valid options for the PagePreviewOptions statement as shown (in an example) in Page thumbnail options file structure.

Option	Default	Description
BoxLimit	0	Point size limit in millipoints for displaying characters as boxes. If 0 all characters are displayed normally.
Format	PNG	Preview image format, possible values are 'GIF', 'PNG' and 'JPEG'
FrameBorder	Thin	Frames border kind - possible values: •None = no frame borders •Thin = thin frame borders (1 pixel) •Thick = thick frame borders (2 pixels) Ignored if ShowFrames is false.
FrameColor	blue	Frames border color, possible values are the standard color names 'aqua', 'black', 'blue', 'fuchsia', 'gray', 'green', 'lime', 'maroon', 'navy', 'olive', 'purple', 'red', 'silver', 'teal', 'white', 'yellow' or a red-green-blue hexadecimal color in te format '#RGB' - e.g. '#f04' -or '#RRGGBB' - e.g. '#ff0040'. Ignored if ShowFrames is false.
FrameInfoFirst	empty	Pattern used to generate the information displayed in the first frame linked to a text. See the help for the 'Information' tab of the Fred4 'Preferences' dialog (Edit\|Preferences). Used only if ShowInfo is true.
FrameInfoNext	empty	Pattern used to generate the information displayed in the frames linked to a text besides the first one. See the help for the 'Information' tab of the Fred4 'Preferences' dialog (Edit\|Preferences). Used only if ShowInfo is true.
FrameOverColor	red	Overset frames border color, the possible values are the same as for FrameColor. Ignored if ShowFrames is false.
ImageInfo	empty	Pattern used to generate the information displayed on images. Used only for dummy images (if displayed) and for non-dummy ones when ShowImages is false. See the help for the 'Information' tab of the Fred4 'Preferences' dialog (Edit\|Preferences).
InfoFontName	Arial	Name of the font used to display the information inside text frames and images.
InfoFontSize	8	Point size of the font used to display the information inside text frames and images.
JpegQuality	90	JPEG quality to use for the preview image. Used only if Format is 'JPEG'
Margin	0	Margin around the preview in millipoints
PixelWidth	1000	Width in millipoints of a pixel - i.e. the inverse of the preview resolution. 1000 corresponds to approx. 72 dpi 500 to approx. 144 dpi.
ShowBorders	false	Show frame borders and other extra information associated with frames
ShowDummy	false	Fill empty frames and image place-holders with dummy text and dummy images - to generate a preview of an empty page that shows how it will look like complete.
ShowFormat	false	Show frames' types (e.g. 'Body', 'Head' etc.). Used only if ShowBorder is true.
ShowImages	true	Show images. If false images are displayed as crossed rectangles.
ShowInfo	false	Do not display content of linked frames, but fill the text frames with the linked text workstate color and display other information about them, as defined by FrameInfoFirst and FrameInfoNext.
ShowNonPrintable	false	Show hidden layers and page items declared 'non printable'.
Size	0	Size of the preview biggest dimension in pixel - i.e. the preview will fit in a square of this size. If 0 the preview size is computed based on the PixelWidth option.
ShowType	false	Show frames' types (e.g. 'Body', 'Head' etc.). Used only if ShowBorder is true.
SourceImgQuality (since the version 2.0)	Low	SourceImgQuality accept three values: ''Low'' (load from DB the image thumbnail, low quality), ''Medium'' (load from DB the image preview, medium quality) and ''High'' (original image). For PagePreviews with size > 400px for a good output is better select the ''Medium'' quality.