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That thread discussed a number of ways to tackle this. The OP in that thread eventually chose a domain-specific solution by using a thumbnail stored in the resource fork by adobe apps, but there are some links and discussions about the actual code that Finder uses to do this.
QLThumbnailImageCreate is probably a better answer, but is 10.5 only. You didn't say what OSs you are targeting, so that may be OK.
-Lee
That thread discussed a number of ways to tackle this. The OP in that thread eventually chose a domain-specific solution by using a thumbnail stored in the resource fork by adobe apps, but there are some links and discussions about the actual code that Finder uses to do this.
QLThumbnailImageCreate is probably a better answer, but is 10.5 only. You didn't say what OSs you are targeting, so that may be OK.
-Lee