Interface IAbstractPreviewApplication

Common base interface for managing standalone applications that are used for previews.

Namespace: Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Framework.IntegrationApi

Assembly: Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Framework.Core.dll

Syntax

public interface IAbstractPreviewApplication : IAbstractPreviewController

Methods

Launch()

The host application calls this to launch the preview applications.

Declaration

void Launch()

NotifyCanClose()

The host application may call this when the external preview is no longer expected to be needed, e.g. when the file that is being worked on is closed or when a new preview is about to be launched.

Declaration

void NotifyCanClose()

Remarks

The implementation may attempt to close the application and/or preview file at this point, or it may ignore this call and leave it up to the user to close the application manually.

Events

PreviewClosed

The implementation may raise this event to notify the host application when the standalone application no longer needs to be tracked, e.g. when the file that is being previewed is closed, or when the preview application is closed.

Declaration

event EventHandler<PreviewClosedEventArgs> PreviewClosed

Event Type

Type	Description
System.EventHandler<PreviewClosedEventArgs>

Remarks

This signals to the host application that temp files, etc. can be cleaned up.