Images|Default Registry entry

Specify the maximum size of images to display to a user by default. Size is either file size in kilobytes or width and height in pixels.

Note: This Registry entry replaces the now defunct Launch Viewer Registry entry.

When a user views an image in Vitalware, the image is drawn down from the multimedia repository and displayed in whatever viewer is associated with that image's file type. There can be multiple versions of an image with differing resolutions, some potentially very large.

This entry determines which version of an image is viewed by default by specifying the maximum size of the image to display. The version of an image closest to, but not exceeding, the size specified in this entry will display by default.

Note: In the absence of this Registry entry, the original image added to the Multimedia module (the first file listed in the Resolutions table on the Resolutions tab) is displayed by default.

When this entry is specified, the default image is displayed when a user clicks the Launch Viewer Launch Viewer button, and on the Multimedia tab the image that displays is the default image specified by the Images|Default Registry entry.

Note: The Images|Default Registry entry does not restrict a user / group from accessing larger images, it only determines which image is displayed by default as described above. Users will continue to have access to all available resolutions on the Resolutions tab of the Multimedia module and using the Multimedia>Launch Viewer menu option in the Multimedia module. The Maximum Registry entry can be used to restrict access to all media (not just images) based on size.

Usage

This Registry entry can be assigned to users, groups and system-wide:

Key User User Group Group Key System System
Key 1 User User Group Group Key 1 System System
Key 2 user user group group Key 2 Setting Setting
Key 3 Setting Setting Setting Setting Key 3 Multimedia Multimedia
Key 4 Multimedia Multimedia Multimedia Multimedia Key 4 Images Images
Key 5 Images Images Images Images Key 5 Default Default
Key 6 Default Default Default Default      
Value size width:height size width:height Value size width:height
User user Setting Multimedia Images Default size
User user Setting Multimedia Images Default width:height
Group group Setting Multimedia Images Default size
Group group Setting Multimedia Images Default width:height
Group Default Setting Multimedia Images Default size
Group Default Setting Multimedia Images Default width:height
System Setting Multimedia Images Default size
System Setting Multimedia Images Default width:height

where:

size

is the size in kilobytes (Kb) of the image that is displayed by default.

-OR-

width:height

are the width and height in pixels of the image that is displayed by default.

Note: If all images available in a record are larger than the size specified in this Registry entry, a warning message will display indicating that image size exceeds the permitted size and the user will be unable to launch a viewer to display an image.

Example

This entry specifies that when any user seeks to view an image, the image that will display by default is closest to, but not exceeding, 1Mb (1024Kb):

Key Setting
Key 1 System
Key 2 Setting
Key 3 Multimedia
Key 4 Images
Key 5 Default
Value 1024