File Formats: MS Windows Thumbnail Cache Format (TDB)

MS Windows thumbnail cache Format is a raster file format which is produced by Microsoft. It is used to store thumbnail images for Microsoft Windows Explorer's thumbnail view. This speeds up the display of images as the smaller images do not need to be recalculated every time the user views the folder.

LEADTOOLS supports the thumbnail format for all versions of Windows including XP.

This file format does not support progressive loads and saves, multipage files, stamps, or Lossless JPEG compression, but it does support RGB Sub-formats.

The default extension used by this format is: db.

This file format is supported by the DM Thumbs 2.0.

LEADTOOLS supports Thumbs.db created for Windows XP and Thumbcache_xxx.db created for Windows Vista and later.

The file constants associated with this file format are:

Constant Read Support Write Support Description
Tdb 24 BPP None MS Windows thumbnail cache - XP (Legacy Only).
Tdb2 24 BPP None MS Windows thumbnail cache - Vista.

Required DLL: Leadtools.Codecs.Tdb.Dll. For a listing of the exact DLLs needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application .

For more information, refer to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_thumbnail_cache#Thumbs.db.

Platform Support

Extension Module Value Win32 Win64 Net32 Net64 Linux Android Apple UWP MimeType Friendly Name
Tdb TDB 337 application/windows-thumbnail Windows XP Thumbnail Cache

For a complete list for supported file formats, see Summary of All Supported File Formats.

For details of the file formats supported across products and platforms, refer to File Format Comparison Chart.

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