HD78957: THE THUMBNAIL CANNOT BE DISPLAYED BY 64BIT CATIA

APAR status

• Closed as Permanent restriction.

Error description

• PROBLEM:
  The thumbnail cannot be displayed by 64bit CATIA
  .
  SCENARIO:-
  1. Launch CATIA on 64 bit machine.
  2. Save CATPart at location ?C:\temp folder --
  Part1.CATPart ?
  3. Go to Tools/Macro/Macros
  4. Select ?sample.catvba?
  5. Run
  ==>The thumbnail cannot be displayed
  .
  EXPECTED RESULT-Behavoir should be same on 32
  bit and 64 bit machine
  .
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• The thumbnail cannot be displayed by 64bit CATIA
  PROBLEM:
  The thumbnail cannot be displayed by 64bit CATIA
  .
  SCENARIO:-
  1. Launch CATIA on 64 bit machine.
  2. Save CATPart at location ?C:\temp folder --
  Part1.CATPart ?
  3. Go to Tools/Macro/Macros
  4. Select ?sample.catvba?
  5. Run
  ==>The thumbnail cannot be displayed
  .
  EXPECTED RESULT-Behavoir should be same on 32
  bit and 64 bit machine
  .
  

Problem conclusion

• THIS PROBLEM IS PERMANENT RESTRICTION IN
  CATIA.
  Restriction Explanation:
  Missing 32bit CATSysPreview.dll in 64bit fw System.
  This is quite complex to do that.And if it will fix then
  this fix will work with some specific configuration
  only.
  .
  

Temporary fix

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