create thumbnail of a website

[xkeops]

I need to create a thumbnail (gif, ico or jpeg) of a web page.
Any ideas how to do it in aspnet 2.0 ?
I tried looking around for some code but didn't get much.

Thanks

 

[John Timney \(MVP\)]

I recommended this to someone just the other day.

http://www.codeproject.com/cs/samples/webpage_thumbnailer.asp

Regards

John Timney (MVP)
http://www.johntimney.com

 

[xkeops]

Thanks for answer, I was just wondering if is any code outhere doing
this operation as a web tool. The one you sent is a desktop app.
Thanks again.

 

[John Timney \(MVP\)]

I dont know of any free ones. Lots of products do it like
http://www.websupergoo.com/abcdrawhtml-1.htm but its at a cost.

If you can't covert it to work from a web app, you have to determine if you
can run it as a windowless (hidden window) executable and either pinvoke it,
or pass it work as a service if possible. The problem you have is that any
kind of screen capture requires a screen to capture from, and you wont have
one in a web app.

Another read, might help you more:
http://forums.asp.net/788760/ShowPost.aspx

Throw some searches for webpage and Gif and see what comes back

Regards

John Timney (MVP)
http://www.johntimney.com