Can anyone point me in the right direction?

[vbMarkO]

I am wanting to write a program that does pretty much what opening mycomputer up then going to a folder that has graphics...

 

I want to see thumbnails of the images but I also want another window sort of like in XP where you can choose Film Strip Mode

 

Then each picture that is selected while selected will show up in the Fil Strip window....

 

Sort of a IMage browser..... I am not sure where to start to find examples of this..... can anyone point the way so I can study and research this?

 

vbMarkO

[Nate Bross]

You'll need to look into these namespaces

Graphics

Bitmap

and/or Image

[snarfblam]

The best approach would probably be to code this from the ground up unless you can find third party controls. This would mean, as Nate indicated, that you will have to get your hands dirty and learn about not only Graphics object and Bitmaps but also control painting. There are plenty of tutorials around on these subjects.

 

Another option would be to build controls out of other controls; construct your thumbnail and filmstrip controls out of pictureboxes, lablels, and panels. Doing this, though, would involve an understanding of dynamic control creation. There are also tutorials on this.