Create Thumbnail from url using asp.net 2.0

Question

Can any one help me on how to create a thumbnail from a url.

when the user saves a link, i want to show the screenshot of the web page as a thumbnail

i am using asp.net 2.0

Thank You

Answer 1

Use Snap shots.

Answer 2

If you need to do this yourself, you can use the Winforms WebBrowser control in an ASP.NET application, with a few caveats:

• It needs to run in a single threaded apartment thread
• It might not work on all pages, such as pages which require Javascript or Flash interaction

Here are a few links to some walkthroughs:

• Build A Self-Caching ASP.NET Web Site Thumbnail Control
• How To Get Web Site Thumbnail Image In ASP.NET