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How to generate image from HTML with C#? - C# Sample Code(3)

If you have some C# applications that would benefit from having images and thumbnails (sometimes called thumbshots) of internet HTML web pages, you can try ACA WebThumb ActiveX. With a few function calls in Visual C#(C-sharp), it generates image from HTML web page and saves as JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, WMF and EMF image. If you want to write a C# application including web thumbnails feature, this developer SDK may be very useful for you.

Guidelines: Generate image from HTML with C#

Free download the HTML Converter SDK - ACA WebThumb ActiveX, and then install it.
You will find a C# demo project in the folder {install-folder}\sample\c#.
You can open this C# demo project with VS2003 or VS2005, build and run it.

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Example code: C# - Generate image from HTML

An example for C#:

// C# - Generate image from HTML web page
// Set the image filename.
string t_strSaveFolder = Server.MapPath("./");           
string t_strLargeImage = t_strSaveFolder + "\\" + "acasystems.large.png";
string t_strSmallImage = t_strSaveFolder + "\\" + "acasystems.small.png";

// Create instance
ThumbMakerClass t_xThumbMaker = new ACAWebThumbLib.ThumbMakerClass();

// Start generate image from web page http://www.acasystems.com 
t_xThumbMaker.SetURL("http://www.acasystems.com");
t_xThumbMaker.StartSnap();

// Get the image width and height
long t_lWidth = t_xThumbMaker.GetThumbWidth();
long t_lHeight = t_xThumbMaker.GetThumbHeight();

// Save the image with full size in C#
t_xThumbMaker.SaveImage(t_strLargeImage);

// Save the image with 320x240 in C#
t_xThumbMaker.SetThumbSize(320, 240, 0);
t_xThumbMaker.SaveImage(t_strSmallImage);