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Crystal Image Toolkit: thumbnail image control and picture viewing.

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11 May 2011LGPL37 min read 109.6K   8.3K   95  
Thumbnail and image viewing controls for Windows Forms, using C#.
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Richard has been working with Windows software since 1991. He has worked for Borland, Microsoft, Oracle, and various startup companies such as Livescribe. Currently he is developing projects in C#, Windows Forms, and Net Framework. Visit his blog Attilan (www.attilan.com) to learn more about his tools, projects and discoveries.

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