>hi all:
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>i need to display a BMP/JPG file as a thumbnail in an image control and then expand it to its actual size if needed (by double clicking on the image). How to go about this ?
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>many thanks in advance.

I recently did something like this. What I did was a preview image in asmaller control, and then launched the actual sized image into another form The image control set the form's dimensions according to the size of the graphic, so it looked like just the image was coming up.