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Thumbshots.org handler

Using thumbshots.org in ASP.NET and C# – part 2

Please start reading this from the beginning
Part 2 – we continue our development of the thumbshots.org cache handler:
Our img src will point to: img src="thumbshot.ashx?u=www.yoursite.com"
and lets start with looking at the handler code:

public void ProcessRequest (HttpContext context)
{
System.Drawing.Image oImgOriginal;
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Using thumbshots.org with ASP.NET and C# part 1

Ever heard of thumbshots.org ? They offer a (free) service letting you retrieve thumbnail images from websites and webpages for use in your own web pages. Pretty cool and so easy to use:
In short – you just point your images to their handler and add your specific url at the end:

<img src="http://open.thumbshots.org/image.pxf?url=http://www.aspcode.net">

retrieves this image:
 (rightclick and check the address)
Now [...]