Showing thumbnail of selected images in a desktop application using C Sharp

I have a desktop application in C sharp, in which I have to show selected images in thumbnail view ( the view will be some thing like the attached image). The selected image can be deselec开发者_开发知识库ted using x (cross) button shown on image top. Can someone suggest me how this can be accomplished. I have seen this accomplished in ASP .net. But I have to accomplish this in C#. Any clue will be greatly welcomed.

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You can generate the thumbnails from the Image class in .Net (Image.GetThumbnailImage). As far as the layout you are showing here, you could use a FlowLayoutPanel, or some other type of panel (or roll your own) that would dynamically add the images to your form. From there you can highlight around the image and add your X control button in the OnPaint, just keep track of which are selected and which aren't via some container class (add the images to something like a HashSet (.Net 3.5 or higher) so that you can quickly add/remove them from the collection, and iterate it in the OnPaint.

My advise will be to create a custom control (or user control) that will encapsulate image thumbnail & its name. It will highlight & show cross when focused/hovered. Cross can be as simple as another image overlaid on thumbnail (showing/hiding in mouse over event). Then you just needs to create and lay out multiple instances of control in whatever manner you want.