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How to: Load an Image as a Thumbnail Learn how to Load an Image as a Thumbnail. 03/30/2017 devdivchpfy22
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How to: Load an Image as a Thumbnail

The following examples show how to load an xref:System.Windows.Controls.Image as a thumbnail to conserve application memory.

Set the DecodePixelWidth property in XAML

The following example sets the xref:System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage.DecodePixelWidth%2A property of a xref:System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage in [!INCLUDETLA#tla_xaml] to reduce the memory required to load the image.

[!code-xamlImageElementExample_snip#ImageSimpleExampleInlineMarkup]

Set the DecodePixelWidth property in code

The following example sets the xref:System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage.DecodePixelWidth%2A property of a xref:System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage in code to reduce the memory required to load the image.

[!code-csharpImageElementExample_snip#ImageSimpleExampleInlineCode1] [!code-vbImageElementExample_snip#ImageSimpleExampleInlineCode1]

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