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How do I create a picture sorter?

Hello!  I am looking for either some code or an ActiveX control that will help me with a picture sorter.  Let's say I have fifty bitmaps (all the same size).  I want to be display them across, then down (5 across, then continue to next row).  It will actually look alot like the PowerPoint slide sorter.   I would also like to select one or more of the images from the viewer and move them back or forwards.  So if I want to select pictures 2 and 3 and move them in front of picture 1, I should be able to do that.

Lastly, I would also like to be able to zoom the pictures within the control.  If the pictures are too small to view, the user will enlarge the pictures to get a better view of that.

I know that's alot, but the client is very high maintenance :-)

I hope all this made sense.  I am using VB6 btw.

Thanks,
Head Pygmie
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Thanks for the replies:

Dudge - Leadtools look a program the lets manipulate images and do a lot of stuff to it.  It does not appear to "manage" the pictures like I would like.  I already have the pictures and really don't need to do anything to it except for displaying and zooming it.

Vinny - That program looks pretty cool.  Great interface and definitely closer to what I'm looking for.  I still need to be able to increase the size of the thumbnails in the viewer and also move them around (sort them) though.  

HP
Hi!

Try this:     http://www.geocities.com/dbrckovi/Thumbs.zip

 - double click on empty thumb to load a bitmap into it
 - right click on thumb with bitmap to get other options
Leadtools will let you do anything.  You can create thumbnails of any size.  Sorry I don't have a sample to show you.  It is an SDK and will have a bit of a learning curve but if you're looking for the most options and future expandability, LeadTools is the one to go with.  For a quicker solution, you would probably want to try to modify Vinny's program to do what you want.
Thanks Dudge and Vinny.  Although each tool individually did not perform all the tasks I hoped for, they did give me ideas on how to work around the problem.  

Head Pygmie