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<Base title="Better Thumbnail Browser loading and viewing control for .NET" description="Thumbnail gallery control for .NET WinForms (C#, VB.net). ListView-like image loader, image viewer and image browser component.">
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<div class="max-w-6xl mx-auto px-4 py-10">
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<h1 class="text-3xl font-bold text-owl-blue mb-2">Better Thumbnail Browser loading and viewing control for .NET</h1>
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<p class="text-gray-600 mb-8">Thumbnail gallery control for .NET WinForms (C#, VB.net). ListView-like image loader, image viewer and image browser component.</p>
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<div class="product-content">
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<h1>Better Thumbnail Browser loading and viewing control for .NET</h1>
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<p class="section-info">Thumbnail gallery control for .NET WinForms (C#, VB.net). ListView-like image loader, image viewer and image browser component.</p>
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<div class="grid grid-cols-1 lg:grid-cols-3 gap-8">
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<div class="lg:col-span-2">
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<div class="flex gap-2 border-b border-gray-200 mb-6">
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<span class="px-4 py-2 border-b-2 border-owl-blue text-owl-blue font-medium text-sm">Overview</span>
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<a href="/better-thumbnail-browser/screenshots" class="px-4 py-2 text-gray-500 hover:text-owl-blue text-sm">Screenshots</a>
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</div>
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<ul class="space-y-2 text-sm text-gray-700 mb-6">
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{[
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'Better Thumbnail Browser is a <strong>thumbnail viewing and loading control for .NET Windows Forms</strong>',
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'View and automatically display thumbnails of images, graphic files, documents, video files etc.',
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'Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.',
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'For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.',
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'Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer. Supports .NET Client Profile.',
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'Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, both 32-bit and 64-bit.',
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'Native look and feel, always uses the current system theme (including Aero support)',
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'Saves development time with rich inbuilt functionality',
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'Easy to use and well-documented',
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'Written in pure managed C# code. Fast and light-weight',
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'No dependencies',
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'Optimized and smooth',
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'Inherits from mature Better ListView control',
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'FIPS-compliant, CLS-compliant, digitally signed and strongly named assembly.',
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'Easy royalty-free XCOPY deployment. Single DLL file that has just 250kB~ when compressed.',
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].map(item => (
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<li class="flex gap-2"><span class="text-green-500 mt-0.5 shrink-0">✓</span><span set:html={item}></span></li>
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))}
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<div class="sides">
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<div class="right">
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<ul class="nav">
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<li><a href="/better-thumbnail-browser" class="current">Overview</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 class="text-xl font-bold text-owl-blue mt-8 mb-3">Image Viewer .NET control with powerful features</h2>
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<p class="text-sm text-gray-700 mb-4">Better Thumbnail Browser is a WinForms control for displaying and loading (mostly) <strong>image thumbnails</strong>. Thumbnails are viewed in <strong>listview-like image gallery</strong>.</p>
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<p class="text-sm text-gray-700 mb-3">Viewing and loading image thumbnails is a sophisticated task, so this .NET control does these things for you, right out of the box:</p>
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<div class="product-detail">
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<ul class="common">
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<li>Better Thumbnail Browser is a <strong>thumbnail viewing and loading control for .NET Windows Forms</strong></li>
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<li>View and automatically display thumbnails of images, graphic files, documents, video files etc.</li>
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<li>Compatible with: Visual Studio 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005, with full designer support.</li>
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<li>For C#, Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), managed C++, and other CLI languages.</li>
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<li>Compatible with .NET 4.5, .NET 4, .NET 3.5, .NET 3, .NET 2, and newer.</li>
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<li>Runs on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, and newer, both 32-bit and 64-bit.</li>
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<li>Based on <a href="/better-listview">Better ListView</a> — inherits all its features and flexibility.</li>
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<li>Automatic thumbnail loading from files and folders.</li>
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<li>Supports all common image formats (JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, etc.).</li>
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<li>Asynchronous thumbnail loading — does not block the UI.</li>
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<li>Customizable thumbnail sizes and layouts.</li>
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<li>Shell integration — displays thumbnails just like Windows Explorer.</li>
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</ul>
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<ul class="space-y-2 text-sm text-gray-700 mb-6">
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{[
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'<strong>View images in any folder on HDD</strong>',
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'<strong>Load images from any source you want</strong> (including database) with minimum coding needed.',
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'<strong>Load thumbnails on background</strong>. All the thread operations and thread synchronization are performed automatically.',
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'<strong>Resize images with high-quality image resampling</strong>.',
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'<strong>Optimized order of loading of images</strong> — allows loading the thumbnails in view first, then all other thumbnails in the predefined order.',
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'<strong>Supports starting, pausing and restarting the image loading</strong> on demand.',
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'<strong>Smooth thumbnail zooming</strong> on the fly (e.g. using a mouse-wheel)',
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'<strong>Completely flicker-free</strong>, optimized, and smooth',
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'Super-customizable: <strong>Set shadows, borders, padding, spacing of all elements</strong>',
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'<strong>Grouping of images</strong> — create customizable collapsible groups of thumbnails',
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'Supports <strong>multi-line text</strong>, both in image items and column headers',
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'<strong>Inbuilt sorting with multi-column sorting</strong> support',
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'Supports <strong>checkboxes</strong> (both 2-state or 3-state)',
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'Customizable <strong>tooltips</strong> on all elements',
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].map(item => (
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<li class="flex gap-2"><span class="text-green-500 mt-0.5 shrink-0">✓</span><span set:html={item}></span></li>
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))}
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</ul>
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<h2>What is Better Thumbnail Browser?</h2>
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<p>Better Thumbnail Browser is a .NET WinForms control for viewing and browsing thumbnails. It is based on Better ListView and inherits all its features, while adding powerful thumbnail loading and display capabilities.</p>
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<div class="bg-blue-50 border border-blue-200 rounded p-4 mb-6 text-center">
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<img src="http://assets.componentowl.com/screenshots/43/overview_original_1354296079.png?1354270879" alt="Better Thumbnail Browser Overview" class="mx-auto max-w-full rounded" />
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<p>Better Thumbnail Browser can automatically load and display thumbnails from files and folders. It supports all common image formats and can also display thumbnails of documents, video files, and other file types through Windows Shell integration.</p>
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<h2>Key Features</h2>
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<ul class="common">
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<li><strong>Automatic thumbnail loading</strong> — Simply point Better Thumbnail Browser to a folder and it will automatically load and display thumbnails of all supported files.</li>
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<li><strong>Asynchronous loading</strong> — Thumbnails are loaded in the background, so the UI remains responsive even when loading thousands of files.</li>
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<li><strong>Shell integration</strong> — Uses Windows Shell to generate thumbnails, supporting the same file types as Windows Explorer.</li>
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<li><strong>Customizable appearance</strong> — Full control over thumbnail sizes, spacing, borders, and layout.</li>
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<li><strong>Based on Better ListView</strong> — Inherits all Better ListView features including sorting, grouping, drag & drop, and more.</li>
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<li><strong>High performance</strong> — Optimized for displaying thousands of thumbnails smoothly.</li>
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</ul>
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<div class="testimonial-wide">
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"Better Thumbnail Browser is exactly what I needed for my image management application. The shell integration is fantastic." — Customer Review
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</div>
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<h2>Built on Better ListView</h2>
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<p>Better Thumbnail Browser is built on top of Better ListView, which means you get all the power and flexibility of Better ListView plus dedicated thumbnail browsing capabilities. This includes hierarchical items, grouping, sorting, drag & drop, serialization, and much more.</p>
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</div>
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<h2 class="text-xl font-bold text-owl-blue mt-8 mb-3">Cut development time by up to 50%</h2>
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<p class="text-sm text-gray-700 mb-3">The biggest advantage of Better Thumbnail Browser control for .NET is that it saves you development time.</p>
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<p class="text-sm text-gray-700 mb-3">For many projects where GUI is important, Better Thumbnail Browser can significantly cut development time. The complex logic of loading, displaying and viewing the thumbnails is done automatically for you.</p>
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<p class="text-sm text-gray-700 mb-3">Furthermore, you will save time thanks to many inbuilt features that work out of the box, such as sorting or item reordering. Also, full designer support allows you to do many customizations with zero code.</p>
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<p class="text-sm text-gray-700 mb-6">Better Thumbnail Browser comes with numerous samples with full source code, and with excellent documentation with examples.</p>
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<h2 class="text-xl font-bold text-owl-blue mt-8 mb-3">High-quality source code available for optional purchase</h2>
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<p class="text-sm text-gray-700">In case you require a full source code, it can be purchased as part of the Site or Enterprise licenses. The Better Thumbnail Browser source code consists of a single C# project without any external dependencies, it is clean, readable, fully commented and readily extensible.</p>
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</div>
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<!-- Sidebar -->
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<div class="space-y-6">
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<div class="bg-white border border-gray-200 rounded-lg p-5 shadow-sm">
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<a href="/better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="block bg-green-500 hover:bg-green-600 text-white text-center font-semibold py-3 px-4 rounded mb-3 transition text-sm">Download Free Trial — With sample projects</a>
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<a href="/pricing-licensing/better-thumbnail-browser.html" class="block bg-orange-500 hover:bg-orange-600 text-white text-center font-semibold py-3 px-4 rounded mb-3 transition text-sm">See Pricing & Licensing</a>
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<p class="text-xs text-gray-500 text-center">Version 3.15 / May 27, 2015</p>
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<div class="left">
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<div class="buttons-box">
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<a href="/better-thumbnail-browser" class="standard-download" style="float:none;margin:0 auto 10px;display:block">Download Trial</a>
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<a href="/pricing-licensing/better-thumbnail-browser" class="standard-buy" style="float:none;margin:0 auto 10px;display:inline-block">See Pricing</a>
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</div>
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<div class="bg-white border border-gray-200 rounded-lg p-5 shadow-sm">
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<p class="font-semibold text-sm mb-3">Seamless integration with .NET 2.0 and higher</p>
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<li><a href="/better-thumbnail-browser/quick-start-guide" class="text-owl-blue-light hover:underline">See Quick Start Guide</a></li>
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<li><a href="/better-thumbnail-browser/documentation" class="text-owl-blue-light hover:underline">See Documentation</a></li>
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<li><a href="/better-thumbnail-browser/class-reference" class="text-owl-blue-light hover:underline">See Class Reference</a></li>
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</ul>
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<div class="compatibility">
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<p><strong>Seamless integration with .NET 2.0 and higher</strong></p>
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<div class="documentation">
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<p><a href="/better-thumbnail-browser">See Quick Start Guide</a></p>
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<p><a href="/better-thumbnail-browser">See Documentation</a></p>
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<p><a href="/better-thumbnail-browser">See Class Reference</a></p>
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</div>
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</div>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="buttons-wrap">
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<div class="buttons-hp" style="text-align:center">
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<a href="/better-thumbnail-browser" class="standard-download">Download Trial</a>
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<a href="/pricing-licensing/better-thumbnail-browser" class="standard-buy">See Pricing</a>
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<div class="logos">
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<img src="/images/logo-vs.gif" alt="Visual Studio" />
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<img src="/images/logo-dotnet.gif" alt=".NET" />
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</div>
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</div>
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</div>
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</Base>
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