---
title: "Cropping Photos Using Client-Side Scripting (Web Controls)"
canonical: https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/CroppingPhotosUsingClientSideScripting.htm
product: "Graphics Mill 5.5 for .NET"
---
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# Cropping Photos Using Client-Side Scripting (Web Controls)
One of the benefits of the Graphics Mill for .NET is that it contains not only a server-side component. It also contains a web control which enables you to create convenient and highly interactive user interface.
This code example demonstrates how to use this control to build an application which allows the user to prepare a photo before ordering it for printing. This application allows the user to crop the photo to fit necessary proportions and specify orientation. It also checks whether the image dimensions allow printing in the specified size. It displays a warning, if after cropping the image will be too small to provide enough quality, .
The screenshot of this application you can see below.
The important feature of this application is that it utilizes AJAX technique to communicate with server. It does not require any roundtrips when the user changes format, orientation, etc. Even when the Crop button is clicked, the page is not refreshed. Only the image inside the control is updated. It is achieved by using the [client-side scripting](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/EnchancingInteractivitywithClientSideScripting.htm.md) object model of this web control.
Here is a code example:
```
<%@ Page language="VB" AutoEventWireup="false" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="aur" Namespace="Aurigma.GraphicsMill.WebControls" Assembly="Aurigma.GraphicsMill.WebControls" %>
Photo Cropping
```
```csharp
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="aur" Namespace="Aurigma.GraphicsMill.WebControls" Assembly="Aurigma.GraphicsMill.WebControls" %>
Photo Cropping
```