image1.Resize(50, 80);

dropDownList1.Bind((List<Category>)categories, "Name", "Id");

public static class StringExtensions
{

        /// <summary>
        /// Count all words in a given string
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="input">string to begin with</param>
        /// <returns>int</returns>
        public static int WordCount(this string input)
        {
            var count = 0;
            try
            {
                // Exclude whitespaces, Tabs and line breaks
                var re = new Regex(@"[^\s]+");
                var matches = re.Matches(input);
                count = matches.Count;
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                return -1;
            }
            return count;
        }
}

var s = "i Love Dot Net Tips.";
var wordCount = s.WordCount();