I have c# windows form which have several controls on it, part of the controls are located one on another. I want a function that will take for input a control from the form and will return the image that has to be behind the control. for ex: if the form has backgroundimage and contains a button on it - if I'll run this function I'll got the part of backgroundimage that located behind the button. any Idea - and code?
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That's my initial guess, but have to test it.
- Put button invisible
- capture current screen
- Crop screen captured to the clientRectangle of the button
Restablish button.
public static Image GetBackImage(Control c) {
c.Visible = false;
var bmp = GetScreen();
var img = CropImage(bmp, c.ClientRectangle);
c.Visible = true;
}
public static Bitmap GetScreen() {
int width = SystemInformation.PrimaryMonitorSize.Width;
int height = SystemInformation.PrimaryMonitorSize.Height;
Rectangle screenRegion = Screen.AllScreens[0].Bounds;
var bitmap = new Bitmap(width, height, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
Graphics graphics = Graphics.FromImage(bitmap);
graphics.CopyFromScreen(screenRegion.Left, screenRegion.Top, 0, 0, screenRegion.Size);
return bitmap;
}
public static void CropImage(Image imagenOriginal, Rectangle areaCortar) {
Graphics g = null;
try {
//create the destination (cropped) bitmap
var bmpCropped = new Bitmap(areaCortar.Width, areaCortar.Height);
//create the graphics object to draw with
g = Graphics.FromImage(bmpCropped);
var rectDestination = new Rectangle(0, 0, bmpCropped.Width, bmpCropped.Height);
//draw the areaCortar of the original image to the rectDestination of bmpCropped
g.DrawImage(imagenOriginal, rectDestination, areaCortar, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
//release system resources
} finally {
if (g != null) {
g.Dispose();
}
}
}
This is pretty easy to do. Each control on the form has a Size and a Location property, which you can use to instantiate a new Rectangle, like so:
Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(button1.Location, button1.Size);
To get a Bitmap that contains the portion of the background image located behind the control, you first create a Bitmap of the proper dimensions:
Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(rect.Width, rect.Height);
You then create a Graphics object for the new Bitmap, and use that object's DrawImage method to copy a portion of the background image:
using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bmp))
{
g.DrawImage(...); // sorry, I don't recall which of the 30 overloads
// you need here, but it will be one that uses form1.Image as
// the source, and rect for the coordinates of the source
}
This will leave you with the new Bitmap (bmp) containing the portion of the background image underneath that control.
Sorry I can't be more specific in the code - I'm at a public terminal. But the intellisense info will tell you what you need to pass in for the DrawImage method.