The following method is taken from a WinForms app. It simply captures the screen, but I needed to modify it to work in a WPF application. When I use it, it returns a black image. The dimensions are correct. I have not got any open DirectX or videos and it wouldn't work even on my desktop.
public static Bitmap CaptureScreen()
{
// Set up a bitmap of the correct size
Bitmap CapturedImage = new Bitmap((int)SystemParameters.VirtualScreenWidth,
(int)SystemParameters.VirtualScreenHeight, System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
// Create a graphics object from it
System.Drawing.Size size = new System.Drawing.Size((int)SystemParameters.VirtualScreenWidth, (int)SystemParameters.VirtualScreenHeight);
using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(CapturedImage))
{
// copy the entire screen to the bitmap
g.CopyFromScreen((int)SystemParameters.VirtualScreenWidth, (int)SystemParameters.VirtualScreenHeight, 0, 0,
size, CopyPixelOperation.SourceCopy);
}
return CapturedImage;
}
Can anyone show me the error in my ways?