Capture the Screen into a Bitmap

Question

I want to capture the screen in my code to get an image - like using the 'print screen' button on the keyboard .

Does anyone have an idea how to do this? I have no starting point.

Answer 1

Bitmap memoryImage;
//Set full width, height for image
memoryImage = new Bitmap(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width,
                       Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height,
                       PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
Size s = new Size(memoryImage.Width, memoryImage.Height);
Graphics memoryGraphics = Graphics.FromImage(memoryImage);
memoryGraphics.CopyFromScreen(0, 0, 0, 0, s);
string str = "";
try
{
    str = string.Format(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments) +
          @"\Screenshot.png");//Set folder to save image
}
catch { };
memoryImage.save(str);

Answer 2

Try this code

Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width, Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height);
Graphics gr = Graphics.FromImage(bmp);
gr.CopyFromScreen(0, 0, 0, 0, bmp.Size);
pictureBox1.Image = bmp;
bmp.Save("img.png",System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);

Answer 3

// Use this version to capture the full extended desktop (i.e. multiple screens)

Bitmap screenshot = new Bitmap(SystemInformation.VirtualScreen.Width, 
                               SystemInformation.VirtualScreen.Height, 
                               PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
Graphics screenGraph = Graphics.FromImage(screenshot);
screenGraph.CopyFromScreen(SystemInformation.VirtualScreen.X, 
                           SystemInformation.VirtualScreen.Y, 
                           0, 
                           0, 
                           SystemInformation.VirtualScreen.Size, 
                           CopyPixelOperation.SourceCopy);

screenshot.Save("Screenshot.png", System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);

Answer 4

If using the .NET 2.0 (or later) framework you can use the CopyFromScreen() method detailed here:

http://www.geekpedia.com/tutorial181_Capturing-screenshots-using-Csharp.html

//Create a new bitmap.
var bmpScreenshot = new Bitmap(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width,
                               Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height,
                               PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);

// Create a graphics object from the bitmap.
var gfxScreenshot = Graphics.FromImage(bmpScreenshot);

// Take the screenshot from the upper left corner to the right bottom corner.
gfxScreenshot.CopyFromScreen(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.X,
                            Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Y,
                            0,
                            0,
                            Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Size,
                            CopyPixelOperation.SourceCopy);

// Save the screenshot to the specified path that the user has chosen.
bmpScreenshot.Save("Screenshot.png", ImageFormat.Png);