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

You can use the Graphics.CopyFromScreen() method.

//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);