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Asked: 2026-06-12T03:53:02+00:00

I’m creating an application for windows 8 metro, I need to render a framework

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I’m creating an application for windows 8 metro, I need to render a framework control into an image and save it to hard disk but do not know how. Can I use SharpDX for this? How can I do? Thanks in advance for the help

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you follow through this thread the limitations of Metro and the reasons why it won’t work are explained. The essence of it is:

    Sorry, but rendering Xaml to an element or capturing a screenshot of
    your own app did not make it into the release version. It is by design
    that an app cannot capturing a screenshot of another app.

    A workaround mentioned is:

    What I meant was – you can draw shapes, text and images using
    Direct2D. The same shapes that you would otherwise draw with XAML UI.
    I did not mean to imply that you can render XAML controls – just that
    you can use Direct2D as an alternative to achieve same results albeit
    with somewhat more effort.

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