Question

I’m using Visual Studio just to create GUIs for a project. There is no code, only the designs.

I need to convert these forms into images that I can paste into the report.

Is there a simple way to do this?

Thanks.

Edit: the only solution I have so far is to edit the project so that each window I want to export is the start up form, but I am going to have over 40 forms, so this will get tedious after awhile.

Answer 1

Create a new Class in your Projects, lets say Startup.vb, which looks something like this:

Friend Class Startup

    <STAThread()> _
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Application.Run(New Form1)
        Application.Run(New Form2)
        Application.Run(New Form3)
    End Sub

End Class

In the Project Properties the general Tab, untick Enable application framework and choose Startup as new start-object.

Obviously you’d need to adjust your startup class to open all forms you wish to open. When running the application just press Alt+PrintScr to copy an image of just the selected Window/Form to the clipboard. Paste that back into the paint application of your choice. Microsoft Paint will do.