How to save form without border & controlbox

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Hi dears.

I have a form that with some content that I want to allow my users to save as a bitmap or jpeg. I have a Save button that when the user clicks it, like to take a snapshot of that form content (without border and controlbox) and have a Save File Dialog open up that allows the user to decide where they want to save the file.

Please explain your solution,i'm new in C#.

Posted 6-Aug-12 22:40pm

siasalar

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OriginalGriff 7-Aug-12 7:10am

And what have you tried?
Where are you stuck?

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Christian Amado · Answer 1 · 2012-08-07T03:34:00

Solution 2

What about Set border to 0 and ControBox to False just before save it. Set border to 1 and ControlBox to True after saved it. I assumed that you're windows forms developer.

Hope it helps.

Posted 7-Aug-12 3:34am

Christian Amado

Updated 7-Aug-12 3:36am

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siasalar 8-Aug-12 0:46am

ok but how can i save the form?

mmm3743 8-Aug-12 4:04am

Good idea

mmm3743 · Answer 2 · 2012-08-07T03:33:00

Solution 1

I had the same problem.Here is what I did:

1)Put Everything inside a panel

2)Use Code:

C#

private void SaveToImage(string FilePath)
{
     Bitmap a = new Bitmap(panel1.Width, panel1.Height);
     panel1.DrawToBitmap(a, new Rectangle(0, 0, panel1.Width, panel1.Height));
     a.Save(FilePath);
}

Posted 7-Aug-12 3:33am

mmm3743

Updated 7-Aug-12 21:59pm

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siasalar 8-Aug-12 0:46am

A generic error occurred in GDI+.

mmm3743 8-Aug-12 4:01am

I don't know why that error occurred, but I have forgotten that code I wrote was to save panel in case it's docked. I've changed code so that panel doesn't have to be docked, and tested it, and it works on my pc.