Is it possible to take a screenshot of the window rather than the whole screen.

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using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;

^ Imports

private void button8_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
   {

     Bitmap printscreen = new Bitmap(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width,
     Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height);

     Graphics graphics = Graphics.FromImage(printscreen as Image);

     graphics.CopyFromScreen(0, 0, 0, 0, printscreen.Size);

     printscreen.Save(@&quot;C:\printscreen.jpg&quot;, ImageFormat.Jpeg);
   }

^ Code to take screenshot.

Is it possible to take a screenshot of the window rather than the whole screen?

-Thanks.

Posted 25-Mar-11 1:28am

LighthouseCall

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3 solutions

Solution 1

Screen Capture Class[^]

Just convert it to C#

Posted 25-Mar-11 1:34am

Prerak Patel

Solution 2

Hope this[^] might help you.

Posted 25-Mar-11 1:34am

Ramalinga Koushik

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-25T01:38:00

Solution 3

Assuming it is fully visible, then just use the form properties:

Bitmap printscreen = new Bitmap(Width,Height);
Graphics graphics = Graphics.FromImage(printscreen as Image);
graphics.CopyFromScreen(Left, Top, 0, 0, Size);
printscreen.Save(@"F:\Temp\screen.jpg", System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg);

Will capture just the area you want of the form your button is in.

Posted 25-Mar-11 1:38am

OriginalGriff

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LighthouseCall 25-Mar-11 11:11am

If I save to C: (and not K: [for example] which is a usb drive, i get this error)
A generic error occurred in GDI+.

OriginalGriff 25-Mar-11 11:21am

That's probably permissions: save it somewhere you have red/write access to! :laugh:

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 25-Mar-11 13:24pm

Proposed as the answer.
My 5.
--SA