C#: Capture a ScreenShot
The following code demonstrates one method of capturing a screenshot. The method displayed returns a screenshot of the entire screen as a bitmap.
private Bitmap GetScreenShot()
{
// set screenshot bounds to match the size of the screen
Rectangle bounds = Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds;
// crate a bitmap with the dimensions of the sreen
Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(bounds.Width, bounds.Height, System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bitmap))
{
g.CopyFromScreen(bounds.X, bounds.Y, 0, 0, bounds.Size, CopyPixelOperation.SourceCopy);
}
return bitmap;
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
pictureBox1.Image = GetScreenShot();
}