How can i save the screen as an image from a .NET forms application in C#

Question

Hi,

I have a .NET 3.5 Windows forms application. When the user keys in data and clicks 'Save', i want to save the entire form as an image file.

How can i do this ?

Thanks, Chak.

Answer 1

You can create a bitmap in size of your screen (System.Windows.Forms.Screen class), create a System.Drawing.Graphics object for it (Graphics.FromImage) and then use Graphics.CopyFromScreen.

You may ve also able to use Form.DrawToBitmap.

Answer 2

Have a look at my answer on this question. It shows how to take a screenshot of the whole screen.