ways to convert current screen into array of bytes in silverlight3

Question

Hi,

I would like to know if there is any other way than using WriteableBitmap to convert the current screen into array of bytes.

Because I am trying to get a screenshot of Esri map, but I am getting "pixel access not allowed" error.

Please help.

Thanks,

Answer 1

There is no other way from with in Silverlight to capture the screen. You will need support from external tools to acheive this.

Answer 2

I had the same problem with ESRI--we were trying to print a map. You can't access the pixels in the image because of cross-site security. If you are hosting the silverlight app on the same server as the ESRI ARCServer, you should have no problem.

There is a printing example on the ESRI samples web site and it works like a charm, but it is because the app and the images are on the same server.

What I ended up doing was totally haxor, but it worked. I used an ashx handler like a proxie to get the base map image that I needed, then drew on top of that image.