Take Full Screen Screenshot

[Haxaro]

How can i take a full screen screenshot, that takes from the top left hand corner, down to the bottom right corner (underneath the taskbar). I have found heaps of samplecodes, but they all just take a shot of the current open window. please help

 

[cjard]

With reference to System.Drawing.Imaging

Dim bounds As Rectangle = Screen.GetBounds(Point.Empty) 
Using bitmap As New Bitmap(bounds.Width, bounds.Height) 
    Using g As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(bitmap) 
        g.CopyFromScreen(Point.Empty, Point.Empty, bounds.Size) 
    End Using 
    bitmap.Save("screen.png", ImageFormat.Png) 
End Using

dont save screenshots as jpeg; the compression isnt intended for use on images with sharp changes in contrast and colour

 

[Haxaro]

Thank you SO much

 

[Haxaro]

Sorry, but im looping this every 10 seconds, and after the first loop, it comes up with a "GDI generic Error"... any ideas?

 

[Haxaro]

Generic GDI+ Error

I know there are heaps of questions out there about the GDI+ Generic Error, but i can seem to find a fix for my problem.

I am taking a screenshot every 10 seconds, save it as a .gif, encrypt it, and the save the encrypted image to a different file named with the exact time.

Now, if i want this to be effective, i only want to have one .gif at a time, so how can i over write it again and again.

here is my screenshot code:

    Dim bounds As Rectangle = Screen.GetBounds(Point.Empty)
        Using bitmap As New Bitmap(bounds.Width, bounds.Height)
            Using g As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(bitmap)
                g.CopyFromScreen(Point.Empty, Point.Empty, bounds.Size)
            End Using
            bitmap.Save("C:\myimage.gif", ImageFormat.Gif)
        End Using

As it has to take a FULL SCREEN screenshot, but when it runs, it can keeps saving and sacing the file, because it comes up with the GDI+ Generic Error. Please Help

 

[VicJ]

There's nothing wrong with your screenshot code. Probably your encrypting code is not closing the file after use, so Bitmap.Save isn't allowed to overwrite it.

regards, Vic