How to Capture Desktop Screen with VB.NET

Hello there. Today I wanna share on how to create a screen capture program.

Requirement:

1. VB.NET
2. PictureBox
3. 2 Buttons ( Save, Capture)
4. Monitor to see what u are doing ....

Create a Windows Form ....

Drag a Picture Box Onto The Form

Drag 2 Buttons Unto The Form

NAMELY: Capture and Save

Code for Capture:

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Dim bounds As Rectangle

Dim screenshot As System.Drawing.Bitmap

Dim graph As Graphics

bounds = Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds

screenshot = New System.Drawing.Bitmap(bounds.Width, bounds.Height, System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb)

graph = Graphics.FromImage(screenshot)

graph.CopyFromScreen(bounds.X, bounds.Y, 0, 0, bounds.Size, CopyPixelOperation.SourceCopy)

PictureBox1.Image = screenshot

Code for Save

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Dim sfd As New SaveFileDialog

If sfd.ShowDialog = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then

PictureBox1.Image.Save(sfd.FileName.ToString)

End If

And Thats it .....

Please FEEL Free to comment if u have any problem or u spot an error