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can't capture Full Screen image ?? (with taskbar and any other open windows)

i have a problem with this code :
i need to screenshot the full screen that i see with all things (taskbar, anything open).
my code is just giving me a cropped pic of just one window
Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width,
Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height);
Graphics graphics = Graphics.FromImage(bitmap as Image);
graphics.CopyFromScreen(0, 0, 0, 0, bitmap.Size);
bitmap.Save("D://Changes.jpg", ImageFormat.Jpeg);

Your display settings are set to 125% (or higher) zoom.
Your application isn't DPI aware. You can correct that by updating your application's manifest.
If that doesn't work for you (or you'd rather not use the manifest), you can pinvoke GetDeviceCaps API to get the correct width and height for CopyFromScreen.
Here are your native definitions:
private static class Win32Native
{
public const int DESKTOPVERTRES = 0x75;
public const int DESKTOPHORZRES = 0x76;
[DllImport("gdi32.dll")]
public static extern int GetDeviceCaps(IntPtr hDC, int index);
}
And you'd call it as so:
int width, height;
using(var g = Graphics.FromHwnd(IntPtr.Zero))
{
var hDC = g.GetHdc();
width = Win32Native.GetDeviceCaps(hDC, Win32Native.DESKTOPHORZRES);
height = Win32Native.GetDeviceCaps(hDC, Win32Native.DESKTOPVERTRES);
g.ReleaseHdc(hDC);
}
using (var img = new Bitmap(width, height))
{
using (var g = Graphics.FromImage(img))
{
g.CopyFromScreen(0, 0, 0, 0, img.Size);
}
img.Save(#"C:\users\andy\desktop\test.jpg", ImageFormat.Jpeg);
}

Window capture with embeded (setparent) directx game C#

Goal:
- Capture a winform window containing a directx game window (like screenshot, but specific handle).
Scenario:
- Inside a winform I insert a panel1 normally.
- I used the winapi SETPARENT to insert a directx main game window inside the penel1
Problem:
When capturing the winform window (this.handle), the image of the embedded game in the panel1 does not appear. Only the panel appears.
I can't use the ScreenShot method, because it will get another window over.
Example:
public Image CaptureWindow(IntPtr handle, int imgX = 0, int imgY = 0, int largura = 0, int altura = 0)
{
// get te hDC of the target window
IntPtr hdcSrc = User32.GetWindowDC(handle);
// get the size
User32.RECT windowRect = new User32.RECT();
User32.GetWindowRect(handle, ref windowRect);
if(largura == 0 || altura == 0)
{
largura = windowRect.right - windowRect.left;
altura = windowRect.bottom - windowRect.top;
}
// create a device context we can copy to
IntPtr hdcDest = GDI32.CreateCompatibleDC(hdcSrc);
// create a bitmap we can copy it to,
// using GetDeviceCaps to get the width/height
IntPtr hBitmap = GDI32.CreateCompatibleBitmap(hdcSrc, largura, altura);
// select the bitmap object
IntPtr hOld = GDI32.SelectObject(hdcDest, hBitmap);
// bitblt over
//GDI32.BitBlt(hdcDest, 0, 0, largura, altura, hdcSrc, 0, 0, GDI32.SRCCOPY);
GDI32.BitBlt(hdcDest, 0, 0, largura, altura, hdcSrc, imgX, imgY, GDI32.SRCCOPY);
// restore selection
GDI32.SelectObject(hdcDest, hOld);
// clean up
GDI32.DeleteDC(hdcDest);
User32.ReleaseDC(handle, hdcSrc);
// get a .NET image object for it
Image img = Image.FromHbitmap(hBitmap);
// free up the Bitmap object
GDI32.DeleteObject(hBitmap);
return img;
}

After use SetParent with Directx window, need to refresh the winform.
Just: this.Refresh();

BitBlt not capturing windows in Hardware accelerated mode

I'm currently working on capturing window snapshots using GDI32.dll though I'm having an issue with Hardware Accelerated Windows that I was wondering if there was a way to circumvent.
I found this amazing bit of code here:
public static Image CaptureWindow(IntPtr handle)
{
IntPtr hdcSrc = User32.GetWindowDC(handle);
Rect windowRect = new Rect();
User32.GetWindowRect(handle, ref windowRect);
int width = windowRect.Right - windowRect.Left;
int height = windowRect.Bottom - windowRect.Top;
IntPtr hdcDest = Gdi32.CreateCompatibleDC(hdcSrc);
IntPtr hBitmap = Gdi32.CreateCompatibleBitmap(hdcSrc, width, height);
IntPtr hOld = Gdi32.SelectObject(hdcDest, hBitmap);
Gdi32.BitBlt(hdcDest, 0, 0, width, height, hdcSrc, 0, 0, SRCCOPY);
Gdi32.SelectObject(hdcDest, hOld);
Gdi32.DeleteDC(hdcDest);
User32.ReleaseDC(handle, hdcSrc);
Image image = Image.FromHbitmap(hBitmap);
Gdi32.DeleteObject(hBitmap);
return image;
}
which works for all windows except my chrome windows. Disabling Hardware Acceleration in chrome fixed this though I would prefer not to have to do this.
Anyone have any suggestions/ solutions for this problem?
Thanks for any and all help,
-Paul

Windows7 Winapi Image returns black clientrect

I am having a problem with capturing the graphics of another proccess, because for some users it is just a pure black screen which I capture. Unfortunately I have no idea why this is happening for some users only. I am using the sub window directly instead of the window handle and I ensured by posting the address of the windowhandle and checking with spy++ that this window handle is actually the right one.
const string className = "BlueStacksApp";
const string windowName = "_ctl.Window";
processMainHWND = process.MainWindowHandle;
clientRectangleHandle = User32.FindWindowEx(processMainHWND, 0, className, windowName);
internal Bitmap MakeSnapshot(IntPtr AppWndHandle, RECT rect)
{
int width = rect.right - rect.left;
int height = rect.bottom - rect.top;
IntPtr hdcTo = IntPtr.Zero;
IntPtr hdcFrom = IntPtr.Zero;
IntPtr hBitmap = IntPtr.Zero;
try
{
Bitmap clsRet = null;
// get device context of the window...
hdcFrom = User32.GetWindowDC(AppWndHandle);
// create dc that we can draw to...
hdcTo = GDI32.CreateCompatibleDC(hdcFrom);
hBitmap = GDI32.CreateCompatibleBitmap(hdcFrom, width, height);
// validate
if (hBitmap != IntPtr.Zero)
{
// adjust and copy
IntPtr hLocalBitmap = GDI32.SelectObject(hdcTo, hBitmap);
bool result = GDI32.BitBlt(hdcTo, 0, 0, width, height, hdcFrom, 0, 0, GDI32.SRCCOPY);
GDI32.SelectObject(hdcTo, hLocalBitmap);
// create bitmap for window image...
clsRet = Image.FromHbitmap(hBitmap);
}
return clsRet;
}
finally
{
// release the unmanaged resources
if (hdcFrom != IntPtr.Zero)
User32.ReleaseDC(AppWndHandle, hdcFrom);
if (hdcTo != IntPtr.Zero)
GDI32.DeleteDC(hdcTo);
if (hBitmap != IntPtr.Zero)
GDI32.DeleteObject(hBitmap);
}
}

Generate BitmapSource from UIElement

I am attempting to generate a BitmapFrame that is based on a UIElement. Here is my function:
private BitmapFrame RenderToBitmap2()
{
RenderTargetBitmap renderBitmap = new RenderTargetBitmap(200, 200, 96, 96, PixelFormats.Pbgra32);
DrawingVisual drawingVisual = new DrawingVisual();
DrawingContext drawingContext = drawingVisual.RenderOpen();
VisualBrush aVisualBrush = new VisualBrush(GenerateTestStackPanel());
drawingContext.DrawRectangle(aVisualBrush, new Pen(Brushes.Green, 2), new Rect(new Size(150, 150)));
drawingContext.Close();
renderBitmap.Render(drawingVisual);
return BitmapFrame.Create(renderBitmap);
}
For testing and debugging purposes, I am using an additional function that creates a simple StackFrame that should create a valid visual element that can be represented:
private StackPanel GenerateTestStackPanel()
{
// Create a red Ellipse.
Ellipse myEllipse = new Ellipse();
myEllipse.Fill = Brushes.Green;
myEllipse.StrokeThickness = 2;
myEllipse.Stroke = Brushes.Black;
// Set the width and height of the Ellipse.
myEllipse.Width = 200;
myEllipse.Height = 200;
// Add the Ellipse to the StackPanel.
StackPanel myStackPanel = new StackPanel();
myStackPanel.Children.Add(myEllipse);
return myStackPanel;
}
For some reason, the VisualBrush is not being rendered in the DrawRetangle(...) function. I can see the green border but nothing else. In addition, if I swap out the VisualBrush with a standard brush, it works great:
drawingContext.DrawRectangle(Brushes.Plum, new Pen(Brushes.Green, 2), new Rect(new Size(150, 150)));
Thanks in advance!

Take a look at this for an alternate way to create a BitmapSource from a UIElement:
MSDN Thread
I have also been trying to get the VisualBrush to work without any luck which brought me to this thread.
public static BitmapSource CreateBitmapSourceFromVisual(
Double width,
Double height,
Visual visualToRender,
Boolean undoTransformation)
{
if (visualToRender == null)
{
return null;
}
RenderTargetBitmap bmp = new RenderTargetBitmap((Int32)Math.Ceiling(width),
(Int32)Math.Ceiling(height), 96, 96, PixelFormats.Pbgra32);
if (undoTransformation)
{
DrawingVisual dv = new DrawingVisual();
using (DrawingContext dc = dv.RenderOpen())
{
VisualBrush vb = new VisualBrush(visualToRender);
dc.DrawRectangle(vb, null, new Rect(new Point(), new Size(width, height)));
}
bmp.Render(dv);
}
else
{
bmp.Render(visualToRender);
}
return bmp;
}

I had the same issue before, I wanted to copy content of a UIElement to an image, I used the same approach in the answer above and it seems to work fine, only problem I has, I wanted it to work real-time, so I had to dig deeper, I found some references about using windows APIs to copy the content of the element into a Bitmap, and then this bitmap has to be converted into a BitmapSource so it's usable in WPF
so far it works fine, but it seems to leak memory (not sure about this). I will try to re-use the UIElement hwnd Handle and the bitmap object for better performance and the memory leak (if it exists)
[DllImport("gdi32.dll")]
private static extern bool BitBlt(
IntPtr hdcDest, // handle to destination DC
int nXDest, // x-coord of destination upper-left corner
int nYDest, // y-coord of destination upper-left corner
int nWidth, // width of destination rectangle
int nHeight, // height of destination rectangle
IntPtr hdcSrc, // handle to source DC
int nXSrc, // x-coordinate of source upper-left corner
int nYSrc, // y-coordinate of source upper-left corner
System.Int32 dwRop // raster operation code
);
[DllImport("User32.dll")]
public extern static System.IntPtr GetDC(System.IntPtr hWnd);
[DllImport("User32.dll")]
public extern static int ReleaseDC(System.IntPtr hWnd, System.IntPtr hDC); //modified to include hWnd
//[DllImport("gdi32.dll")]
//[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
//internal static extern bool DeleteObject(IntPtr hObject);
private static Bitmap GetBitmapFromControl(Window element, int width, int height)
{
HwndSource hWnd = (HwndSource)HwndSource.FromVisual(element);
System.IntPtr srcDC = GetDC(hWnd.Handle);
Bitmap bm = new Bitmap(width, height);
Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bm);
System.IntPtr bmDC = g.GetHdc();
BitBlt(bmDC, 0, 0, bm.Width, bm.Height, srcDC, 0, 0, 0x00CC0020 /*SRCCOPY*/);
ReleaseDC(hWnd.Handle, srcDC);
g.ReleaseHdc(bmDC);
g.Dispose();
return bm;
}
public static BitmapSource ToWpfBitmap(this Bitmap bitmap)
{
using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
{
bitmap.Save(stream, ImageFormat.Bmp);
stream.Position = 0;
BitmapImage result = new BitmapImage();
result.BeginInit();
// According to MSDN, "The default OnDemand cache option retains access to the stream until the image is needed."
// Force the bitmap to load right now so we can dispose the stream.
result.CacheOption = BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad;
result.StreamSource = stream;
result.EndInit();
result.Freeze();
//DeleteObject(bitmap.GetHbitmap());
bitmap.Dispose();
return result;
}
}