How to Capture Full Screen using VB.Net

This tutorial is all about How to Capture Full Screen using VB.Net. In this tutorial you will be able to Capture Full Screen using VB.Net So lets get Started:

  • First is open the Visual Basic, Select File on the menu, then click New and create a new project.

  • Then a New Project Dialog will appear. You can rename your project, depending on what you like to name it. After that click OK

  • After that, design your form like this just like what I’ve shown you below.
    Add a Picturebox, Button and a Timer.
    Change the PictureBox SizeMode property to Zoom.
    Change the Timer Enabled property to True and change Interval to 1000.
  • Then add this following Declarations.
    [vbnet]
    Public Shared Image As Image
    Public Shared Bounds As Rectangle
    Public Shared TimerCount As Integer
    [/vbnet]
  • Also add this following Functions.
    [vbnet]
    Shared Function GetDesktopImage(Optional ByVal Width As Integer = 0, Optional ByVal Height As Integer = 0, Optional ByVal ShowCursor As Boolean = True) As Image
    Dim W As Integer = Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width
    Dim H As Integer = Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height
    Dim DesktopBitmap As New Bitmap(W, H)
    Dim g As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(DesktopBitmap)
    g.CopyFromScreen(0, 0, 0, 0, New Size(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width, Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height), CopyPixelOperation.SourceCopy)
    If ShowCursor Then Cursors.Default.Draw(g, New Rectangle(Cursor.Position, New Size(32, 32)))
    g.Dispose()
    If Width = 0 And Height = 0 Then
    Image = DesktopBitmap
    Return DesktopBitmapElse
    Dim ScaledBitmap As Image = DesktopBitmap.GetThumbnailImage(Width, Height, Nothing, IntPtr.Zero)
    DesktopBitmap.Dispose()
    Image = ScaledBitmap
    Return ScaledBitmap
    End If
    End Function[/vbnet]
  • Add this code to the timer.
    [vbnet]
    Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
    TimerCount += 1If TimerCount = 1 And Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized Then
    PictureBox1.Image = GetDesktopImage()End If
    If TimerCount = 2 And Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized Then
    Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal
    End If
    End Sub

    [/vbnet]

  • Add this code to the button.
    [vbnet]
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
    Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized
    TimerCount = 0
    End Sub
    [/vbnet]
  • Finally, Click F5 to run the Program.

Output:

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