c# get desktop screenshot code example

Example 1: c# windows grab screenshot

private Bitmap GetSreenshot()
{
  Bitmap bm = new Bitmap(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width, Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height);
  Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bm);
  g.CopyFromScreen(0, 0, 0, 0, bm.Size);
  return bm;
}

Example 2: take screenshot in c#

using System.Windows.Forms; 
using Point = System.Drawing.Point;
using Rectangle = System.Drawing.Rectangle;
Rectangle bounds = Screen.GetBounds(Point.Empty);

using(Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(bounds.Width, bounds.Height))
{
    using(Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bitmap))
    {
         g.CopyFromScreen(Point.Empty, Point.Empty, bounds.Size);
    }
    // will save to working directory  ( for C# WPF in VS 2019: C:\Users\{user}\source\repos\{project}\{project}\bin\Debug )
    bitmap.Save("test.jpg", ImageFormat.Jpeg);
}