Get a screenshot of a specific application
Here's some code to get you started:
public void CaptureApplication(string procName)
{
var proc = Process.GetProcessesByName(procName)[0];
var rect = new User32.Rect();
User32.GetWindowRect(proc.MainWindowHandle, ref rect);
int width = rect.right - rect.left;
int height = rect.bottom - rect.top;
var bmp = new Bitmap(width, height, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
using (Graphics graphics = Graphics.FromImage(bmp))
{
graphics.CopyFromScreen(rect.left, rect.top, 0, 0, new Size(width, height), CopyPixelOperation.SourceCopy);
}
bmp.Save("c:\\tmp\\test.png", ImageFormat.Png);
}
private class User32
{
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct Rect
{
public int left;
public int top;
public int right;
public int bottom;
}
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern IntPtr GetWindowRect(IntPtr hWnd, ref Rect rect);
}
It works, but needs improvement:
- You may want to use a different mechanism to get the process handle (or at least do some defensive coding)
- If your target window isn't in the foreground, you'll end up with a screenshot that's the right size/position, but will just be filled with whatever is in the foreground (you probably want to pull the given window into the foreground first)
- You probably want to do something other than just save the bmp to a temp directory
The PrintWindow win32 api will capture a window bitmap even if the window is covered by other windows or if it is off screen:
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern bool GetWindowRect(IntPtr hWnd, out RECT lpRect);
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern bool PrintWindow(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr hdcBlt, int nFlags);
public static Bitmap PrintWindow(IntPtr hwnd)
{
RECT rc;
GetWindowRect(hwnd, out rc);
Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(rc.Width, rc.Height, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
Graphics gfxBmp = Graphics.FromImage(bmp);
IntPtr hdcBitmap = gfxBmp.GetHdc();
PrintWindow(hwnd, hdcBitmap, 0);
gfxBmp.ReleaseHdc(hdcBitmap);
gfxBmp.Dispose();
return bmp;
}
The reference to RECT above can be resolved with the following class:
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct RECT
{
private int _Left;
private int _Top;
private int _Right;
private int _Bottom;
public RECT(RECT Rectangle) : this(Rectangle.Left, Rectangle.Top, Rectangle.Right, Rectangle.Bottom)
{
}
public RECT(int Left, int Top, int Right, int Bottom)
{
_Left = Left;
_Top = Top;
_Right = Right;
_Bottom = Bottom;
}
public int X {
get { return _Left; }
set { _Left = value; }
}
public int Y {
get { return _Top; }
set { _Top = value; }
}
public int Left {
get { return _Left; }
set { _Left = value; }
}
public int Top {
get { return _Top; }
set { _Top = value; }
}
public int Right {
get { return _Right; }
set { _Right = value; }
}
public int Bottom {
get { return _Bottom; }
set { _Bottom = value; }
}
public int Height {
get { return _Bottom - _Top; }
set { _Bottom = value + _Top; }
}
public int Width {
get { return _Right - _Left; }
set { _Right = value + _Left; }
}
public Point Location {
get { return new Point(Left, Top); }
set {
_Left = value.X;
_Top = value.Y;
}
}
public Size Size {
get { return new Size(Width, Height); }
set {
_Right = value.Width + _Left;
_Bottom = value.Height + _Top;
}
}
public static implicit operator Rectangle(RECT Rectangle)
{
return new Rectangle(Rectangle.Left, Rectangle.Top, Rectangle.Width, Rectangle.Height);
}
public static implicit operator RECT(Rectangle Rectangle)
{
return new RECT(Rectangle.Left, Rectangle.Top, Rectangle.Right, Rectangle.Bottom);
}
public static bool operator ==(RECT Rectangle1, RECT Rectangle2)
{
return Rectangle1.Equals(Rectangle2);
}
public static bool operator !=(RECT Rectangle1, RECT Rectangle2)
{
return !Rectangle1.Equals(Rectangle2);
}
public override string ToString()
{
return "{Left: " + _Left + "; " + "Top: " + _Top + "; Right: " + _Right + "; Bottom: " + _Bottom + "}";
}
public override int GetHashCode()
{
return ToString().GetHashCode();
}
public bool Equals(RECT Rectangle)
{
return Rectangle.Left == _Left && Rectangle.Top == _Top && Rectangle.Right == _Right && Rectangle.Bottom == _Bottom;
}
public override bool Equals(object Object)
{
if (Object is RECT) {
return Equals((RECT)Object);
} else if (Object is Rectangle) {
return Equals(new RECT((Rectangle)Object));
}
return false;
}
}