Mega Code Archive
Using SendKeys to simulate key press
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Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Drawing
Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
Public Sub New()
MyBase.New()
InitializeComponent()
End Sub
Friend WithEvents PictureBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox
Friend WithEvents Button1 As System.Windows.Forms.Button
<System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
Me.PictureBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox()
Me.Button1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button()
Me.SuspendLayout()
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Me.PictureBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(288, 16)
Me.PictureBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(192, 136)
Me.PictureBox1.SizeMode = System.Windows.Forms.PictureBoxSizeMode.StretchImage
'
Me.Button1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(32, 40)
Me.Button1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(208, 40)
Me.Button1.Text = "Capture the Screen"
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Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(496, 166)
Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.Button1, Me.PictureBox1})
Me.Text = "Capturing the Screen, Quick and Easy"
Me.ResumeLayout(False)
End Sub
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
GetScreenCapture(True).Save("c:\screengrab.bmp")
PictureBox1.Image = GetScreenCapture()
End Sub
Public Function GetScreenCapture( _
Optional ByVal FullScreen As Boolean = False) As Image
Dim objSK As SendKeys
Dim imgCapture As Image
If FullScreen = True Then
objSK.SendWait("{PRTSC 2}")
Else
objSK.SendWait("%{PRTSC}")
End If
Dim objData As IDataObject = Clipboard.GetDataObject()
Return objData.GetData(DataFormats.Bitmap)
End Function
End Class
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