capturing windows forms appearence?

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Alan Zhong - 24 Sep 2004 22:44 GMT

the print screen button in the keyboard can save what shows in desktop
into clipboard (the alt + prtsc does the same thing for the topmost
window)

i want to see if windows forms' control can save its appearence into a
bmp file. i guess in OnPaint method we can do something?

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Piotrek - 25 Sep 2004 09:43 GMT

Hi

in vb.net?
http://www.codeproject.com/gdi/barry_s_screen_capture.asp?df=100&forumid=14043&e
xp=0&select=386673

or in C#?
http://www.csharphelp.com/archives2/archive393.html

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Bob Powell [MVP] - 25 Sep 2004 12:52 GMT

The GDI+ FAQ has an article on this subject.

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> the print screen button in the keyboard can save what shows in desktop
> into clipboard (the alt + prtsc does the same thing for the topmost
> window)
>
> i want to see if windows forms' control can save its appearence into a
> bmp file. i guess in OnPaint method we can do something?

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