im trying to learn everyday something new about c#. Now im trying to get Image from Desktop and I did it in another class. Now i dont know how this is gonna work. How can i get the image which was created in my screenshot.cs so that i can set it to picturebox which is in my Form1.cs
My Code is this:
namespace CatchAreaToImage
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
Bitmap screen;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
Bitmap screen2;
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Screenshot.CaptureScreen(screen2);
pBArea.Image = screen2;
}
My Screenshot.cs ist this:
class Screenshot
{
public static void CaptureScreen() //do screenshot of desktop
{
// Take an image from the screen
Bitmap screen = new Bitmap(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width, Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height); // Create an empty bitmap with the size of the current screen
Graphics graphics = Graphics.FromImage(screen as Image); // Create a new graphics objects that can capture the screen
graphics.CopyFromScreen(0, 0, 0, 0, screen.Size); // Screenshot moment → screen content to graphics object
}
}
public void Image(Bitmap screen)
{
screen2 = screen;
}
I hope i could describe my problem correctly.
>Solution :
You can modify your CaptureScreen method to return the Bitmap variable screen and assign it to pictureBox.Image property.
class Screenshot
{
public static Image CaptureScreen()
{
Bitmap screen = new Bitmap(
Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width,
Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height);
Graphics graphics = Graphics.FromImage(screen as Image);
graphics.CopyFromScreen(0, 0, 0, 0, screen.Size);
return screen;
}
}
And then in form class you can do assignment as the Bitmap inherits from Image
namespace CatchAreaToImage
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
picturebox1.Image = Screenshot.CaptureScreen();
}
}
}