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c#winformsdrawtobitmap
Watson
Watson

Reputation: 1425

c# winform DrawToBitmap offscreen

Is there any way to screen grab a windows form control if it's bigger than your monitor?

For example, my winform is 3000px by 3000px

Monitor is 1080p 

this.Height = 3000;
this.Width = 3000;                               

Graphics g = this.CreateGraphics();
//new bitmap object to save the image        
Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(this.Width, this.Height + 1000);
//Drawing control to the bitmap        
this.DrawToBitmap(bmp, new Rectangle(0, 0, this.Width, this.Height + 1000));
bmp.Save(@"C:\Users\Watson\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\WebSites\WebSite3\Images\button.jpg", ImageFormat.Jpeg);
bmp.Dispose();

The screen shot is always constrained to my monitor size. Is there a work around to render your application even if it's off your screen?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2227

Answers (1)

Watson
Watson

Reputation: 1425

You need to set the control to undock itself. 

Panel1.Dock = DockStyle.None // If Panel Dockstyle is in Fill mode.      
Panel1.Width = 5000  // Original Size without scrollbar     
Panel1.Height = 5000 // Original Size without scrollbar      
Dim bmp As New Bitmap(Me.Panel1.Width, Me.Panel1.Height)     
Me.Panel1.DrawToBitmap(bmp, New Rectangle(0, 0, Me.Panel1.Width, Me.Panel1.Height))     
bmp.Save("C:\panel.jpg", System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg)      
Panel1.Dock = DockStyle.Fill

Once undocked, the Drawtobitmap will return an image of the width and height of the panel.

Saving Panel as JPEG, only saving visible areas c#

Upvotes: 3

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