public Rectangle Area { get; set; }
This will be filled by all of the capture functions with the bounding rectangle of the area that was captured. The coordinates should be relative to the full screen with left, top being 0,0.
using Leadtools;
using Leadtools.Codecs;
using Leadtools.ScreenCapture;
public void ScreenCaptureEngineExample()
{
// Startup the ScreenCapture
ScreenCaptureEngine.Startup();
// Define a ScreenCaptureEngine class object
ScreenCaptureEngine scEngine = new ScreenCaptureEngine();
// Define an EventHandler for CaptureInformation
scEngine.CaptureInformation += new EventHandler<ScreenCaptureInformationEventArgs>(scEngine_CaptureInformation);
// Define the Help Callback that will run whenever the Help button is pressed on the dialogs
ScreenCaptureHelpCallback helpCallback = new ScreenCaptureHelpCallback(HelpCallback);
// Define ScreenCaptureAreaOptions and fill it using dialog
ScreenCaptureAreaOptions scAreaOptions = ScreenCaptureAreaOptions.Empty;
// Get the default options
scAreaOptions = ScreenCaptureEngine.DefaultCaptureAreaOptions;
// Open the dialog allowing the user to change the values
// NOTE: To fill the structure manually, you can write:
// Cursor drawCursor = Cursors.Cross;
// scAreaOptions.AreaType = ScreenCaptureAreaType.Rectangle;
// scAreaOptions.DrawCursor = drawCursor;
// scAreaOptions.DrawLineColor = Color.Red;
// scAreaOptions.DrawLineStyle = ScreenCaptureAreaLineStyle.Solid;
// scAreaOptions.EllipseHeight = 0;
// scAreaOptions.EllipseWidth = 0;
// scAreaOptions.FillBackgroundColor = Color.Black;
// scAreaOptions.FillForegroundColor = Color.White;
// scAreaOptions.FillPattern = ScreenCaptureAreaFillPattern.Solid;
// scAreaOptions.Flags = ScreenCaptureAreaFlags.ShowInfoWindow;
// scAreaOptions.InfoWindowBounds = new Rectangle(ScreenCaptureAreaOptions.LeftInfoWindowPosition, ScreenCaptureAreaOptions.TopInfoWindowPosition, ScreenCaptureAreaOptions.MediumInfoWindowSize, ScreenCaptureAreaOptions.MediumInfoWindowSize);
// scAreaOptions.TextBackgroundColor = Color.White;
// scAreaOptions.TextForegroundColor = Color.Black;
// scAreaOptions.Zoom = ScreenCaptureAreaZoom.Normal;
scEngine.ShowCaptureAreaOptionsDialog(null, ScreenCaptureDialogFlags.CaptureAreaOptionsContextHelp, scAreaOptions, true, helpCallback);
// Define ScreenCaptureOptions and fill it using dialog
ScreenCaptureOptions scOptions = ScreenCaptureOptions.Empty;
// Set the ScreenCaptureHotKeyCallback, so that it gets called if the hotkey is set in the dialog
ScreenCaptureHotkeyCallback hotkeyCallback = new ScreenCaptureHotkeyCallback(HotKeyCallback);
ScreenCaptureEngine.SetCaptureHotkeyCallback(hotkeyCallback);
// Open the dialog allowing the user to change the values
// NOTE: To fill the structure manually, you can write:
// scOptions.CancelKey = Keys.Escape;
// scOptions.Count = 1;
// scOptions.Cursor = Cursors.Arrow;
// scOptions.Delay = 0;
// scOptions.Hotkey = Keys.F11;
// scOptions.Interval = 0;
// scOptions.OptimizedHotkey = true;
// scOptions.StatusCursor = Cursors.WaitCursor;
scEngine.ShowCaptureOptionsDialog(null, ScreenCaptureDialogFlags.SetCaptureOptionsContextHelp, scOptions, helpCallback);
// Set the Engine's ScreenCaptureOptions
scEngine.CaptureOptions = scOptions;
// Define ScreenCaptureObjectOptions and fill it using dialog
ScreenCaptureObjectOptions scObjectOptions = ScreenCaptureObjectOptions.Empty;
// Get the default Options
scObjectOptions = ScreenCaptureEngine.DefaultCaptureObjectOptions;
// Open the dialog allowing the user to change the values
// NOTE: To fill the structure manually, you can write:
// scObjectOptions.BorderWidth = 2;
// scObjectOptions.EnableKeyboard = true;
// scObjectOptions.Invert = false;
// scObjectOptions.SelectCursor = Cursors.Arrow;
scEngine.ShowCaptureObjectOptionsDialog(null, ScreenCaptureDialogFlags.CaptureObjectOptionsContextHelp, scObjectOptions, true, helpCallback);
// Define ScreenCaptureInformation class object
ScreenCaptureInformation scInformation = null;
// NOTE: After preparing the structures and classes,
// in this place you can insert any Capture method, such as:
// CaptureWindow, CaptureActiveWindow, CaptureActiveClient, CaptureWallpaper,
// CaptureFullScreen, CaptureMenuUnderCursor, CaptureWindowUnderCursor,
// CaptureSelectedObject, CaptureArea, CaptureMouseCursor
// We will Capture an Area of the screen
RasterImage image = scEngine.CaptureArea(scAreaOptions, scInformation);
// To get the number of resources in a EXE file
int iconsCount = scEngine.GetResourcesCount(Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "ExeWithResources.exe"), ScreenCaptureResourceType.Icon);
// Finally, if the Capture is still active, then Stop it
if (scEngine.IsCaptureActive)
scEngine.StopCapture();
// clean up
image.Dispose();
// Shutdown the ScreenCapture
ScreenCaptureEngine.Shutdown();
}
bool HotKeyCallback(Keys key)
{
// Here you can do anything with the pressed key
// we will just show a message box
MessageBox.Show("You pressed the " + key.ToString() + "character.");
return true;
}
void HelpCallback(ScreenCaptureHelpType helpType, ScreenCaptureControlId controlId)
{
// Show a MessageBox mentioning the name of the dialog that called the help,
// and which control ID was requested.
switch (helpType)
{
case ScreenCaptureHelpType.CaptureAreaOptions:
MessageBox.Show("Capture Area Options Dialog Help Button\n" +
"Control Id: " + controlId.ToString() + ".");
break;
case ScreenCaptureHelpType.CaptureFromExe:
MessageBox.Show("Capture From EXE Dialog Help Button\n" +
"Control Id: " + controlId.ToString() + ".");
break;
case ScreenCaptureHelpType.CaptureObjectOptions:
MessageBox.Show("Capture Object Options Dialog Help Button\n" +
"Control Id: " + controlId.ToString() + ".");
break;
case ScreenCaptureHelpType.SetCaptureOptions:
MessageBox.Show("Capture Options Dialog Help Button\n" +
"Control Id: " + controlId.ToString() + ".");
break;
default:
// will never reach here
break;
}
}
void scEngine_CaptureInformation(object sender, ScreenCaptureInformationEventArgs e)
{
// Make sure that the image was captured successfully
Debug.Assert(e.Image != null);
// Define codecs class object to save the image
RasterCodecs codecs = new RasterCodecs();
codecs.ThrowExceptionsOnInvalidImages = true;
// Save the resulted Image
codecs.Save(e.Image, Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "Out_CapturedImage.bmp"), RasterImageFormat.Bmp, 24);
// NOTE: e.Information is a ScreenCaptureInformation structure filled with information
// about the captured image, this information can be used here
// Display a MessageBox with the bounds of the capture area
MessageBox.Show("Captured Area Bounds:\n" +
"Top:" + e.Information.Area.Top.ToString() + "\n" +
"Left:" + e.Information.Area.Left.ToString() + "\n" +
"Right:" + e.Information.Area.Right.ToString() + "\n" +
"Bottom:" + e.Information.Area.Bottom.ToString());
// everything worked fine
e.Cancel = false;
}
static class LEAD_VARS
{
public const string ImagesDir = @"C:\LEADTOOLS23\Resources\Images";
}