Take Screenshots During Video Recording - C#
Screen Capturing SDK sample in C# demonstrating ‘Take Screenshots During Video Recording’
Form1.Designer.cs
namespace ScreenCapturingExample
{
partial class Form1
{
/// <summary>
/// Required designer variable.
/// </summary>
private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;
/// <summary>
/// Clean up any resources being used.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
{
if (disposing && (components != null))
{
components.Dispose();
}
base.Dispose(disposing);
}
#region Windows Form Designer generated code
/// <summary>
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
/// </summary>
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.buttonStart = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.buttonStop = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.buttonScreenshot = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.SuspendLayout();
//
// buttonStart
//
this.buttonStart.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(28, 26);
this.buttonStart.Name = "buttonStart";
this.buttonStart.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
this.buttonStart.TabIndex = 0;
this.buttonStart.Text = "Start";
this.buttonStart.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
this.buttonStart.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.buttonStart_Click);
//
// buttonStop
//
this.buttonStop.Enabled = false;
this.buttonStop.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(28, 55);
this.buttonStop.Name = "buttonStop";
this.buttonStop.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
this.buttonStop.TabIndex = 1;
this.buttonStop.Text = "Stop";
this.buttonStop.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
this.buttonStop.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.buttonStop_Click);
//
// buttonScreenshot
//
this.buttonScreenshot.Enabled = false;
this.buttonScreenshot.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(109, 38);
this.buttonScreenshot.Name = "buttonScreenshot";
this.buttonScreenshot.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(100, 23);
this.buttonScreenshot.TabIndex = 2;
this.buttonScreenshot.Text = "Take Screenshot";
this.buttonScreenshot.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
this.buttonScreenshot.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.buttonScreenshot_Click);
//
// Form1
//
this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(234, 111);
this.Controls.Add(this.buttonScreenshot);
this.Controls.Add(this.buttonStop);
this.Controls.Add(this.buttonStart);
this.Name = "Form1";
this.StartPosition = System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.CenterScreen;
this.Text = "Form1";
this.ResumeLayout(false);
}
#endregion
private System.Windows.Forms.Button buttonStart;
private System.Windows.Forms.Button buttonStop;
private System.Windows.Forms.Button buttonScreenshot;
}
}
Form1.cs
using System.Windows.Forms;
using BytescoutScreenCapturingLib;
// NOTE: if you are getting error like "invalid image" related to loading the SDK's dll then
// try to do the following:
// 1) remove the reference to the SDK by View - Solution Explorer
// then click on References, select Bytescout... reference name and right-click it and select Remove
// 2) To re-add click on the menu: Project - Add Reference
// 3) In "Add Reference" dialog switch to "COM" tab and find "BytescoutScreenCapturing 1.0 Type Library"
// 4) Select it and click "Add"
// 5) Recompile the application
// Note: if you need to run on both x64 and x86 then please make sure you have set "Embed Interop Types" to True for this reference
namespace ScreenCapturingExample
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
private Capturer _capturer = null;
private int _screencastCount = 0;
private int _screenshotCount = 0;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
// Create and setup Capturer object:
_capturer = new Capturer();
// Capture the full screen
_capturer.CapturingType = CaptureAreaType.catScreen;
// Set movie width and height to the current monitor dimensions
_capturer.OutputWidth = _capturer.MonitorWidth;
_capturer.OutputHeight = _capturer.MonitorHeight;
// Setup screenshots
_capturer.ScreenshotImageFormat = ScreenshotImageType.ssitPng; // Save images in PNG format
_capturer.ScreenshotOutputFolder = "\\."; // Save to the current folder
_capturer.ScreenshotSavingType = ScreenshotSavingType.ssstManual; // Take screenshots manually
}
private void buttonStart_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
string fileName = string.Format("screencast{0}.wmv", ++_screencastCount);
// Start screen recording
_capturer.OutputFileName = fileName;
_capturer.Run();
buttonStart.Enabled = false;
buttonStop.Enabled = true;
buttonScreenshot.Enabled = true;
}
private void buttonStop_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
// Stop recording
_capturer.Stop();
buttonStart.Enabled = true;
buttonStop.Enabled = false;
buttonScreenshot.Enabled = false;
MessageBox.Show("Screencast saved to " + _capturer.OutputFileName, ProductName);
}
private void buttonScreenshot_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
string fileName = string.Format("screenshot{0}.png", ++_screenshotCount);
// Take screenshot during the recording
_capturer.TakeScreenshot(fileName);
MessageBox.Show("Screenshot saved to " + fileName, ProductName);
}
}
}
Program.cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace ScreenCapturingExample
{
static class Program
{
/// <summary>
/// The main entry point for the application.
/// </summary>
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
Application.Run(new Form1());
}
}
}
Resources.Designer.cs
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// <auto-generated>
// This code was generated by a tool.
// Runtime Version:4.0.30319.42000
//
// Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
// the code is regenerated.
// </auto-generated>
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
namespace TakeScreenshotsDuringRecording.Properties {
using System;
/// <summary>
/// A strongly-typed resource class, for looking up localized strings, etc.
/// </summary>
// This class was auto-generated by the StronglyTypedResourceBuilder
// class via a tool like ResGen or Visual Studio.
// To add or remove a member, edit your .ResX file then rerun ResGen
// with the /str option, or rebuild your VS project.
[global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Resources.Tools.StronglyTypedResourceBuilder", "4.0.0.0")]
[global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
[global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()]
internal class Resources {
private static global::System.Resources.ResourceManager resourceMan;
private static global::System.Globalization.CultureInfo resourceCulture;
[global::System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1811:AvoidUncalledPrivateCode")]
internal Resources() {
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the cached ResourceManager instance used by this class.
/// </summary>
[global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)]
internal static global::System.Resources.ResourceManager ResourceManager {
get {
if (object.ReferenceEquals(resourceMan, null)) {
global::System.Resources.ResourceManager temp = new global::System.Resources.ResourceManager("TakeScreenshotsDuringRecording.Properties.Resources", typeof(Resources).Assembly);
resourceMan = temp;
}
return resourceMan;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Overrides the current thread's CurrentUICulture property for all
/// resource lookups using this strongly typed resource class.
/// </summary>
[global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(global::System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)]
internal static global::System.Globalization.CultureInfo Culture {
get {
return resourceCulture;
}
set {
resourceCulture = value;
}
}
}
}
Settings.Designer.cs
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// <auto-generated>
// This code was generated by a tool.
// Runtime Version:4.0.30319.42000
//
// Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
// the code is regenerated.
// </auto-generated>
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
namespace TakeScreenshotsDuringRecording.Properties {
[global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()]
[global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.SettingsDesigner.SettingsSingleFileGenerator", "15.1.0.0")]
internal sealed partial class Settings : global::System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase {
private static Settings defaultInstance = ((Settings)(global::System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase.Synchronized(new Settings())));
public static Settings Default {
get {
return defaultInstance;
}
}
}
}