How to Get Screenshot of a Window as Bitmap Object in C++

How to get screenshot of a window as bitmap object in C++?

you should call the PrintWindow API:

void CScreenShotDlg::OnPaint()
{
    // device context for painting
    CPaintDC dc(this);

    // Get the window handle of calculator application.
    HWND hWnd = ::FindWindow( 0, _T( "Calculator" ));

    // Take screenshot.
    PrintWindow( hWnd,
                 dc.GetSafeHdc(),
                 0 );
}

see this question: getting window screenshot windows API

if you are not using MFC, here the pure PrintWindow signature:

BOOL PrintWindow(
    HWND hwnd,
    HDC hdcBlt,
    UINT nFlags
);

see MSDN for more details: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd162869(v=vs.85).aspx

about how to save it as bitmap asMatteo said depends on the actual framework you are using...

EDIT:

here full example in raw C++

#define _WIN32_WINNT    0x0501        //xp
#include <windows.h>

int main()
{ 
    RECT rc;
    HWND hwnd = FindWindow(TEXT("Notepad"), NULL);    //the window can't be min
    if (hwnd == NULL)
    {
        cout << "it can't find any 'note' window" << endl;
        return 0;
    }
    GetClientRect(hwnd, &rc);

    //create
    HDC hdcScreen = GetDC(NULL);
    HDC hdc = CreateCompatibleDC(hdcScreen);
    HBITMAP hbmp = CreateCompatibleBitmap(hdcScreen, 
        rc.right - rc.left, rc.bottom - rc.top);
    SelectObject(hdc, hbmp);

    //Print to memory hdc
    PrintWindow(hwnd, hdc, PW_CLIENTONLY);

    //copy to clipboard
    OpenClipboard(NULL);
    EmptyClipboard();
    SetClipboardData(CF_BITMAP, hbmp);
    CloseClipboard();

    //release
    DeleteDC(hdc);
    DeleteObject(hbmp);
    ReleaseDC(NULL, hdcScreen);

    cout << "success copy to clipboard, please paste it to the 'mspaint'" << endl;

    return 0;
}

Capture the Screen into a Bitmap

If using the .NET 2.0 (or later) framework you can use the CopyFromScreen() method detailed here:

http://www.geekpedia.com/tutorial181_Capturing-screenshots-using-Csharp.html

//Create a new bitmap.
var bmpScreenshot = new Bitmap(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width,
                               Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height,
                               PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);

// Create a graphics object from the bitmap.
var gfxScreenshot = Graphics.FromImage(bmpScreenshot);

// Take the screenshot from the upper left corner to the right bottom corner.
gfxScreenshot.CopyFromScreen(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.X,
                            Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Y,
                            0,
                            0,
                            Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Size,
                            CopyPixelOperation.SourceCopy);

// Save the screenshot to the specified path that the user has chosen.
bmpScreenshot.Save("Screenshot.png", ImageFormat.Png);

How to get a screenshot from a window?

There is a small mistake in the code that can be easily overlooked.

gfxScreenshot.CopyFromScreen(window.Left,
  window.Top, // window.Top instead of window.Right
  0,
  0,
  size,
  CopyPixelOperation.SourceCopy);

Instead of window.Right you should use window.Top here. The second parameter is the Y coordinate of the area.

Capture screenshot of active window?

ScreenCapture sc = new ScreenCapture();
// capture entire screen, and save it to a file
Image img = sc.CaptureScreen();
// display image in a Picture control named imageDisplay
this.imageDisplay.Image = img;
// capture this window, and save it
sc.CaptureWindowToFile(this.Handle,"C:\\temp2.gif",ImageFormat.Gif);

http://www.developerfusion.com/code/4630/capture-a-screen-shot/

How to take screenshot of complete desktop Windows c#

This should work fine for you, duplicate question here

Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width, 
                                    Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height);
Graphics graphics = Graphics.FromImage(bitmap as Image);
graphics.CopyFromScreen(0, 0, 0, 0, bitmap.Size);

C#: how to take a screenshot of a portion of screen

Use the following:

Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(0, 0, 100, 100);
Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(rect.Width, rect.Height, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bmp);
g.CopyFromScreen(rect.Left, rect.Top, 0, 0, bmp.Size, CopyPixelOperation.SourceCopy);
bmp.Save(fileName, ImageFormat.Jpeg);

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