Using the following code...
I've tried capturing just the browser control as well as the panel that it is on, and it saves either a blank image or an image of the what's on the screen above the control.
How do I capture an image of the browser and not the browser area and what's on top of it.
I should explain that I am calling this capture from another form.
EDIT: I'm able to solve the issue by manipulating the forms at run time, hiding the form that calls for the image grab and bringing the browser form to front before the capture and using this code:
Code:
Private Sub ButtonTakeImage_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles ButtonTakeImage.Click
TakeScreenShot(FormEditor.WebBrowser).Save("template-image.png", System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png)
PictureBoxTemplate.Image = Image.FromFile("template-image.png")
End Sub
Private Function TakeScreenShot(ByVal Control As Control) As Bitmap
Dim tmpImg As New Bitmap(Control.Width, Control.Height)
Using g As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(tmpImg)
g.CopyFromScreen(FormEditor.WebBrowser.PointToScreen(New Point(0, 0)), New Point(0, 0), New Size(FormEditor.WebBrowser.Width, FormEditor.WebBrowser.Height))
End Using
Return tmpImg
End FunctionHow do I capture an image of the browser and not the browser area and what's on top of it.
I should explain that I am calling this capture from another form.
EDIT: I'm able to solve the issue by manipulating the forms at run time, hiding the form that calls for the image grab and bringing the browser form to front before the capture and using this code:
Code:
Private Sub ButtonTakeImage_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles ButtonTakeImage.Click
FormEditor.Enabled = True
FormEditor.TopMost = True
FormEditor.Refresh()
Dim bmp As New Bitmap(FormEditor.WebBrowser.Width, FormEditor.WebBrowser.Height)
Dim g As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(bmp)
Dim Browserlocation As New Point(FormEditor.SplitContainerMain.SplitterDistance, 62) ' location of the browser window on the form.
Dim p As Point = FormEditor.PointToScreen(Browserlocation)
g.CopyFromScreen(p.X, p.Y, 0, 0, bmp.Size)
PictureBoxTemplate.Image = bmp
FormEditor.Enabled = False
FormEditor.TopMost = False
Me.TopMost = True
End Sub