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Form1.cs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 | 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 referencenamespace 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
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 | 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()); } }} |
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