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ByteScout tutorials explain the material for programmers who use VB.NET. ByteScout Screen Capturing SDK was made to help with take screenshots during recording in VB.NET. ByteScout Screen Capturing SDK is the SDK for developers for quick implementation of screen video recording. The SDK records screen into video or into a series of screenshots. Can also record audio. Saves video into AVI,WMV and Google’s WebM. Output video quality, size, resolution or framerate can be adjusted easily. Provides additional tools for privacy features like blacking out on scren areas with sensitive information on screen right during recording. Supports web camera as input and can add instant text and images into video output.

Fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout Screen Capturing SDK for VB.NET plus the instruction and the VB.NET code below will help you quickly learn take screenshots during recording. VB.NET sample code is all you need: copy and paste the code to your VB.NET application’s code editor, add a reference to ByteScout Screen Capturing SDK (if you haven’t added yet) and you are ready to go! Code testing will allow the function to be tested and work properly with your data.

ByteScout Screen Capturing SDK is available as free trial. You may get it from our website along with all other source code samples for VB.NET applications.

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Form1.Designer.vb
      
<Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.DesignerGenerated()> _ Partial Class Form1 Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form 'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list. <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCode()> _ Protected Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean) Try If disposing AndAlso components IsNot Nothing Then components.Dispose() End If Finally MyBase.Dispose(disposing) End Try End Sub 'Required by the Windows Form Designer Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer 'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer 'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer. 'Do not modify it using the code editor. <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> _ Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.buttonScreenshot = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.buttonStop = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.buttonStart = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.SuspendLayout() ' 'buttonScreenshot ' Me.buttonScreenshot.Enabled = False Me.buttonScreenshot.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(108, 41) Me.buttonScreenshot.Name = "buttonScreenshot" Me.buttonScreenshot.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(100, 23) Me.buttonScreenshot.TabIndex = 5 Me.buttonScreenshot.Text = "Take Screenshot" Me.buttonScreenshot.UseVisualStyleBackColor = True ' 'buttonStop ' Me.buttonStop.Enabled = False Me.buttonStop.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(27, 58) Me.buttonStop.Name = "buttonStop" Me.buttonStop.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(75, 23) Me.buttonStop.TabIndex = 4 Me.buttonStop.Text = "Stop" Me.buttonStop.UseVisualStyleBackColor = True ' 'buttonStart ' Me.buttonStart.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(27, 29) Me.buttonStart.Name = "buttonStart" Me.buttonStart.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(75, 23) Me.buttonStart.TabIndex = 3 Me.buttonStart.Text = "Start" Me.buttonStart.UseVisualStyleBackColor = True ' 'Form1 ' Me.AutoScaleDimensions = New System.Drawing.SizeF(6.0!, 13.0!) Me.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(234, 111) Me.Controls.Add(Me.buttonScreenshot) Me.Controls.Add(Me.buttonStop) Me.Controls.Add(Me.buttonStart) Me.Name = "Form1" Me.StartPosition = System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.CenterScreen Me.Text = "Form1" Me.ResumeLayout(False) End Sub Private WithEvents buttonScreenshot As System.Windows.Forms.Button Private WithEvents buttonStop As System.Windows.Forms.Button Private WithEvents buttonStart As System.Windows.Forms.Button End Class

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Form1.vb
      
Imports BytescoutScreenCapturingLib Public Class Form1 ' 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 Dim _capturer As Capturer = Nothing Dim _screencastCount As Integer = 0 Dim _screenshotCount As Integer = 0 Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load ' 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 End Sub Private Sub buttonStart_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles buttonStart.Click _screencastCount = _screencastCount + 1 Dim fileName As String = String.Format("screencast{0}.wmv", _screencastCount) ' Start screen recording _capturer.OutputFileName = fileName _capturer.Run() buttonStart.Enabled = False buttonStop.Enabled = True buttonScreenshot.Enabled = True End Sub Private Sub buttonStop_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles buttonStop.Click ' Stop recording _capturer.Stop() buttonStart.Enabled = True buttonStop.Enabled = False buttonScreenshot.Enabled = False MessageBox.Show("Screencast saved to " + _capturer.OutputFileName, ProductName) End Sub Private Sub buttonScreenshot_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles buttonScreenshot.Click _screenshotCount = _screenshotCount + 1 Dim fileName As String = String.Format("screenshot{0}.png", _screenshotCount) ' Take screenshot during the recording _capturer.TakeScreenshot(fileName) MessageBox.Show("Screenshot saved to " + fileName, ProductName) End Sub End Class

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