get print screen image

hi everybody

I want to view the print scrn image in my picture box So i need to get the image from the clipboard

this is what I did until now

VB Code:

Dim clipdata As IDataObject
 Dim myimg As Image
Windows.Forms.SendKeys.SendWait("{PRTSC}")
clipdata = Clipboard.GetDataObject()
        If clipdata.GetDataPresent(GetType(System.Drawing.Bitmap)) Then
           myimg = CType(clipdata.GetData(GetType(System.Drawing.Bitmap)), Image)
        End If

this code doesn't work

thx for future help

SendKeys are not reliable so I wont recommend you to use them at all. There are other (better) ways to get the screen image! This one will copy the screen in to a bitmap and then save it on to the desktop as a .png file. Note that this will not capture a transparent image. To get a transparent images from the screen you can download the "Screen Shot" app in my signature or take a look the source files to see how it is done (check the new version).

VB Code:

Dim img As New Bitmap(My.Computer.Screen.Bounds.Width, My.Computer.Screen.Bounds.Height)
        Dim g As Graphics
        g = Graphics.FromImage(img)
        g.CopyFromScreen(0, 0, 0, 0, img.Size)
        img.Save(My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.Desktop & "\gg.png", System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png)
        g.Dispose()

VBDT I will try that thx

My send key works I tested it :)