Take a screenshot and display it in a Picturebox or Form!

While I was in the middle of making a paint drawing program I had found out a very easy way to take a screenshot and display it in a picturebox or form!

Here is the code below:

Backs up your clipboard because the image will be put there.

Code:

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Dim BackUpClipboard As String = My.Computer.Clipboard.GetText

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This will automatically press the key that you have chosen. In our case it would be the Print Screen key. This will capture the picture.

Code:

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SendKeys.Send("{PRTSC}")

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PUT IMAGE INTO PICTUREBOX:

What this is doing is setting your picturebox image with the captured image which is located in your clipboard which is why we had to back it up.

Code:

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PictureBox1.Image = My.Computer.Clipboard.GetImage

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PUT IMAGE INTO FORM:

What this is doing is setting your forms background image with the captured image which is located in your clipboard which is why we had to back it up.

Code:

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Me.BackgroundImage = My.Computer.Clipboard.GetImage

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This will restore your clipboard to what it was before.

Code:

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My.Computer.Clipboard.SetText(BackUpClipboard)

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Note: Backing up is not needed!

Feel free to comment! :)