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Capturing Desktop and saving image in a Word Document


This code will allow you to capture your desktop and save the image into a word document.

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The below code will allow you to capture your desktop and save the image into a word document.

'Include following namespaces

Imports System.Collections

Imports System.ComponentModel

Imports System.Windows.Forms

Imports System.Data

Imports System

Imports System.Drawing

Imports System.Drawing.Imaging

Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Imports System.IO

'Import Microsoft Word 9.0 or 11.0 (recommended)

 

Namespace ScreenCapture

    '/ <summary>

    '/ Summary description for Form1.

    '/ </summary>

 

    Public Class Form1

        Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

        Private textBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox

        Private WithEvents button1 As System.Windows.Forms.Button

        Private checkBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox

        ' <summary>

        ' Required designer variable.

        ' </summary>

        Private components As System.ComponentModel.Container = Nothing

 

        Public Sub New()

            '

            ' Required for Windows Form Designer support

            '

            InitializeComponent()

            '

            ' TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call

            '

        End Sub 'New

         

        ' <summary>

        ' Clean up any resources being used.

        ' </summary>

        Protected Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)

            If disposing Then

                If Not (components Is Nothing) Then

                    components.Dispose()

                End If

            End If

            MyBase.Dispose(disposing)

        End Sub 'Dispose

 

#Region "Windows Form Designer generated code"

        ' <summary>

        ' Required method for Designer support - do not modify

        ' the contents of this method with the code editor.

        ' </summary>

        Private Sub InitializeComponent()

            Me.textBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox()

            Me.button1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button()

            Me.checkBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox()

            Me.SuspendLayout()

            '

            ' textBox1

            '

            Me.textBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(32, 56)

            Me.textBox1.Name = "textBox1"

            Me.textBox1.TabIndex = 0

            Me.textBox1.Text = "textBox1"

            '

            ' button1

            '

            Me.button1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(168, 40)

            Me.button1.Name = "button1"

            Me.button1.TabIndex = 1

            Me.button1.Text = "button1"

            '

            ' checkBox1

            '

            Me.checkBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(32, 160)

            Me.checkBox1.Name = "checkBox1"

            Me.checkBox1.TabIndex = 2

            Me.checkBox1.Text = "checkBox1"

            '

            ' Form1

            '

            Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)

            Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 266)

            Me.Controls.Add(checkBox1)

            Me.Controls.Add(button1)

            Me.Controls.Add(textBox1)

            Me.Name = "Form1"

            Me.Text = "Form1"

            Me.ResumeLayout(False)

        End Sub 'InitializeComponent

#End Region

 

        ' <summary>

        ' The main entry point for the application.

        ' </summary>

        <STAThread()> _

        Shared Sub Main()

            Application.Run(New Form1())

        End Sub 'Main

 

        Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

        End Sub 'Form1_Load

 

        Private Sub CaptureDesk()

            Dim objMethods As New MethodsForCapture()

            objMethods.CaptureScreen("c:\TestCapture.jpg", ImageFormat.Jpeg)

            MessageBox.Show("Captured")

            Dim f As New FileStream("c:\TestCapture.jpg", FileMode.Open) 

            Dim b As New Bitmap(f, True)

            Clipboard.SetDataObject(b, True) 

            Dim app As New Word.ApplicationClass()

            Dim file As Object = "c:\ScreenDoc.doc"

            Dim miss As Object = System.Reflection.Missing.Value

            Dim otrue As Object = True

            Dim ofalse As Object = False

 

            Try

                Dim doc As Word.Document = app.Documents.Open(file, miss, ofalse, miss, miss, miss, miss, miss,

                miss, miss,miss,otrue, miss, miss, miss) 

                Dim start As Object = 0

                Dim [end] As Object = 0

                Dim rng As Word.Range = doc.Range(start, [end])

                rng.Paste()

                doc.Save()

                app.Quit(otrue, miss, miss)

            Catch ex As Exception

            End Try

        End Sub 'CaptureDesk

         

        Private Sub button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles button1.Click

            CaptureDesk()

        End Sub 'button1_Click

    End Class 'Form1                           

 

    Public Class GDI32

 

        <DllImport("GDI32.dll")> _

        Public Shared Function BitBlt(ByVal hdcDest As Integer, ByVal nXDest As Integer, ByVal nYDest As

        Integer, ByVal nWidth As Integer, ByVal nHeight As Integer, ByVal hdcSrc As Integer, ByVal nXSrc As

        Integer, ByVal nYSrc As Integer, ByVal dwRop As Integer) As Boolean

 

        <DllImport("GDI32.dll")> _

        Public Shared Function CreateCompatibleBitmap(ByVal hdc As Integer, ByVal nWidth As Integer, ByVal

        nHeight As IntegerAs Integer

 

        <DllImport("GDI32.dll")> _

        Public Shared Function CreateCompatibleDC(ByVal hdc As Integer) As Integer

 

        <DllImport("GDI32.dll")> _

        Public Shared Function DeleteDC(ByVal hdc As Integer) As Boolean

 

        <DllImport("GDI32.dll")> _

        Public Shared Function DeleteObject(ByVal hObject As Integer) As Boolean

 

        <DllImport("GDI32.dll")> _

        Public Shared Function GetDeviceCaps(ByVal hdc As Integer, ByVal nIndex As Integer) As Integer

 

        <DllImport("GDI32.dll")> _

        Public Shared Function SelectObject(ByVal hdc As Integer, ByVal hgdiobj As Integer) As Integer

 

    End Class 'GDI32

 

    Public Class User32

 

        <DllImport("User32.dll")> _

        Public Shared Function GetDesktopWindow() As Integer

 

        <DllImport("User32.dll")> _

        Public Shared Function GetWindowDC(ByVal hWnd As Integer) As Integer

 

        <DllImport("User32.dll")> _

        Public Shared Function ReleaseDC(ByVal hWnd As Integer, ByVal hDC As Integer) As Integer

 

    End Class 'User32

 

    Public Class MethodsForCapture

 

        Public Sub CaptureScreen(ByVal fileName As String, ByVal imageFormat As ImageFormat)

            Dim hdcSrc As Integer = User32.GetWindowDC(User32.GetDesktopWindow())

            Dim hdcDest As Integer = GDI32.CreateCompatibleDC(hdcSrc)

            Dim hBitmap As Integer = GDI32.CreateCompatibleBitmap(hdcSrc, GDI32.GetDeviceCaps(hdcSrc, 8),

            GDI32.GetDeviceCaps(hdcSrc, 10))

            GDI32.SelectObject(hdcDest, hBitmap)

            GDI32.BitBlt(hdcDest, 0, 0, GDI32.GetDeviceCaps(hdcSrc, 8), GDI32.GetDeviceCaps(hdcSrc, 10),

            hdcSrc, 0, 0, &HCC0020)

            SaveImageAs(hBitmap, fileName, imageFormat)

            Cleanup(hBitmap, hdcSrc, hdcDest)

        End Sub 'CaptureScreen

 

        Private Sub Cleanup(ByVal hBitmap As Integer, ByVal hdcSrc As Integer, ByVal hdcDest As Integer)

            User32.ReleaseDC(User32.GetDesktopWindow(), hdcSrc)

            GDI32.DeleteDC(hdcDest)

            GDI32.DeleteObject(hBitmap)

        End Sub 'Cleanup

 

        Private Sub SaveImageAs(ByVal hBitmap As Integer, ByVal fileName As String, ByVal imageFormat As 

        ImageFormat)Dim image As New Bitmap(Drawing.Image.FromHbitmap(New IntPtr(hBitmap)),

        Drawing.Image.FromHbitmap(New IntPtr(hBitmap)).Width, Drawing.Image.FromHbitmap(New IntPtr

        (hBitmap)).Height)

        image.Save(fileName, imageFormat)

        End Sub 'SaveImageAs

    End Class 'MethodsForCapture

End Namespace 'ScreenCapture

 

NOTE: THIS ARTICLE IS CONVERTED FROM C# TO VB.NET USING A CONVERSION TOOL. ORIGINAL ARTICLE CAN BE FOUND ON C# CORNER (http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/).

 


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Thanks by mark On June 11, 2009
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