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Take Screenshots During Recording | VB.NET
Form1.vb:
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