[TUTORIAL]VB.NET Screen Capture [TUTORIAL]

Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

Private Declare Function CreateDC Lib "gdi32" Alias "CreateDCA" (ByVal lpDriverName As String, ByVal lpDeviceName As String, ByVal lpOutput As String, ByVal lpInitData As String) As Integer

Private Declare Function CreateCompatibleDC Lib "GDI32" (ByVal hDC As Integer) As Integer

Private Declare Function CreateCompatibleBitmap Lib "GDI32" (ByVal hDC As Integer, ByVal nWidth As Integer, ByVal nHeight As Integer) As Integer

Private Declare Function GetDeviceCaps Lib "gdi32" Alias "GetDeviceCaps" (ByVal hdc As Integer, ByVal nIndex As Integer) As Integer

Private Declare Function SelectObject Lib "GDI32" (ByVal hDC As Integer, ByVal hObject As Integer) As Integer

Private Declare Function BitBlt Lib "GDI32" (ByVal srchDC As Integer, ByVal srcX As Integer, ByVal srcY As Integer, ByVal srcW As Integer, ByVal srcH As Integer, ByVal desthDC As Integer, ByVal destX As Integer, ByVal destY As Integer, ByVal op As Integer) As Integer

Private Declare Function DeleteDC Lib "GDI32" (ByVal hDC As Integer) As Integer

Private Declare Function DeleteObject Lib "GDI32" (ByVal hObj As Integer) As Integer

Const SRCCOPY As Integer = &HCC0020

Private oBackground As Bitmap
Private FW, FH As Integer

Protected Sub CaptureScreen()

Dim hSDC, hMDC As Integer
Dim hBMP, hBMPOld As Integer
Dim r As Integer

hSDC = CreateDC("DISPLAY", "", "", "")
hMDC = CreateCompatibleDC(hSDC)

FW = GetDeviceCaps(hSDC, 8)
FH = GetDeviceCaps(hSDC, 10)
hBMP = CreateCompatibleBitmap(hSDC, FW, FH)

hBMPOld = SelectObject(hMDC, hBMP)
r = BitBlt(hMDC, 0, 0, FW, FH, hSDC, 0, 0, 13369376)
hBMP = SelectObject(hMDC, hBMPOld)

r = DeleteDC(hSDC)
r = DeleteDC(hMDC)

oBackground = Image.FromHbitmap(New IntPtr(hBMP))
DeleteObject(hBMP)

End Sub

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
CaptureScreen()
oBackground.save("C:/picture.jpg")
End Sub