How to Capture the Screen of your PC using VB.net

The code will teach how to capture the screen of your computer and then save it as picture file.

Output:

Code:

Public Class frmScreenCap
    Private Sub btnCapture_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnCapture.Click
        Me.Opacity = 0
        Timer1.Enabled = True
    End Sub
    Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
        Dim bounds As Rectangle
        Dim screenshot As System.Drawing.Bitmap
        Dim graph As Graphics
        bounds = Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds
        screenshot = New System.Drawing.Bitmap(bounds.Width, bounds.Height, System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb)
        graph = Graphics.FromImage(screenshot)
        graph.CopyFromScreen(bounds.X, bounds.Y, 0, 0, bounds.Size, CopyPixelOperation.SourceCopy)
        PictureBox1.Image = screenshot
        Timer1.Enabled = False
        Me.Opacity = 100
    End Sub
    Private Sub btnSave_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnSave.Click
        Dim savefile As New SaveFileDialog
        Try
            savefile.Title = "Save File"
            savefile.FileName = "Save As"
            savefile.Filter = "JPEG |*.jpeg"
            If savefile.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
                PictureBox1.Image.Save(savefile.FileName, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Bmp)
            End If
        Catch ex As Exception
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class