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title: "Capture Screenshots Program in CSharp .NET"  
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published: 2010-07-30  
updated: 2020-03-04  
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# Capture Screenshots Program in CSharp .NET

Capturing screen through C# is just like pressing Print Screen button on keyboard.\

## Example

```
//adding Imaging name spaceusing System.Drawing.Imaging;        private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)        {            string filename;            string dir;            try            {                dir = "C:\\screen" + DateTime.Today.Day.ToString();                filename = dir + "\\screen" + DateTime.Now.Hour.ToString() + DateTime.Now.Minute.ToString() + DateTime.Now.Second.ToString() + ".jpg";                if (!Directory.Exists(dir))                    Directory.CreateDirectory(dir);                //Set the bitmap object to the size of the screen                Bitmap screenShot = new Bitmap(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width, Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);                 // Take the screenshot from the upper left corner to the right bottom corner                Graphics screenGraphics = Graphics.FromImage(screenShot);                screenGraphics.CopyFromScreen(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.X, Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Y, 0, 0, Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Size, CopyPixelOperation.SourceCopy);               // Save the screenshot                screenShot.Save(filename, ImageFormat.Jpeg);            }            catch (Exception ex)            {                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);            }                    }         private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)        {                        timer1.Interval = 1000;            timer1.Enabled = true;        }
```

##### Screenshot

![Capture Screenshots Program in CSharp .NET](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/d6e435cc-e0e3-4e26-8f3a-15cfb0fd80ba/images/ff554352-ea4a-4d5a-9735-c24542d940ce.png)

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