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Program a Screen-Capture Tool in C#

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Program a Screen-Capture Tool in C#, available at $64.99, has an average rating of 4.65, with 28 lectures, 2 quizzes, based on 36 reviews, and has 469 subscribers.

You will learn about Develop a functional and useful screen-grab tool. Understand how to import Windows API functions. Be able to deal with screen-handling even on multi-monitor systems. Understand hotkeys that trigger actions throughout Windows. Understand the Windows Procedure (WndProc). This course is ideal for individuals who are Intermediate C# programmers looking for a project to extend their knowledge or C# programmers who want to learn to use the Windows API or Programmers wanting to understand screen-handling and image capturing It is particularly useful for Intermediate C# programmers looking for a project to extend their knowledge or C# programmers who want to learn to use the Windows API or Programmers wanting to understand screen-handling and image capturing.

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Title: Program a Screen-Capture Tool in C#

Price: $64.99

Average Rating: 4.65

Number of Lectures: 28

Number of Quizzes: 2

Number of Published Lectures: 28

Number of Published Quizzes: 2

Number of Curriculum Items: 30

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 30

Original Price: $39.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

  • Develop a functional and useful screen-grab tool.
  • Understand how to import Windows API functions.
  • Be able to deal with screen-handling even on multi-monitor systems.
  • Understand hotkeys that trigger actions throughout Windows.
  • Understand the Windows Procedure (WndProc).

Who Should Attend

  • Intermediate C# programmers looking for a project to extend their knowledge
  • C# programmers who want to learn to use the Windows API
  • Programmers wanting to understand screen-handling and image capturing

Target Audiences

  • Intermediate C# programmers looking for a project to extend their knowledge
  • C# programmers who want to learn to use the Windows API
  • Programmers wanting to understand screen-handling and image capturing

Create a screen-capture tool in C#. In this course you will follow the development of a complete project from the ground up. You will end up with a utility that grabs images from screen and saves them to disk in multiple image formats.

In this course you will develop programs that do all the following:

  • Grab an image of the entire screen
  • Grab an image of a selected window
  • Grab an image from a second or third monitor
  • Mark an area of the screen with the mouse and grab that area
  • Add an image of the mouse pointer to grabbed images
  • Calculate screen coordinates and offsets
  • Save images to disk in various image formats
  • Create hotkeys to trigger the screen-capture from any application
  • Use forms and picture boxes to display images
  • Use Windows API functions to add extra features to C#
  • Use file dialogs to save and load images
  • Create transparent and translucent windows
  • Make forms draggable using API functions
  • Override the Windows Procedure to handle events

This is a project-based course that comes with all the source code ready-to-run. It provides a great way for C# programmers to move beyond the basics to explore the development of more complex  C# applications.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: The Basics of Screen Capture

Lecture 1: Welcome to the course

Lecture 2: What You will Learn from This Course

Lecture 3: ReadMe

Lecture 4: Source Code Archive [Download]

Lecture 5: A Simple Screen-Grabber

Lecture 6: Pausing Before Screen Capture

Lecture 7: Saving images

Lecture 8: Using Windows API functions

Lecture 9: Saving an image of a selected window

Lecture 10: Saving an image from a secondary screen

Lecture 11: X and Y positions on Multi-screen systems

Lecture 12: Using a PictureBox

Lecture 13: Adding a Save File Dialog

Lecture 14: Using File Dialogs

Lecture 15: Selecting Image Formats

Chapter 2: Extra Features

Lecture 1: Making the screen-grab tool more useful

Lecture 2: Selecting and Capturing an Area of Screen

Lecture 3: Making a Form Transparent

Lecture 4: Making a Transparent Form Draggable

Lecture 5: Compatibility with Windows versions

Lecture 6: Grabbing The Mouse Pointer

Lecture 7: Drawing the Mouse 'Cursor'

Lecture 8: Creating Hotkeys

Lecture 9: Registering Hotkeys

Lecture 10: WndProc – What is a Windows Procedure?

Lecture 11: Bringing a Window to Front

Lecture 12: Adding The Finishing Touches

Lecture 13: Going Further

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