Visual Capture Util
// (c) Copyright Cory Plotts.
// This source is subject to the Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL).
// Please see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=131993 for details.
// All other rights reserved.
using System;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows;
namespace Snoop
{
class VisualCaptureUtil
{
public static void SaveVisual(Visual visual, int dpi, string filename)
{
// sometimes RenderTargetBitmap doesn't render the Visual or doesn't render the Visual properly
// below i am using the trick that jamie rodriguez posted on his blog
// where he wraps the Visual inside of a VisualBrush and then renders it.
// http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jaimer/archive/2009/07/03/rendertargetbitmap-tips.aspx
if (visual == null)
return;
Rect bounds;
UIElement uiElement = visual as UIElement;
if (uiElement != null)
{
bounds = new Rect(new Size((int)uiElement.RenderSize.Width, (int)uiElement.RenderSize.Height));
}
else
{
bounds = VisualTreeHelper.GetDescendantBounds(visual);
}
double sizeFactor = dpi / BaseDpi;
RenderTargetBitmap rtb =
new RenderTargetBitmap
(
(int)(bounds.Width * sizeFactor),
(int)(bounds.Height * sizeFactor),
dpi,
dpi,
PixelFormats.Pbgra32
);
DrawingVisual dv = new DrawingVisual();
using (DrawingContext ctx = dv.RenderOpen())
{
VisualBrush vb = new VisualBrush(visual);
ctx.DrawRectangle(vb, null, new Rect(new Point(), bounds.Size));
}
rtb.Render(dv);
SaveRTBAsPNG(rtb, filename);
}
private static void SaveRTBAsPNG(RenderTargetBitmap bitmap, string filename)
{
var pngBitmapEncoder = new System.Windows.Media.Imaging.PngBitmapEncoder();
pngBitmapEncoder.Frames.Add(System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapFrame.Create(bitmap));
using (var fileStream = System.IO.File.Create(filename))
pngBitmapEncoder.Save(fileStream);
}
private const double BaseDpi = 96;
}
}
Related examples in the same category
