Program a Screen-Capture Tool in C# (Udemy.com)

Develop a screen-grab tool using C# and the Windows API

( 10 Reviews )

Created by: Huw Collingbourne

Produced in 2022

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).

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Course Description

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.Who this course is for:

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

Time: 2h

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Huw Collingbourne

4.2 Rating
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Huw Collingbourne is the technology director at SapphireSteel Software, developers of programming tools for Microsoft Visual Studio. He is author of The Little Book Of C, The Little Book Of Pointers and The Little Book Of Recursion from Bitwise Books and of The Book Of Ruby from No Starch Press. He runs Bitwise Courses and teaches courses on a range of programming topics.
Huw has been a programmer for more than 30 years. He is a well-known technology writer in the UK. For over ten years he wrote the Delphi and Java programming column for PC Plus Magazine. He has also written numerous opinion and programming columns (including tutorials on C#, C++, Smalltalk and Ruby) for a number of computer magazines, such as Computer Shopper, PC Pro, and PC Plus.
In the 1980s he was a pop music journalist and interviewed most of the New Romantic stars, such as Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Adam Ant, Boy George, and Depeche Mode. He is now writing a series of 1980s murder mysteries.
At various times Huw has been a magazine publisher, editor, and TV broadcaster. He has an MA in English from the University of Cambridge and holds a 2nd dan black belt in aikido, a martial art which he teaches in North Devon, UK. The aikido comes in useful when trying (usually unsuccessfully) to keep his Pyrenean Mountain Dogs under some semblance of control.

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By John Burnham on a year ago

Great learning, but I would have liked the instructore leading through building the program instead of having most of the program written out, and then re-typing it.

By Larry E. Taylor on a year ago

I am an established professional programmer and I found Huw's style of presentation to be perfect for me.

By Troy Bryant on a year ago

What was the point was supposed to build from the ground up but basically just gave the code then told you where to look for explanations online.

By Sean ODonnell on a year ago

So far , this is a top notch course. As well as programming a very practical application, a lot of in depth knowledge regarding important topics that aren't covered nearly enough (Win32 API) are covered in a very succinct and 'hands-on' manner.

By Walther Irie on a year ago

The instruction does an excellent job of explaining his coding reasons

By John Burnham on

Great learning, but I would have liked the instructore leading through building the program instead of having most of the program written out, and then re-typing it.

By Larry E. Taylor on