I'm trying to translate this C++ code from this MSDN reference, to C# or VB.NET:
case WM_DWMSENDICONICTHUMBNAIL:
{
// This window is being asked to provide its iconic bitmap. This indicates
// a thumbnail is being drawn.
hbm = CreateDIB(HIWORD(lParam), LOWORD(lParam));
if (hbm)
{
hr = DwmSetIconicThumbnail(hwnd, hbm, 0);
DeleteObject(hbm);
}
}
break;
At first sight seems simple, but I need help to understand about the CreateDIB function, I don't know what means and which is the purpose of that function, I can't find info about, and also I can't find it inside the Windows SDK header files, nothing of nothing.
Where is defined that function?, It is necessary to follow good practices in that C++ example?, how to declare it from C#, or which is the .NET equivalent for that unmanaged function?.
I found the CImageAllocator.CreateDIB which I'm not sure whether it reffers to that, but the parameters of that function does not corresponds to a kind of CreateDIB(width, height) like I seen in this other MSDN code, so probablly is not the same function, and also it is a directshow thing...
Well, this is the current translation I did, it works, but I'm worried about possible memory issues because the lack of CreateDIB function or its equivalent managed member:
Case WM_DWMSENDICONICTHUMBNAIL
Dim hwnd As IntPtr = Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainWindowHandle
Dim dWord As Integer = m.LParam.ToInt32()
Dim maxWidth As Short = BitConverter.ToInt16(BitConverter.GetBytes(dWord), 2)
Dim maxHeight As Short = BitConverter.ToInt16(BitConverter.GetBytes(dWord), 0)
Using img As Image = Bitmap.FromFile("C:\Image.jpg")
Using thumb As Bitmap = CType(img.GetThumbnailImage(maxWidth, maxHeight, Nothing, Nothing), Bitmap)
Dim hBitmap As IntPtr = thumb.GetHbitmap()
Dim hresult As Integer = NativeMethods.DwmSetIconicThumbnail(hwnd, hBitmap, 0)
If (hresult <> 0) Then
' Handle error...
' Throw Marshal.GetExceptionForHR(hresult)
End If
NativeMethods.DeleteObject(hBitmap)
End Using
End Using
That's way too much effort expended to set the thumbnail image. Just keep a copy of the bitmap on your window, and draw it when you need to.
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
[DllImport("Dwmapi.dll")]
static extern int DwmSetIconicThumbnail(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr hbmp, uint dwSITFlags);
[DllImport("Dwmapi.dll")]
static extern int DwmSetWindowAttribute(IntPtr hWnd, uint dwAttribute, IntPtr pvAttribute, uint cbAttribute);
const uint WM_DWMSENDICONICTHUMBNAIL = 0x0323;
const uint DWMWA_FORCE_ICONIC_REPRESENTATION = 7;
const uint DWMWA_HAS_ICONIC_BITMAP = 10;
Size thumbSize = new Size(30, 30);
Bitmap thumbImage = new Bitmap(30, 30);
object sync = new object();
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(this.thumbImage))
{
g.Clear(Color.Blue);
g.DrawRectangle(Pens.Black, new Rectangle(new Point(0, 0), this.thumbSize));
}
this.HandleCreated += Form1_HandleCreated;
}
protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
{
if (m.Msg == WM_DWMSENDICONICTHUMBNAIL)
{
lock (this.sync)
{
int x = (int)((m.LParam.ToInt32() >> 16) & 0xffff);
int y = (int)(m.LParam.ToInt32() & 0xffff);
if (this.thumbSize != new Size(x, y))
{
this.thumbSize = new Size(x, y);
this.UpdateBitmap();
}
DwmSetIconicThumbnail(this.Handle, thumbImage.GetHbitmap(), 0);
}
}
base.WndProc(ref m);
}
void UpdateBitmap()
{
lock (this.sync)
{
this.thumbImage = new Bitmap(this.thumbSize.Width, this.thumbSize.Height);
using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(this.thumbImage))
{
g.Clear(Color.Blue);
g.DrawRectangle(Pens.Black, new Rectangle(new Point(0, 0), this.thumbSize));
//or: g.DrawImage() with stretching specified.
}
}
}
private void Form1_HandleCreated(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
IntPtr val = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(4);
Marshal.WriteInt32(val, 1);
DwmSetWindowAttribute(this.Handle, DWMWA_FORCE_ICONIC_REPRESENTATION, val, 4);
DwmSetWindowAttribute(this.Handle, DWMWA_HAS_ICONIC_BITMAP, val, 4);
Marshal.FreeHGlobal(val);
}
}
C# since the tags on the question list it.
Related
I want to know if it's possible to set the client area of a borderless form. Say for example I define a form like so:
Code
public class MyForm : Form
{
public MyForm()
{
this.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None;
}
}
Result
What I want to do is specify the client area, so that the form has a frame (like the standard windows frame, but custom drawn).
Result
Essentially, the blue area would become the non client area, and the gray area would remain as the client area.
I have tried to set the client area, but this just seems to resize the entire form, thus, is does not leave behind a "non-client" area
Is this possible?
This is possible, however I don't know how well this works with a Windows Form with the WindowStyle set to Borderless. Using PInvoke (Platform Invoke) Functions, you can remove window themes which will give you a very basic looking Windows Form. You can then use various PInvoke functions to manipulate the Non-client area of the windows form.
I recommend that you read through these topics. They're designed for Win32 Applications using C++, but PInvoke is the process of calling these native APIs using Managed Code (C#)
WM_NCCALCSIZE: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms632634(v=vs.85).aspx
WM_NCPAINT: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd145212(v=vs.85).aspx
GetDCEx: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd144873(v=vs.85).aspx
GetWindowDC: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd144947(v=vs.85).aspx
SetWindowTheme: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb759827(v=vs.85).aspx
This example is very very crude, but it provides basic functionality. I don't know how SetWindowTheme works on Windows 8 or 8.1, but in Windows 7, it gives windows the "classic" theme.
public partial class MyForm : Form
{
//Window Messages
public const uint WM_NCPAINT = 0x85;
public const uint WM_NCCALCSIZE = 0x83;
public const uint WM_NCHITTEST = 0x84;
//GetDCEx Flags
public const int DCX_WINDOW = 0x00000001;
public const int DCX_CACHE = 0x00000002;
public const int DCX_PARENTCLIP = 0x00000020;
public const int DCX_CLIPSIBLINGS = 0x00000010;
public const int DCX_CLIPCHILDREN = 0x00000008;
public const int DCX_NORESETATTRS = 0x00000004;
public const int DCX_LOCKWINDOWUPDATE = 0x00000400;
public const int DCX_EXCLUDERGN = 0x00000040;
public const int DCX_INTERSECTRGN = 0x00000080;
public const int DCX_INTERSECTUPDATE = 0x00000200;
public const int DCX_VALIDATE = 0x00200000;
//RECT Structure
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.StructLayout(System.Runtime.InteropServices.LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct RECT
{
public int left, top, right, bottom;
}
//WINDOWPOS Structure
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.StructLayout(System.Runtime.InteropServices.LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct WINDOWPOS
{
public IntPtr hwnd;
public IntPtr hwndinsertafter;
public int x, y, cx, cy;
public int flags;
}
//NCCALCSIZE_PARAMS Structure
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.StructLayout(System.Runtime.InteropServices.LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct NCCALCSIZE_PARAMS
{
public RECT rgrc0, rgrc1, rgrc2;
public WINDOWPOS lppos;
}
//SetWindowTheme UXtheme Function
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("uxtheme.dll", ExactSpelling = true, CharSet = System.Runtime.InteropServices.CharSet.Unicode)]
public static extern int SetWindowTheme(
IntPtr hWnd,
String pszSubAppName,
String pszSubIdList);
//GetWindowRect User32 Function
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll", ExactSpelling = true)]
[return: System.Runtime.InteropServices.MarshalAs(System.Runtime.InteropServices.UnmanagedType.Bool)]
public static extern bool GetWindowRect(
IntPtr hwnd,
out RECT lpRect
);
//GetWindowDC User32 Function
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll", ExactSpelling = true)]
public static extern IntPtr GetWindowDC(
IntPtr hWnd
);
//GetDCEx User32 Function
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll", ExactSpelling = true)]
public static extern IntPtr GetDCEx(
IntPtr hWnd,
IntPtr hrgnClip,
int flags
);
//Window Procedure Hook
protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
{
//Don't style window in designer...
if (DesignMode)
base.WndProc(ref m);
//Handle Message
switch ((uint)m.Msg)
{
case WM_NCCALCSIZE: WmNCCalcSize(ref m); break;
case WM_NCPAINT: WmNCPaint(ref m); break;
default: base.WndProc(ref m); break;
}
}
//Handle Creation
protected override void OnHandleCreated(EventArgs e)
{
//Base Procedure...
base.OnHandleCreated(e);
//Remove Theme
SetWindowTheme(this.Handle, string.Empty, string.Empty);
}
//WM_NCCALCSIZE
private void WmNCCalcSize(ref Message m)
{
//Get Window Rect
RECT formRect = new RECT();
GetWindowRect(m.HWnd, out formRect);
//Check WPARAM
if (m.WParam != IntPtr.Zero) //TRUE
{
//When TRUE, LPARAM Points to a NCCALCSIZE_PARAMS structure
var nccsp = (NCCALCSIZE_PARAMS)System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.PtrToStructure(m.LParam, typeof(NCCALCSIZE_PARAMS));
//We're adjusting the size of the client area here. Right now, the client area is the whole form.
//Adding to the Top, Bottom, Left, and Right will size the client area.
nccsp.rgrc0.top += 30; //30-pixel top border
nccsp.rgrc0.bottom -= 4; //4-pixel bottom (resize) border
nccsp.rgrc0.left += 4; //4-pixel left (resize) border
nccsp.rgrc0.right -= 4; //4-pixel right (resize) border
//Set the structure back into memory
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.StructureToPtr(nccsp, m.LParam, true);
}
else //FALSE
{
//When FALSE, LPARAM Points to a RECT structure
var clnRect = (RECT)System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.PtrToStructure(m.LParam, typeof(RECT));
//Like before, we're adjusting the rectangle...
//Adding to the Top, Bottom, Left, and Right will size the client area.
clnRect.top += 30; //30-pixel top border
clnRect.bottom -= 4; //4-pixel bottom (resize) border
clnRect.left += 4; //4-pixel left (resize) border
clnRect.right -= 4; //4-pixel right (resize) border
//Set the structure back into memory
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.StructureToPtr(clnRect, m.LParam, true);
}
//Return Zero
m.Result = IntPtr.Zero;
}
//WM_NCPAINT
private void WmNCPaint(ref Message m)
{
//Store HDC
IntPtr HDC = IntPtr.Zero;
Graphics gfx = null;
//Check the WPARAM
if(m.WParam == (IntPtr)1)
{
//For reasons unknown to me, the update region doesn't contain valid data and calling GetDCEx will do nothing.
//So I call GetWindowDC and exclude the area using System.Drawing.Graphics instead.
//Graphics Object from HDC
HDC = GetWindowDC(m.HWnd);
gfx = Graphics.FromHdc(HDC);
//Exclude Client Area
gfx.ExcludeClip(new Rectangle(4, 30, Width - 8, 34)); //Exclude Client Area (GetWindowDC grabs the WHOLE window's graphics handle)
}
else
{
//Graphics Object from HDC
HDC = GetDCEx(m.HWnd, m.WParam, DCX_WINDOW | DCX_INTERSECTRGN);
gfx = Graphics.FromHdc(HDC);
}
//Call Paint
using (PaintEventArgs ncPaintArgs = new PaintEventArgs(gfx, new Rectangle(0, 0, Width, Height)))
MyForm_NCPaint(this, ncPaintArgs);
//Return Zero
m.Result = IntPtr.Zero;
}
public MyForm()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void MyForm_NCPaint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e)
{
//Clear
e.Graphics.Clear(Color.Green);
}
}
I am working on creating a simple notebook application. I have been asked to make the input area look like a sheet of notebook paper, with the text sitting on light blue lines. I am trying to make this work, but it seems to be failing miserably.
So far, I have created a transparent RichTextBox that sits on top of a panel. The Text Box is:
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
public class TransparentTextBox : RichTextBox
{
public TransparentTextBox()
{
this.SetStyle(ControlStyles.Opaque, true);
this.SetStyle(ControlStyles.OptimizedDoubleBuffer, false);
}
protected override CreateParams CreateParams
{
get
{
CreateParams parms = base.CreateParams;
parms.ExStyle |= 0x20; // Turn on WS_EX_TRANSPARENT
return parms;
}
}
}
The paint code for the panel:
private void paper_Paint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e)
{
Graphics g = e.Graphics;
g.Clear(Color.White);
g.DrawLine(new Pen(Brushes.LightPink, 2), 20, 0, 20, paper.Height);
int h = TextRenderer.MeasureText("Testj", txtBody.Font).Height;
for (int x = 2 + h; x < paper.Height; x += h)
{
g.DrawLine(new Pen(Brushes.LightSkyBlue, 2), 0, x, paper.Width, x);
}
}
The lines are static, and they will grow to fit any font size/family that is chosen. The problem is when the text box is scrolled. The lines won't move with the text. I have tried to link the handle of the scroll bar to the lines, but they don't seem to be linking properly.
The code to get the current scroll position:
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct SCROLLINFO
{
public int cbSize;
public uint fMask;
public int nMin;
public int nMax;
public uint nPage;
public int nPos;
public int nTrackPos;
}
public enum ScrollBarDirection
{
SB_HORZ = 0,
SB_VERT = 1,
SB_CTL = 2,
SB_BOTH = 3
}
public enum ScrollInfoMask
{
SIF_RANGE = 0x1,
SIF_PAGE = 0x2,
SIF_POS = 0x4,
SIF_DISABLENOSCROLL = 0x8,
SIF_TRACKPOS = 0x10,
SIF_ALL = SIF_RANGE + SIF_PAGE + SIF_POS + SIF_TRACKPOS
}
...
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
[DllImport("User32.dll", EntryPoint = "GetScrollInfo")]
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
private static extern bool GetScrollInfo([In]IntPtr hwnd, [In]int fnBar, [In, Out]ref SCROLLINFO lpsi);
...
private void txtBody_VScroll(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
inf.cbSize = Marshal.SizeOf(inf);
inf.fMask = (int)ScrollInfoMask.SIF_ALL;
GetScrollInfo(txtBody.Handle, 1, ref inf);
Console.WriteLine(inf.nTrackPos + ":" + inf.nPos + ":" + TextRenderer.MeasureText("Testj", txtBody.Font).Height);
paper.Invalidate();
}
Then the paint above was modified to use this:
for (int x = inf.nPos % h; x < paper.Height; x += h)
{
g.DrawLine(new Pen(Brushes.LightSkyBlue, 2), 0, x, paper.Width, x);
}
I also tried to use nTrackPos, but neither seemed to follow the text like I want it to. I'm not too familiar with C#, so I wanted to know what I am missing/could do better. I am using Visual Studio 2008, with Visual C# 2008. .Net framework 3.5 SP1
So, here is what I came up with after some intensive googling. I decided to follow more into Gusman's comment on my question and look into drawing on the textbox again. After some playing, I realized I was improperly calculating the position of the start line. So, I reconfigured my custom RichTextBox to look like:
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace Journal
{
class CustomRichTextBox : RichTextBox
{
private const int WM_HSCROLL = 0x114;
private const int WM_VSCROLL = 0x115;
private const int WM_MOUSEWHEEL = 0x20A;
private const int WM_PAINT = 0x00F;
private const int EM_GETSCROLLPOS = 0x4DD;
public int lineOffset = 0;
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern int SendMessage(
IntPtr hWnd,
int Msg,
IntPtr wParam,
ref Point lParam
);
protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
{
base.WndProc(ref m);
if (m.Msg == WM_PAINT)
{
using (Graphics g = base.CreateGraphics())
{
Point p = new Point();
//get the position of the scrollbar to calculate the offset
SendMessage(this.Handle, EM_GETSCROLLPOS, IntPtr.Zero, ref p);
//draw the pink line on the side
g.DrawLine(new Pen(Brushes.LightPink, 2), 0, 0, 0, this.Height);
//determine how tall the text will be per line
int h = TextRenderer.MeasureText("Testj", this.Font).Height;
//calculate where the lines need to start
lineOffset = h - (p.Y % h);
//draw lines until there is no more box
for (int x = lineOffset; x < Height; x += h)
{
g.DrawLine(new Pen(Brushes.LightSkyBlue, 2), 0, x, Width, x);
}
//force the panel under us to draw itself.
Parent.Invalidate();
}
}
}
public CustomRichTextBox()
{
this.SetStyle(ControlStyles.OptimizedDoubleBuffer, true);
}
}
}
I then set this box inside of a panel to get the padding I want. The panel is forced to redraw itself with the text box.
What is the best way to take screenshot of a web page?
At the moment I just start an selenium instance of firefox and using winapi bring it to the front and make a screenshot.
I ask similar question already.
There is two points:
Slowness.
If any window occurently gets higher than our web browser's window, this window will imprint in our screenshot.
Is there any method to take screenshot more 'programmly'?
Here is some code I use now:
class FirefoxDriverEx : FirefoxDriver
{
public Process GetFirefoxProcess()
{
var fi = typeof(FirefoxBinary).GetField("process", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance);
return fi.GetValue(this.Binary) as Process;
}
}
Here is the code illustrating process of taking screenshot itself:
using (FirefoxDriverEx driver = new FirefoxDriverEx())
{
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl(url);
var process = driver.GetFirefoxProcess();
if (process != null)
{
var screenCapture = new ScreenCapture();
Win.SetForegroundWindow(process.MainWindowHandle.ToInt32());
}
}
Right now, I'm thinking about some manager that will control a queue of windows to take the screenshots from.
Question edit.
I'm not looking for a solution to just get screenshot 'in memory' and return it back to HTTP stream. So any ways to save screenshot and save it to file and then get it from there is very ambiguous for that purpose.
Question edit #2.
I forgot to mention. Needed screenshot should be made as it seen by user. So, screenshot should have browser window and a site inside of web browser window's bounds. I can't find any way to change mode of taking a screenshot in WebDriver of selenium. WebDriver just take screenshot of a page without any browser window.
I'd recommend getScreenshotAs. It gets even the 'out of view' part of the screen.
Here is some sample code in gr0ovy.
import java.io.IOException
import java.net.URL
import java.nio.file.Path
import java.nio.file.Paths
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
import org.openqa.selenium.Capabilities
import org.openqa.selenium.TakesScreenshot
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.CapabilityType
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DriverCommand
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver
import org.openqa.selenium.OutputType
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver
public class Selenium2Screenshot {
private WebDriver driver
private String browserType
private boolean skipScreenshots
public Selenium2Screenshot(WebDriver webDriver, String browserType, boolean skipScreenshots) {
this.driver = webDriver
this.browserType = browserType
this.skipScreenshots = skipScreenshots
}
public void takeScreenshot(String filenameBase) {
if (!skipScreenshots) {
Date today
String formattedDate
SimpleDateFormat formatter
Locale currentLocale
File scrFile
currentLocale = new Locale("en", "US")
formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy_MM_dd_HH_mm_ss_SSS", currentLocale)
today = new Date()
formattedDate = formatter.format(today)
String filename = getUiAutomationDir() + filenameBase + "_" + browserType + formattedDate + ".png"
Log.logger.info("Screenshot filename = " + filename)
try {
scrFile = ((TakesScreenshot)driver).getScreenshotAs(OutputType.FILE)
JavaIO.copy(scrFile.getAbsolutePath(), filename)
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.logger.error(e.message, e)
}
} else {
Log.logger.info("Skipped Screenshot")
}
}
private String getUiAutomationDir()
{
String workingDir = System.getProperty("user.dir")
Path workingDirPath = Paths.get(workingDir)
String returnString = workingDirPath.toString() + "\\"
return returnString
}
}
Edited on 8/1/12:
Get application handle code. I am surely duplicating code that is on stackoverflow several times, but hopefully this is not the exact same code as in other posts :-)
public static IntPtr FindWindowByPartialCaption(String partialCaption)
{
var desktop = User32.GetDesktopWindow();
var children = EnumerateWindows.GetChildWindows(desktop);
foreach (var intPtr in children)
{
var current = GetText(intPtr);
if (current.Contains(partialCaption))
return intPtr;
}
return IntPtr.Zero;
}
[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "GetDesktopWindow")]
public static extern IntPtr GetDesktopWindow();
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern bool EnumChildWindows(IntPtr hWndParent, EnumWindowProc lpEnumFunc, IntPtr lParam);
public delegate bool EnumWindowProc(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr parameter);
public static List<IntPtr> GetChildWindows(IntPtr parent)
{
return GetChildWindows(parent, false);
}
public static List<IntPtr> GetChildWindows(IntPtr parent, bool reverse)
{
List<IntPtr> result = new List<IntPtr>();
GCHandle listHandle = GCHandle.Alloc(result);
try
{
EnumWindowProc childProc = new EnumWindowProc(EnumWindow);
EnumChildWindows(parent, childProc, GCHandle.ToIntPtr(listHandle));
}
finally
{
if (listHandle.IsAllocated)
listHandle.Free();
}
if (reverse)
{
List<IntPtr> resultList = result.Reverse<IntPtr>().ToList();
return resultList;
}
else
return result;
}
private static bool EnumWindow(IntPtr handle, IntPtr pointer)
{
GCHandle gch = GCHandle.FromIntPtr(pointer);
List<IntPtr> list = gch.Target as List<IntPtr>;
if (list == null)
{
throw new InvalidCastException("GCHandle Target could not be cast as List<IntPtr>");
}
list.Add(handle);
// You can modify this to check to see if you want to cancel the operation, then return a null here
return true;
}
}
http://www.pinvoke.net/ is also a great resource.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd162869(v=vs.85).aspx
I personally love this API. Create a bitmap with width and height calculated from the returned rectangle of GetWindowRect API and for HDC parameter use (for example):
thebitmap.GetHdc()
You should be fine.
Edit: also check this.
Btw, you can take screenshot of any window you like, even if they fall back.(note that this will not work for minimized windows. However, if you really need, there are some way arounds for that too.)
If you're looking for a programmatic way to get a screenshot of the main window of a given process, here is a function that does it:
public static Bitmap TakeScreenshot(Process process)
{
// may need a process Refresh before
return TakeScreenshot(process.MainWindowHandle);
}
public static Bitmap TakeScreenshot(IntPtr handle)
{
RECT rc = new RECT();
GetWindowRect(handle, ref rc);
Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(rc.right - rc.left, rc.bottom - rc.top);
using (Graphics graphics = Graphics.FromImage(bitmap))
{
PrintWindow(handle, graphics.GetHdc(), 0);
}
return bitmap;
}
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern bool GetWindowRect(IntPtr hWnd, ref RECT rect);
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern bool PrintWindow(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr hDC, int flags);
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
private struct RECT
{
public int left;
public int top;
public int right;
public int bottom;
}
Unfortunately, on Aero-equipped OS (Vista/Win7/Win8) it will not capture the full transparent border. The usual transparent border will be blacked instead. Maybe it's enough for what you're trying to acomplish.
I've been using webshotcmd (the paid version is also command line) in a production app for years. It can be configured to wait for the page to load, to wait n seconds after page load, etc. It uses Internet Explorer and works on Windows. Starts pretty fast (in my experience, the msie activex has always been instant to load).
Other than the above, I would recommend something based on a Webkit libray, it would be so much smaller than Firefox, and would start very fast (wkhtmltoimage is for now only available on Linux, but when it will be available for Windows, I would go for it - also command line). Right now just google for webkit screenshot (the huge number of available screenshotters using webkit makes me believe using that DLL would be easy to port to C#).
Edit: Considering your 2nd edit, take a look at Chrome Screen Capture source.
To try it, the extension is available in the store/extension gallery.
I was able to accomplish this by copying the window (piece by piece) into a bitmap that is set to the size of the ScrollRectangle for my webBrowser control. While it is certainly not the most elegant way of achieving this goal, I wanted to share the code in case anyone might be able to use it. Once I had something that was mostly working, I was then able to add some args, and I can now execute this utility from the command line:
Executable_Path URL Filename
/// <summary>
/// This method is called to start the process of copying the webpage to the bitmap
/// this should be called after the page has fully loaded (use DocumentCompleted event to determine
/// if the page has completed loading if calling from the command line.)
/// </summary>
private void copyWebpageToImage()
{
//these two vars will house the current position in the bmp file (starting at 0,0)
int currXPosition = 0;
int currYPosition = 0;
//we need to set the height and width of our bitmap to the scrollrectangle of the webbrowser document object
int width = webBrowser1.Document.Body.ScrollRectangle.Width;
int height = webBrowser1.Document.Body.ScrollRectangle.Height;
//instantiate the bitmap
bm = new Bitmap(wd, ht);
//Instantiate our graphics object
Graphics gfx = Graphics.FromImage((Image)bm);
//this point is used throughout the process, and helps to determine where the form is at on the screen
Point formPoint = Form1.ActiveForm.Location;
formPoint.X = formPoint.X + webBrowser1.Location.X;
formPoint.Y = formPoint.Y + webBrowser1.Location.Y;
formPoint.X = formPoint.X + 8; //offsets for my form (may be different for yours)
formPoint.Y = formPoint.Y + 33; //offsets for my form
//begin our recursive call that will stop when it reaches the end of the page
copyEverythingToBitmap(bm, currXPosition, currYPosition, formPoint, gfx);
}
private void copyEverythingToBitmap(Bitmap bm, int currXPosition, int currYPosition, Point formPoint, Graphics gfx)
{
//check to see if currXPosition and currYPosition are both 0, if so we just began, call the zero copy method
if (currXPosition == 0 && currYPosition == 0)
{
performZeroCopy(bm, currXPosition, currYPosition, formPoint, gfx);
}
//if the current x position is less than the total width of the scrollrectangle - the width of the webbrowser,
//then we need to scroll the window, and copy the contents, y stays the same
else if (currXPosition < bm.Width - webBrowser1.Width)
{
AlterXPosition(bm, ref currXPosition, ref currYPosition, ref formPoint, gfx);
}
//if we are no longer at the zero, zero, and we cannot increase the x position anymore,
//then we need to scroll the window down and copy the contents, x is reset back to zero
else if(currYPosition < bm.Height - webBrowser1.Height)
{
currYPosition = currYPosition + webBrowser1.Height - 20;
currXPosition = 0;
performZeroCopy(bm, currXPosition, currYPosition, formPoint, gfx);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// The name of this method is slightly misleading. It inherently means that X is zero.
/// </summary>
private void performZeroCopy(Bitmap bm, int currXPosition, int currYPosition, Point formPoint, Graphics gfx)
{
webBrowser1.Document.Window.ScrollTo(currXPosition, currYPosition);
gfx.CopyFromScreen(formPoint, new Point(currXPosition, currYPosition), new Size(webBrowser1.Width - 20, webBrowser1.Height - 20));
if (currXPosition < bm.Width - webBrowser1.Width)
{
AlterXPosition(bm, ref currXPosition, ref currYPosition, ref formPoint, gfx);
}
else if(currYPosition < bm.Height - webBrowser1.Height)
{
currYPosition = currYPosition + webBrowser1.Height - 20;
currXPosition = 0;
performZeroCopy(bm, currXPosition, currYPosition, formPoint, gfx);
}
}
private void AlterXPosition(Bitmap bm, ref int currXPosition, ref int currYPosition, ref Point formPoint, Graphics gfx)
{
currXPosition = currXPosition + webBrowser1.Width - 20;
webBrowser1.Document.Window.ScrollTo(bm.Width - currXPosition, currYPosition);
gfx.CopyFromScreen(formPoint, new Point(bm.Width - currXPosition - 3, currYPosition), new Size(webBrowser1.Width - 20, webBrowser1.Height - 20));
if (currXPosition + webBrowser1.Width < bm.Width)
{
//we still have not traversed the full width of the page, call to alterxposition again...
}
else
{
copyEverythingToBitmap(bm, currXPosition, currYPosition, formPoint, gfx);
}
}
private void saveImageToFile(string p)
{
bm.Tag = DateTime.Now;
bm.Save(p, ImageFormat.Jpeg);
}
I'm building a WPF application in which I need to display document previews such as what is achievable with a DocumentViewer and DocumentPaginator. However, converting the report to XPS and loading it into a DocumentViewer has proven to be very slow when the report is large (as a common report I'll need to display is).
This lead me to start thinking that there is probably some way to start showing the first few pages of the report while the rest of the pages are being 'loaded' into the DocumentViewer -- basically loading/showing the pages as they're created.
Does anyone know if something like this is possible? And, if so, how would you suggest I get started trying to make it work? I've spent a few hours looking around online for a solution to display the report faster, but haven't come up with anything.
For the sake of full disclosure, in this case the report I need to display is being created in HTML. I know that I need to convert it to XPS in order to use the DocumentViewer, but I bring this up because if anyone has a fast way of displaying the HTML, please feel free to bring that up too. I can't use a WebBrowser control as I have to have the display in a 'print preview' type of mode. A good algorithm for deciding how to 'paginate' an HTML site would probably lead me to a solution to this problem as well as then I could create a custom control to display it. I'd use a DocumentPaginator, but then the outputted file is XPS and then I'm back to the DocumentViewer issue.
Again, any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Ok, I think I've got something...
Once again I found a better URL to reference. This one wasn't loading for me straight up so I grabbed it from the Google cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LgceMCkJBrsJ:joshclose.net/%3Fp%3D247
Define the IViewObject interface as described in each article:
[ComVisible(true), ComImport()]
[GuidAttribute("0000010d-0000-0000-C000-000000000046")]
[InterfaceTypeAttribute(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
public interface IViewObject
{
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I4)]
[PreserveSig]
int Draw(
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] UInt32 dwDrawAspect,
int lindex,
IntPtr pvAspect,
[In] IntPtr ptd,
IntPtr hdcTargetDev,
IntPtr hdcDraw,
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Struct)] ref Rectangle lprcBounds,
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Struct)] ref Rectangle lprcWBounds,
IntPtr pfnContinue,
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] UInt32 dwContinue);
[PreserveSig]
int GetColorSet([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int dwDrawAspect,
int lindex, IntPtr pvAspect, [In] IntPtr ptd,
IntPtr hicTargetDev, [Out] IntPtr ppColorSet);
[PreserveSig]
int Freeze([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int dwDrawAspect,
int lindex, IntPtr pvAspect, [Out] IntPtr pdwFreeze);
[PreserveSig]
int Unfreeze([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int dwFreeze);
void SetAdvise([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int aspects,
[In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int advf,
[In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)] IAdviseSink pAdvSink);
void GetAdvise([In, Out, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray)] int[] paspects,
[In, Out, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray)] int[] advf,
[In, Out, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray)] IAdviseSink[] pAdvSink);
}
Create an HtmlPaginator class that screenshots the browser's document (as described) but then crops it into pages / frames:
class HtmlPaginator
{
public event EventHandler<PageImageEventArgs> PageReady;
protected virtual void OnPageReady(PageImageEventArgs e)
{
EventHandler<PageImageEventArgs> handler = this.PageReady;
if (handler != null)
handler(this, e);
}
public class PageImageEventArgs : EventArgs
{
public Image PageImage { get; set; }
public int PageNumber { get; set; }
}
public void GeneratePages(string doc)
{
Bitmap htmlImage = RenderHtmlToBitmap(doc);
int pageWidth = 800;
int pageHeight = 600;
int xLoc = 0;
int yLoc = 0;
int pages = 0;
do
{
int remainingHeightOrPageHeight = Math.Min(htmlImage.Height - yLoc, pageHeight);
int remainingWidthOrPageWidth = Math.Min(htmlImage.Width - xLoc, pageWidth);
Rectangle cropFrame = new Rectangle(xLoc, yLoc, remainingWidthOrPageWidth, remainingHeightOrPageHeight);
Bitmap page = htmlImage.Clone(cropFrame, htmlImage.PixelFormat);
pages++;
PageImageEventArgs args = new PageImageEventArgs { PageImage = page, PageNumber = pages };
OnPageReady(args);
yLoc += pageHeight;
if (yLoc > htmlImage.Height)
{
xLoc += pageWidth;
if (xLoc < htmlImage.Width)
{
yLoc = 0;
}
}
}
while (yLoc < htmlImage.Height && xLoc < htmlImage.Width);
}
private static Bitmap RenderHtmlToBitmap(string doc)
{
Bitmap htmlImage = null;
using (var webBrowser = new WebBrowser())
{
webBrowser.ScrollBarsEnabled = false;
webBrowser.ScriptErrorsSuppressed = true;
webBrowser.DocumentText = doc;
while (webBrowser.ReadyState != WebBrowserReadyState.Complete)
{
Application.DoEvents();
}
webBrowser.Width = webBrowser.Document.Body.ScrollRectangle.Width;
webBrowser.Height = webBrowser.Document.Body.ScrollRectangle.Height;
htmlImage = new Bitmap(webBrowser.Width, webBrowser.Height);
using (Graphics graphics = Graphics.FromImage(htmlImage))
{
var hdc = graphics.GetHdc();
var rect1 = new Rectangle(0, 0, webBrowser.Width, webBrowser.Height);
var rect2 = new Rectangle(0, 0, webBrowser.Width, webBrowser.Height);
var viewObject = (IViewObject)webBrowser.Document.DomDocument;
viewObject.Draw(1, -1, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, hdc, ref rect1, ref rect2, IntPtr.Zero, 0);
graphics.ReleaseHdc(hdc);
}
}
return htmlImage;
}
}
Call it like so:
WebBrowser browser = new WebBrowser();
browser.Navigate("http://www.stackoverflow.com");
while (browser.ReadyState != WebBrowserReadyState.Complete)
{
Application.DoEvents();
}
HtmlPaginator pagr = new HtmlPaginator();
pagr.PageReady += new EventHandler<HtmlPaginator.PageImageEventArgs>(pagr_PageReady);
pagr.GeneratePages(browser.DocumentText);
To test it I implemented a basic form with a button and a picture box and a List collection. I add pages to the collection as they're ready from the HtmlPaginator and use the button to add the next image to the picturebox.
The magic numbers are your desired width and height. I used 800x600 but you probably have different dimensions you want.
The downside here is you're still waiting for the WebBrowser to render the HTML but I really don't see how an alternate solution is going to reduce that time - something has to interpret and draw the HTML in the first place. Write your own web browser I guess. :)
I did try playing with IViewObject.Draw to see if I could just have it render the page frames directly rather than have the cropping loop, but it wasn't working for me.
How can i detect where the taskbar is located? I need to know for displaying my notification in the right corner. Thanks
Edit:
Thank you Hans Passant. I used that with this to get location. I hope is ok.
GetTaskbarLocation(TaskbarPosition.GetTaskbarPosition());
private void GetTaskbarLocation(Rectangle rc)
{
if (rc.X == rc.Y)
{
if (rc.Right < rc.Bottom)
taskbarLocation = TaskbarLocation.Left;
if (rc.Right > rc.Bottom)
taskbarLocation = TaskbarLocation.Top;
}
if (rc.X > rc.Y)
taskbarLocation = TaskbarLocation.Right;
if (rc.X < rc.Y)
taskbarLocation = TaskbarLocation.Bottom;
}
public static Rectangle GetTaskbarPosition() {
var data = new APPBARDATA();
data.cbSize = System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.SizeOf(data);
IntPtr retval = SHAppBarMessage(ABM_GETTASKBARPOS, ref data);
if (retval == IntPtr.Zero) throw new Win32Exception("Please re-install Windows");
return new Rectangle(data.rc.left, data.rc.top,
data.rc.right - data.rc.left, data.rc.bottom - data.rc.top);
}
// P/Invoke goo:
private const int ABM_GETTASKBARPOS = 5;
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("shell32.dll")]
private static extern IntPtr SHAppBarMessage(int msg, ref APPBARDATA data);
private struct APPBARDATA {
public int cbSize;
public IntPtr hWnd;
public int uCallbackMessage;
public int uEdge;
public RECT rc;
public IntPtr lParam;
}
private struct RECT {
public int left, top, right, bottom;
}
SHAppBarMessage(ABM_GETTASKBARPOS)
See the SHAppBarMessage Function and the ABM_GETTASKBARPOS Message for more info and the pinvoke page for SHAppBarMessage has a VB.Net sample that shouldn't be too difficult to translate.
The SHAppBarMessage function will return you information about the taskbar if you pass in the ABM_GETTASKBARPOS message. It has an out parameter which is a pointer to APPBARDATA that contains the screen cooridinates of the task bar. You can use to work out where on screen it is.
It's probably best to use the available API: NotifyIcon.ShowBalloonTip:
void Form1_DoubleClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
notifyIcon1.Visible = true;
notifyIcon1.ShowBalloonTip(20000, "Information", "This is the text",
ToolTipIcon.Info );
}
In Java, using JNA (adapted from other C# solutions above)
public static Rectangle getTaskbarPosition() throws Exception {
APPBARDATA data = new APPBARDATA();
data.cbSize = new WinDef.DWORD(data.size());
WinDef.UINT_PTR retval = Shell32.INSTANCE.SHAppBarMessage(ABM_GETTASKBARPOS, data);
if (retval == null) {
throw new Exception("Please re-install Windows");
}
return new Rectangle(data.rc.left, data.rc.top, data.rc.right - data.rc.left, data.rc.bottom - data.rc.top);
}