C# Clipboard and pasting images from games
I'm trying to get images taken in games with the 'Print Screen' key to
be pasted into my picturebox control in the application I am
developing. (C# .NET2)
At the moment I am testing this out in a game called Rome: Total War,
and am able to paste the screenshot from the clipboard into Microsoft
Paint but am unable to paste it into my application.
Below are 2 code samples for the methods I have tried.
if(Clipboard.GetDataObject().GetDataPresent(DataFormats.Bitmap))
pictureBox1.Image = (Bitmap)Clipboard.GetDataObject().GetData(DataFormats.Bitmap);
and
if (Clipboard.ContainsImage())
pictureBox1.Image = Clipboard.GetImage());
Both of these samples return true in the if statement (I.e. there is am
image in the clipboard) but then I came to extract the image on the
next line all I get is a null value.
I also tested these code samples with a screenshot taken of a standard windows desktop and that worked fine.
What do I have to do to get it to work with 3D games. I'm guessing it
can be done since Paint can do it and the if statements say I have
valid data.
Thanks
