How to get the image of a secondary screen and place it into a window on the primary screen?

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I'd like to copy an image of the desktop of my secondary screen and place it into a window on the primary screen (using C# and WPF).

I was thinking about using Drawing.CopyFromScreen but that's WinForm-tech and I'd like to see if it's possible using WPF only.

What would be the fasted perfoming way of doing this if I want to continously capture this image?

Can I create an ImageSource for the screen image somehow?

Also, if the mouse-pointer is not captured with this method I'd like to draw it into this image so I can see where the pointer is on the secondary screen without actualy seeing the screen physically.

Only need this for Windows 8.

Where is this Image that you try to copy? Just in another Window of your Application or somewhere else? — Venson, Jan 20 '13 at 16:21
Is the requirement of Windows Vista, 7, or 8 acceptable (Non-XP)? — Erik, Jan 20 '13 at 16:41

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 20 '13 at 16:53

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I think this article is exactly what you need. It describes how to take a screen capture and create a BitmapSource (which inherits from ImageSource) from it.

edited Jan 20 '13 at 16:53

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How to get the image of a secondary screen and place it into a window on the primary screen?

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