ASP.NET Screen capture

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I am developing ASP.NET apps (using latest 4.0). I always wondering if there is a way to capture the screen of the users and save it to a folder for error logging purposes? Can I install a Win-form on each users machine and execute it when ASP.NET pages run into error. Please advise. Thanks

You should be logging the error in your application code, and not trying to capture a user's screen. — GvM, Mar 06 '13 at 20:20

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 06 '13 at 21:10

It is theoretically possible to install a browser plugin that will trigger a screen capture when an error occurs. The first problem though is that you would need that screen capture from before the error - either some very clever error handling or a time machine.

But this will anyway require you to install software on your users machines thus taking away any benefit you get from a web based application. For example, you will have to handle all possible OS/browser combinations.

The only reasonable way of getting that screenshot is showing a custom error message that asks the user to provide the screen shot themselves manually.

+1 for pointing out that the screen capture would need to be from BEFORE the error. — Ann L., Mar 06 '13 at 21:14

ASP.NET Screen capture

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