screenshot help!

[v8maro]

Hey guys, i'm a total newb to d3d, but I'm hoping what I am asking is fairly simple.

 

I have a c# application, I have referenced the required DirectX dll's.

 

I now have a video game running, in D3D.

 

I want the c# application to take a screen shot of what I see in-game.

 

This is what I have so far, and I'm kind of lost. Can anyone help me?

 

 

IntPtr hWnd = new IntPtr();

 

foreach (AdapterInformation adapter in Manager.Adapters)

{

// Check whether or not this is the default adapter

if (adapter.Equals(Manager.Adapters.Default))

{

hWnd = Manager.GetAdapterMonitor(adapter.Adapter);

}

}

 

if (hWnd != null)

{

Device device = new Device(hWnd);

 

try

{

Surface renderTarget = device.GetBackBuffer(0, 0, BackBufferType.Mono);

SurfaceLoader.SaveToStream(ImageFileFormat.Jpg, renderTarget);

}

catch (AccessViolationException avex)

{

avex.Data.Clear();

}

}

 

 

 

My code is obviously flawed, however, I'm not good with this d3d stuff. I realize I am CREATING a new device, which I do not want to do. How do I access the existing application(game) device, and then take a screen shot of it?

 

Thanks!

 

Steve

Edited February 24, 2009 by v8maro