Save Panel with Control Inside It as Image C#.net, VB.net in windows application

This article will show you how you can save a panel as image with control inside the panel as image in windows application using c#.net and vb.net.

Some of my previous articles are as follows: Dynamically Change Form Background Color C#.Net in Windows Application, Dynamically Add Textbox Control in Panel and Clear All on Single Click Using C#.Net in Windows Application, Confirmation Message on Button Click and Capture YES/NO Click by User in Windows application, C#, Error Handling in Windows Application Using C#.Net, Restrict User to Enter Only Negative, Non-Negative and Decimal Number in TextBox Using C#.Net in Windows Application.

So for this article first we will create a new windows application and in this application we will add a panel control and some other control inside the panel control.

Now we will create a folder into our bin ->  debug folder.

Now we add the below code on button click event.

C#.Net:

using System; using System.Drawing; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace WindowsFormsApplication1 {     public partial class Form1 : Form     {         public Form1()         {             InitializeComponent();         }         private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)         {             try             {                 using (var bmp = new Bitmap(panel1.Width, panel1.Height))                 {                     panel1.DrawToBitmap(bmp, new Rectangle(0, 0, bmp.Width, bmp.Height));                     bmp.Save("Image/PanelImage.png");                 }                 MessageBox.Show("Image saved successfully.");             }             catch             {                 MessageBox.Show("Error.....");             }         }     } }

VB.Net:

Imports System.Drawing Imports System.Windows.Forms Namespace WindowsFormsApplication1     Partial Public Class Form1         Inherits Form         Public Sub New()             InitializeComponent()         End Sub         Private Sub button2_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)             Try                 Using bmp = New Bitmap(panel1.Width, panel1.Height)                     panel1.DrawToBitmap(bmp, New Rectangle(0, 0, bmp.Width, bmp.Height))                     bmp.Save("Image/PanelImage.png")                 End Using                 MessageBox.Show("Image saved successfully.")             Catch                 MessageBox.Show("Error.....")             End Try         End Sub     End Class End Namespace

In above code I have converted the panel into an image and saved it into the image folder. Herer check the output.

Now click on save button on success full save you will get success message. On error you will get error message.

Now check the image folder.

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