Copy map to Clipboard

This sample shows a simple way to export the map as an image using the RenderTargetBitmap class in the System.Windows.Media.Imaging namespace.

XAML

<UserControl x:Class="ArcGISWPFSDK.CopyToClipboard"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             xmlns:esri="http://schemas.esri.com/arcgis/client/2009">
    <Grid>
        <Grid.Resources>
            <LinearGradientBrush x:Key="PanelGradient" EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
                <LinearGradientBrush.RelativeTransform>
                    <TransformGroup>
                        <ScaleTransform CenterY="0.5" CenterX="0.5"/>
                        <SkewTransform CenterY="0.5" CenterX="0.5"/>
                        <RotateTransform Angle="176" CenterY="0.5" CenterX="0.5"/>
                        <TranslateTransform/>
                    </TransformGroup>
                </LinearGradientBrush.RelativeTransform>
                <GradientStop Color="#FF145787" Offset="0.16"/>
                <GradientStop Color="#FF3D7FAC" Offset="0.502"/>
                <GradientStop Color="#FF88C5EF" Offset="0.984"/>
            </LinearGradientBrush>
        </Grid.Resources>
        <esri:Map x:Name="_map" UseAcceleratedDisplay="False">
             <!-- Tiled Basemap Layer -->
            <esri:ArcGISLocalTiledLayer ID="Topographic USA" Path="..\Data\TPKs\Topographic.tpk"/>
        </esri:Map>

        <Grid HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="0,15,15,0" Width="275">
            <Rectangle Fill="{StaticResource PanelGradient}" Stroke="Gray"  RadiusX="10" RadiusY="10" Margin="0,0,0,5">
                <Rectangle.Effect>
                    <DropShadowEffect/>
                </Rectangle.Effect>
            </Rectangle>
            <Rectangle Fill="#DDFFFFFF" Stroke="DarkGray" RadiusX="5" RadiusY="5" Margin="5,5,5,10" />
            <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Margin="10,10,10,10" HorizontalAlignment="Left" >
                <TextBlock Text="Click the button to copy the map to the system Clipboard. You can then paste the image into another application." 
                           TextWrapping="Wrap" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Foreground="Black" Margin="5,5,5,0"/>
                <Button Content="Copy To Clipboard" x:Name="CopytoClipboard" Click="CopytoClipboard_Click" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Height="auto" Width="auto" Margin="10"/>
            </StackPanel>
        </Grid> 
    </Grid>
</UserControl>

C#

using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows;

namespace ArcGISWPFSDK
{
    public partial class CopyToClipboard : UserControl
    {
        public CopyToClipboard()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void CopytoClipboard_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                System.Windows.Media.Imaging.RenderTargetBitmap renderTargetBitmap =
                    new System.Windows.Media.Imaging.RenderTargetBitmap((int)_map.ActualWidth, (int)_map.ActualHeight, 96, 96, System.Windows.Media.PixelFormats.Pbgra32);
                renderTargetBitmap.Render(_map);
                Clipboard.SetImage(renderTargetBitmap);
            }
            catch (System.Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Error: " + ex.Message, "Error", MessageBoxButton.OK, MessageBoxImage.Information);
            }
        }
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports System.Windows.Controls
Imports System.Windows

Namespace ArcGISWPFSDK
    Partial Public Class CopyToClipboard
        Inherits UserControl
        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
        End Sub

        Private Sub CopytoClipboard_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs)
            Try
                Dim renderTargetBitmap As New System.Windows.Media.Imaging.RenderTargetBitmap(CInt(_map.ActualWidth), CInt(_map.ActualHeight), 96, 96, System.Windows.Media.PixelFormats.Pbgra32)
                renderTargetBitmap.Render(_map)
                Clipboard.SetImage(renderTargetBitmap)
            Catch ex As System.Exception
                MessageBox.Show("Error: " & ex.Message, "Error", MessageBoxButton.OK, MessageBoxImage.Information)
            End Try
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace