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Windows Aero is the graphical user interface and the default theme in most editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7

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Vista/7: How to get glass color?

How do you use DwmGetColorizationColor? The documentation says it returns two values: a 32-bit 0xAARRGGBB containing the color used for glass composition a boolean parameter that is true "if the color is an opaque blend" (whatever that…
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Rendering controls on glass: Solution found, needs double-buffering/perfecting

I (finally!) found a way of rendering Windows.Forms controls on glass that doesn't seem to have any major drawback nor any big implementation time. It's inspired by this article from Coded, which basically explains how to natively override the…
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Non client painting on aero glass window

Now Im customizing title bar of my application. My aim is to add one extra button on title bar. Im my previous question people have adviced me the way I can customize non client area. Thats works perfectly except one small thing - glowing! I can…
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How do you set the glass blend colour on Windows 10?

Using the undocumented SetWindowCompositionAttribute API on Windows 10, it's possible to enable glass for a window. The glass is white or clear, as seen in this screenshot: However, the Windows 10 Start menu and the notification center, which both…
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Borderless Window Using Areo Snap, Shadow, Minimize Animation, and Shake

I am making a application with a borderless window on Windows. However, since the window is borderless, I have no areo shadow, snap, minimization animation, or shake. I have looked around and found no site that explains how to implement this.…
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Override default styling in WPF TextBox, based on PresentationFramework.Aero

I want to use the Aero textbox styling, but still override some properties. I try to accomplish this by:
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Aero: How to draw solid (opaque) colors on glass?

Using GDI+ to draw various colors: brush = new SolidBrush(color); graphics.FillRectangle(brush, x, y, width, height); You'll notice that no opaque color shows properly on glass: How do i draw solid colors on glass? You'll also notice that a fully…
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Windows Aero: What color to paint to make "glass" appear?

What color must i paint in the client area in order to make glass appear? i've extended the frame of my form into the client area using: DwmExtendFrameIntoClientArea(self.Handle, margins); i cannot find any official documentation from Microsoft on…
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Maximize and Aero snap on DockableFloatingWindow

I have the following code to give a undocked floating AvalonDock window the ability to maximize: class MaximizableDockableContent : AvalonDock.DockableContent { public MaximizableDockableContent() : base() { …
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Delphi support for Aero Glass and the DoubleBuffered property - what is going on and how do we use them?

I am confused by Delphi 2009/2010 support for the Aero Theme Glass features in Windows, and by what, exactly DoubleBuffered means, and what it has to do with Aero glass. I have found that DoubleBuffered is not only a property in the VCL, it also is…
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How can I force Aero to draw a borderless window as if it were active, even if it's not?

I'd like to have the same effect as the windows 7 taskbar. I've looked in this question: Keep Window Looking Active It works great but only if the window has a non-client area. My window is border-less and the content of it (just a black background)…
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How to get a thumbnail of a window in C#?

How do you go about getting a thumbnail of a window, like Windows 7 superbar preview, or Aero flip? Note that I do not want a screenshot of the application, there is a way in DWM to get this information. I would like a C# way of doing this. Thanks
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Aero windows in WPF (C#)

I'd like to implement a Window much like how the newer versions of IE have the URL bar kind of incased in the Vista/7 aero. I've looked around and not found too much useful information, and was wondering if any of you guys knew of the best way to do…
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WPF Borderless Window issues: Aero Snap & Maximizing

I've created a borderless WPF window by setting the following window properties in XAML: ... WindowStyle="None" AllowsTransparency="True" ... This causes a number of issues: 1) Resolved: It no longer has any built-in resize functionality 2)…
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PyQt4 & Windows 7 Thumbnail Toolbar

How can I add some thumbnail toolbar buttons to a QMainWindow with PyQt4, without using native code (ctypes and similar are fine, but not creating a DLL from another language)? I'd prefer a solution that doesn't break the platform independence of my…
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