Questions tagged [animatewindow]
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Delphi: AnimateWindow like in FireFox
I have a panel (bottom aligned) and some controls (client aligned).
To animate the panel I use:
AnimateWindow(Panel.Handle, 1000, aw_hide or AW_SLIDE OR AW_VER_POSITIVE);
panel.Visible:=false;
In my case the panel smoothly hides and only then other…
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Proper way to call AnimateWindow with a .NET WinForms Form?
i'm trying to call AnimateWindow to animate the show and hide of a WinForms window.
Here's a copy of the win32 translation:
private static class NativeMethods
{
public const int AW_ACTIVATE = 0x20000;
public const int AW_HIDE = 0x10000;
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Using AnimateWindow() at Form_Load
I have a borderless form and I use the AnimateWindow() method to create animations for opening, closing, etc my Form. I use this code:
[Flags]
enum AnimateWindowFlags
{
AW_HOR_POSITIVE = 0x0000000
AW_HOR_NEGATIVE = 0x00000002,
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AnimateWindow() incorrectly draws background on high dpi (Win10)
I am creating a simple Win32/MFC application with a main window, and a child-window that uses AnimateWindow() to show (slide up) and hide (slide down) the window. When running the application on 100% dpi scaling, everything behaves normally.
I…
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AnimateWindow have no effect on maximazed form c#
I'm trying to animate the form on loading. I used AnimateWindow:
public partial class AdministrationMDI : Form
{
[DllImport("user32")]
static extern bool AnimateWindow(IntPtr hwnd, int time, AnimateWindowFlags flags);
public…
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GDI+ and AnimateWindow
I'm drawing an image onto my client area using GDI+, which works great until I use AnimateWindow to show the dialog. In this scenario and drawing done by GDI+ is not shown. Is there a way around this? I am using Win32 C++. My code so far:
BOOL…
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Animation/Redrawing of moving panels is flickering badly - suggestions?
Hoping some of you out there will be able to point me in the right direction to handle flickering/tearing/redrawing issues when I 'animate' some components in an application.
I have to preface this by saying that the 'animations' seem to work…
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Why fading a form with non-rectangular region does not work correctly?
I created a top level form and changed its Region property to an eliptical region. Then, I made the form to fade in using the AnimateWindow function. When the form was fading in, the rectangular shape of the form was still displayed. When the form…
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Strategy for creating a fadable child window
I'm attempting to create a window class that supports fading in and out, even for child windows. Basically it adds the WS_EX_LAYERED style to the window, and then it calls SetLayeredWindowAttributes on a timer, gradually changing the alpha…
user15284017
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AnimateWindow API hide leaves trails
I am using AnimateWindow to show/hide my toolbar. During Hide the toolbar leaves a trail and after a few seconds it disappears. How can I eliminate these trails during hide?
AnimateWindow(m_hWndToolbar, 200, AW_SLIDE | AW_VER_NEGATIVE |…
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win32 Textbox and AnimateWindow
I'm making a native win32 application and use AnimateWindow to fadein the window. It all works well except the couple textboxes I have in my window are not drawn until I do an InvalidateRect call after the fadein. From the MSDN doc it says the…
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How can I use the AnimateWindow function on a separate thread?
How can I animate two windows at the same time? I tried:
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
static extern bool AnimateWindow(IntPtr hwnd, int time, int flags);
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AnimateWindow(panel1.Handle, speed, AW_SLIDE |…
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Use AnimateWindow in a new thread
How can I animate two windows at the same time? I tried:
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
static extern bool AnimateWindow(IntPtr hwnd, int time, int flags);
...
AnimateWindow(panel1.Handle, speed, AW_SLIDE |…
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