Extending caption bar without glass

Question

I saw that Windows 7 Wizard has the title bar extended without requiring Aero Glass. Look at this:

Without Aero Glass

With Aero Glass

I made my application to work with Aero Glass, but how about withiut it?

Thanks in advance!

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 17 '12 at 07:39

I haven't test this yet, but I think it will work, mark it as answer if you agree:

[DllImport("uxtheme")]
static extern int DrawThemeBackground(IntPtr hTheme, IntPtr hdc, int iPartId, int iStateId, ref RECT pRect, ref RECT pClipRect);

This method works, loog at this

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 16 '12 at 18:44

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You shouldn't need to do anything. The DWM is still running when using the Basic theme, it's just not doing any accelerated rendering.

answered Oct 16 '12 at 18:44

David Brown

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no I think you didn't understand. When the Windows Basic theme is active, that region is being black... (In my application) – Victor Oct 16 '12 at 18:54
Well, you didn't specify that in your question. – David Brown Oct 16 '12 at 19:22

Extending caption bar without glass

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