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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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Aero Theme Checkbox Performance

I have a set of data that I display in a TreeView. The TreeView is styled so that it will contain a checkbox next to each item in the tree. The behavior of the checkbox is that checking a parent will check all of its children, and unchecking the…
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Dialog doesnt display properly without aero

i have a application i have been making a for a while now using C++/Win32 and when i create my first dialog it shows up weird when i dont have aero enabled or i am not using windows 7/8. here is a screenshot of what it looks like: This is my last…
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Screenshot of window

I'm trying to take screenshots of all open windows, also the minimized ones. Currently I'm using this code: http://www.developerfusion.com/code/4630/capture-a-screen-shot/ But it doesn't work for minimized windows and the areas where there is a…
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Using aero theme in Winforms like we do in WPF

I know how to use the Aero theme in my wpf applications when running in Windows XP.Link Is there any way to do the same in a Winforms application? Thanks.
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Text on a glass form not appearing right

On a WinForm with an extended borders, when i place a text on the glass area it doesn't appear right. This is how the text looks like Status a busy cat http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/4732/95454282.png ![form][1] how can i fix the text to appear…
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No thumbnails showing in Aero flip/thumbnail for full screen direct3d 9 application

I'm sure this is on the web somewhere, but I'm having trouble with the search terms (getting lots of non-relevant stuff.) Anyway, I've got a Direct3D9 application. When it runs in full screen, on Vista and Windows 7, and you hit Alt-Tab or Win-Tab,…
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Get list of installed Aero themes

I want to get a list of information (with filename and real theme name) of the installed AERO themes in a Windows 7 OS. Also I need to change the current theme to one of the installed themes, but without using process.start(ThemeFile) because the…
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Thumbnail Toolbar Button

Today I have another specific question about a new feature in windows 7 called the thumbnail toolbar or the Aero Peek Toolbar if some might like to call it that way. I have been able to create a new set of toolbar buttons for my application each…
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Disabling VSync in Aero Window

I'm working on a windowed (not full-screen) OpenGL application for Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8) where VSync and GPU frame queuing cause a very noticeable (and bad) input lag. I've used wglSwapBufferEXT to disable VSync, and a glFinish after SwapBuffers…
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Snap application and Word

I'm making an application that I want the user to be able to click a button, that snaps Word or another program to take up 70% of the screen, and my application to take up the remaining 30%. Is this possible? Is there a native way to do it? Is there…
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DwmExtendFrameIntoClientArea in C++

I have the following C++ code: LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) { bool fCallDWP = true; BOOL fDwmEnabled = FALSE; LRESULT lRet = 0; HRESULT hr = S_OK; MARGINS margins; …
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How do I reference the Toggle Button Circle and override vertical alignment of the Aero theme Expander?

Currently, I am referencing the Aero theme in my App.xml file. In the main.xml file, I am using expanders to display the content in a resizable width app. (For this example, I limited the width to 500) The expander header content generally will be…
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Disabling the inner-border of an Aero Glass form

Controls on an Aero Glass enabled form paint a 2 pixel wide transparent border by default (1px dark gray/1px white on my theme). Is it possible to disable this behavior? My approach so far: I tried expanding the frame and force it to use the…
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Deal with unloading forms on Windows 7 Aero theme

Possible Duplicate: Disable aero fade-in effect on dialog I am trying to take a screen shot of the application when a user presses okay on a form. When the user presses OK, the form should unload, then take a screen shot of the MDI form. However,…
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Python/PyQT check if Aero enabled

As told here Qt: Erase background (Windows Aero Glass), I'm using WA_TranslucentBackground to have a glass background on my QMainWindow: on Windows 7 (Aero enabled) it works well, but on Linux (KDE4) I get a black background, I haven't tried on a PC…
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