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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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How to determine ACTUAL windows form size (with all nonclient elements) when running Aero?

I'm trying to position my form precisely above the taskbar. Unfortunately my efforts are hampered by the fact that this.Height on my form returns a value which is 10 pixels smaller than the actual form (with all the borders, title bar, etc). I'm…
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Prevent Win32 from drawing classic title bar

I wanted to add a nice shadow to my borderless form, and the best way I found to do it with minimal performance loss is to use DwmExtendFrameIntoClientArea. However, this seems to be causing Windows to draw a classic title bar over the window, but…
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Combining Aero Glass effects and SWT

As a pet project, I've been playing with the concept of integrating Aero Glass effects into my SWT application. Łukasz Milewski has an excellent blog post explaining how this can be accomplished, which pretty much boils down to this: final Display…
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Change background color of disabled listbox in windows classic theme

I am developing a WPF application that must run using Windows Classic theme. The application creates a dialog box containing a ListBox. When the dialog box is shown, it must be disabled for 1s before accepting any input. I am accomplishing this…
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How to use Windows 7 API like Aero Glass, Jump List, etc

How can I take advantage of the Windows 7 features like Aero Glass, Jump Lists, ect. And minor changes like the icon on the jump list, the color of the jump list. Any good articles?
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How to change Windows 7 Aero / Window border color programatically?

I am thinking of making a program that would change the Windows 7 aero color according to the battery level. I am fairly new to c# and I would like to know how to change the Windows 7 Aero programmatically I have this code [DllImport("dwmapi.dll",…
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WPF Child window hosted in third-party application invisible on Windows 7 Aero themes

I have a WPF window which has to behave as an overlay of a window in a third-party running application. My WPF window must be mostly transparent with some visible controls, always be positioned right on top of the other window in the z-order, move…
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Delphi: Draw a text in a caption form for vista with aero like windows 7

How does one draw text (with onClick event) in a caption bar on vista with aero Like Windows 7 ? alt text http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/3643/immaginembl.jpg The example at delphi.about.com doesn't work on Vista with aero. Do you have any…
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Windows Aero - Programmatically Disabling Visual Effects

Does anyone know how if there is an API to programmatically disable/enable specific Windows visual effects, like "Enable Transparent Glass" or "Enable Aero Peek" ? The effects I am referring to are those configured in: System/Advanced System…
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How make a form always on top even if the Windows 7 Flip 3D is activated

I'm building an app which needs display a particular form always on top (this is a customer request), so far I'm using the SetWindowPos function with the HWND_TOPMOST value, and that works fine, but when the Windows 7 Flip 3D feature is activated my…
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How do you do a gradient fade to Aero glass in a WPF application like Office 2010 does?

I am writing an application in WPF and I would like to have the top of the application fade from a color to Aero glass like the Office 2010 applications. Really it will be fading the area just below the title bar from glass to a color. (I think…
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Aero Glass borders on popup windows in C#

I would like to create pop-up windows (of a fixed size) like this: in my application using C#. I've looked into NativeWindow but I am not sure if this is the right way to do it. I want a window to behave exactly like the volume control or "connect…
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How to achieve Vista glass transparency (AERO) in a WPF application?

It's easy for a WPF application to make parts of a window transparent or semi-transparent. But how to I apply the current Vista theme (colors, opacity) to these transparent parts? When I have a green glass border how will I get a green glass…
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Aero white glow in WPF?

How do I add the Aero white glow behind a control in WPF? I mean the glow like in a window's caption bar in Vista/7.
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How to display a Windows 7 style context menu?

In my .NET applications, context menus look like the left one. How can I apply the Windows 7 style on them in order to make them look like the right one?
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