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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 use DrawThemeTextEx in WPF

I'm working on an application that displays text on Aero Glass. To make it readable I used a OuterGlowBitmapEffect, but, as also described here this is no longer possible in .NET 4 and the DropShadowEffect won't work for Glass either. While…
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How to keep Windows Aero theme after setting of background color of button in Qt?

Is there any way to change background color of widget without loosing of it's style? My problem is reproducible on Windows 7/Vista with Aero theme and on Windows 8 too. You can see how it looks in Qt Designer: Here we have four buttons: both top…
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Adding Taskbar context menu to win7 application

Where can I find documentation about adding a context menu (EDIT: jumplist) to a windows 7 application? You know, when you right click on the application icon on the taskbar. Can I do that using .NET? Or do I need to use native code? Thank you!
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.NET Framework 4.0 and drawing on Aero Glass issue

In my application I have a form which I tweak by using the DWM API's method DwmExtendFrameIntoClientArea to extend the height of the Aero Glass Title Bar so that part of my form client area is drawn on the Aero frame. To achieve this effect, I also…
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WPF: How to have custom button template that uses system's button background by default?

I am creating a style that changes a ControlTemplate of a Button (it actually adds arrow on the right, so that the button looks like dropdown button (which is missing in wpf)). Inside of template, I put the actual button (because I need the result…
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Delphi - Windows Aero resources

Anyone have any good resources for Delphi and Windows Aero on 7 or Vista? We're just about to add Windows 7 to our company and want to make sure that our in-house applications use fit in as well as possible. Using Delphi 2010 I can add the Glass…
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WPF glass window with no border and no resize out of focus

I am trying to create a Aero glass borderless and non-resizable WPF window using the DwmEnableBlurBehindWindow method from the DmwAPI. However, for some strange reason the glass color of this window appears as if the window is out of focus. As you…
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What is the Aero function for previewing the screen state behind a window?

I have looked everywhere to see how to use Aero in my program. I fail to find any C function that previews the windows behind your own, like File Explorer or any mainstream browser does on their title bars. Some programs fake it by just adding an…
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QT Translucent window and remote desktop

I'm creating a Qt/C++ application using QML for some parts. Under windows I would like to make use of the translucent windowing using ExtendFrameIntoClientArea as seen in this snippet from my window class. #ifdef Q_WS_WIN if (…
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Windows Forms and Aero don't mix well -- how do I make them look native?

It's rather annoying: Windows Forms controls don't look or feel native; they don't glow/fade like they're supposed to. For example, the top button is not native, but the bottom one is: So how do I get this native look/feel in .NET? Is there a way…
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Help getting .Net WinForms apps to support Vista Aero Glass

There are a couple of tricks for getting glass support for .Net forms. I think the original source for this method is here: http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2006/04/18/578637.aspx Basically: //reference Desktop Windows Manager (DWM…
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Adding button to titlebar (like Firefox 4) in VB.NET & WPF or WinForms on XP or Vista/7

I was wondering if it is possible to add a button to the title bar in vb.net - I found a way to do this in one or the other but is it possible to do it on both? Here is the code that works if Aero is disabled (imports…
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WPF Aero theme standard styles

When using the Aero theme, are there resource names for styles that I can hook in to to achieve the same appearance as standard Win7 apps: In other words, are there already well-known style names for TextBlocks (and other controls) that would let…
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How make sure Aero effect is enabled?

Is there any api or something that we make sure, Glass effect is already actived? In some codes that i saw, if DllNotFoundException throws, then they make sure it's not active or not exists. is there a better or standard way? This is the solution…
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Windows Aero Forms Errors

Okay, so I have followed the docs right down to the smallest detail, and it keeps giving me the following error when I try to debug and run (F5): PInvokeStackImbalance was detected Message: A call to PInvoke function …
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