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For questions about the Desktop Window Manager (DWM), which handles desktop composition in Windows Vista and later versions. For questions about the Dynamic Window Manager (DWM) for X, use [x-dwm].

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Applying affine transforms to windows using DWM/DX?

Is anyone aware of a way to apply affine transformations on windows, using the Desktop Window Manager, or a combination of that with DirectX? Think of Flip3D in Windows 7 - if I wanted to do such transitions live on the Desktop. Clarification: The…
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All-aero window have controls' colors blended - how to avoid it

I'm looking for a way to paint my custom controls into both the client and non-client area of a dialog. More or less the white area below I used DwmExtendFrameIntoClientArea and I managed to get that effect by extending the client area on the…
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C++ WinAPI Conflict between SetLayeredWindowAttributes and BitBlt

I have created a custom window using DWM. I painted the caption by using PaintCustomCaption() ,which is an example from MSDN. It worked properly until I added SetLayeredWindowAttributes(). Window before…
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How to get mouse input from extended frame?

I have a window which has a extended frame. It looks like this: I've followed all steps in MSDN's guide for extended frames: Custom Window Frame Using DWM. But the problem is: I can't capture mouse movement over the extended frame. I don't receive…
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dwm.exe error debugging in visual studio

I m facing an error while working . It shows a message "dwm.exe" has stopped working . and it is debugging in visual studio . it occurs if i have stopped moving mouse
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How is resize handled by DWM? C#

I have tried to create a custom border less form for my application. I decided that it had to be resizable, so I put 8 panels on its sides (4 corners, 4 sides actually) and created code which will resize my form when called. Like, for example: …
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How to efficiently render a small sprite in Direct3D / C++ on a large Window (DWM)?

I'm implementing a custom cursor in DirectX/C++ that is drawn on a transparent window on top of the desktop. I have stripped it down to a basic example. The magic of executing Direct3D on the DWM is based on this article on Code Project The problem…
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How do you place controls on the chrome of a WPF Window when the user is on Windows XP?

How can you place controls on a frame of a WPF window? I took a look at this but I don't know how to do this in WPF. link textThe problem comes when The application has to run on Windows XP where there is no DWM support. Also, if this is running on…
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Determine if control lies on glass surface?

I need to determine if my custom control lies on glass surface. So I'd like to know if it is possible to find out if DwmExtendFrameIntoClientArea was called for its parent window and with what parameters, or perhaps there are some other ways to…
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Windows 7 Desktop Manager

when we drag a window to the side of the screen we get like a ripple effect, can we change that programaticaly?
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Disabling Desktop Composition using Lua Scripting

Im using Set-Up Factory from IndigoRose for building my installers. Set-up factory uses lua language in the scripting section of the installers. Now, for my application once the installing is done, I would like to run a script which disables…
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Synchronization between DWM and Direct3D window

What happens if the application is in the middle of drawing to the buffer(d3d surface) and the DWM need the buffer to redraw the screen or vice versa? Is there any synchronization mechanism available?
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Moving from Visual Studio Express to Netbeans. #include not working

I am moving from Visual Studio Express to Netbeans with MinGW. However I cannot resolve one include: #include #pragma comment(lib, "dwmapi.lib") However the following includes seem to work: #include #include #pragma…
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Is it possible to enable dwm dynamically with code?

DwmEnableComposition cannot enable composition system wide. If I want to enable the aero effect system wide, how could I do this with c/c++ code?
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DWM windowManager for Windows, command?

I am using dwm for Windows now: http://www.brain-dump.org/projects/dwm-win32/ Regularly I use it in Linux where I can use mod+I and mod+D to change between vertical and horizontal layouts. In the Windows version that doesn't work for me, and I can't…
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