Aero: How to draw solid (opaque) colors on glass?

Question

Using GDI+ to draw various colors:

brush = new SolidBrush(color);
graphics.FillRectangle(brush, x, y, width, height);

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Answer 1

Another day, another solution by me.

• Draw everything you want to appear on glass into a bitmap.
• Then, clear the form background with black color.
• Immediately after this, draw the bitmap on your form.

However (as with any other solution not using DrawThemeTextEx): Text rendering will not work correctly, because it always takes the back color of your form as an antialias/cleartype hint. Use DrawThemeTextEx instead, which also supports text with a glow effect behind.