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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! If you mean the jumplist, you have to do it using WPF (.NET) EDIT: See here What I believe you are looking for is the Windows® API Code Pack and you want create a Jump List for your application. What you see in a Jump List depends entirely on the program.Jump Lists don't just show shortcuts to files. Sometimes they also provide quick access to commands

Using GDI+ to draw text on glass: graphics.DrawString(s, Length(s), font, MakePointF(x, y), brush); You'll notice that the ClearType enabled text draws very poorly on glass: But with glass disabled the text, of course, draw fine: By way of comparison here is Anti-alias font smoothing : And here is no font smoothing : Note : No font smoothing looks better than it really does because StackOverflow resizes the images on your monitor. How do i draw ClearType text on glass? Notes Win32 native not .NET ( i.e. native) not Winforms ( i.e. native) GDI+ ( i.e. native) What Mark is suggesting is that you

I want to use the Aero textbox styling, but still override some properties. I try to accomplish this by: <ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"> <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries> <ResourceDictionary Source="/PresentationFramework.Aero, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, ProcessorArchitecture=MSIL;component/themes/aero.normalcolor.xaml" /> </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries> <Style x:Key="{x:Type TextBox}" TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}" BasedOn="

I am trying to make a window that alternates between having an Aero/Glass and a custom rendered frame (by handling WM_NCPAINT ) based on a user setting. (Windows Vista). DwmComposition is enabled. My app comes up with the glass frame, but as soon as I toggle the setting to trigger the custom WM_NCPAINT codepath then toggle back to use DefWindowProc 's WM_NCPAINT handling, the native frame is now perpetually stuck in the "Vista Basic" style - it's no longer translucent and the caption buttons look different to the normal Aero/Glass ones. I've tried just about every way of poking the window from

I've created a borderless WPF window by setting the following window properties in XAML: ... WindowStyle="None" AllowsTransparency="True" ... This causes a number of issues: 1) Resolved: It no longer has any built-in resize functionality 2) Resolved: It no longer has any built-in drag functionality 3) Resolved: Without the top toolbar, it no longer has minimize/maximize/restore/close buttons 4) Resolved: Maximizing via aero snap or setting WindowState prevents it from unsnapping. 5) Maximizing via aero snap or setting WindowState will use the whole screen as the boundary, overlapping the

What color must i paint in the client area in order to make glass appear? i've extended the frame of my form into the client area using: DwmExtendFrameIntoClientArea(self.Handle, margins); i cannot find any official documentation from Microsoft on what color and/or alpha the DWM will look for to replace with glass. The documentation on DwmExtendFrameInClientArea doesn't even mention that a custom color is required. There's only hearsay and myth that a special color is even required. The closest i can find is a topic on MSDN: Custom Window Frame Using DWM For the extended frames to be visible,