Transparent window

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Arek

Hi,

I'm creating application in .NET 3.5. I'm going to create splash screen with
"blurred transparency" - something like transparent title bar in Aero Glass
in Vista. Is there any easy way to achieve this? How to do that? Or maybe
how to get bitmap of desktop lays below my window?
Is there any way to create that kind of window in Windows XP?

Thanks,
Arek
 
Hi,

Thank you for that link.
Unfortunatelly, this will not work on Windows XP or Vista Home Basic. Is
there any other way to create such a window without using Aero Glass? How to
access to screen bitmap below my window?

Thanks,
Arek
 
Ah.

You could grab an area of the screen prior to loading your window that
matches where the window is going, perform some filtering to give a blurred
effect and apply to the background of your form. This wouldn't be
completely perfect as somebody closing or moving a window behind your splash
screen would break the effect.

As it is just for a splash screen it may be worth it though - given that you
can't have Aero (and the graphics acceleration that it is linked to).

Have a look at this link for how to screen grab:

http://www.blackwasp.co.uk/ScreenCapture.aspx
 
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