Remove a Window from Aero Peek in Windows 7

[shaneG]

I found an article here which helps remove any window from the "AeroPeek" feature of Windows 7.

The idea is to call the "dwmapi.dll" and excecute the function DwmSetWindowAttribute and set the property "DWMWA_EXCLUDED_FROM_PEEK" to true.

Could somebody help me with that script ?

Thanks in Advance

shaneGirish

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[lujomu]

In case you are still interested ... here you go:

Func _setExcludeFromPeek( Const $hWnd, $exclude = True)

    Local $struct, $dllReturn

    $struct = DllStructCreate( "int")

    if ( $exclude) Then
        DllStructSetData( $struct, 1, 1)
    Else
        DllStructSetData( $struct, 1, 0)
    EndIf

    $dllReturn = DllCall(   "dwmapi.dll", _
                            "int",      "DwmSetWindowAttribute", _
                            "hwnd",     $hWnd, _
                            "dword",    12, _
                            "ptr",      DllStructGetPtr( $struct), _
                            "dword",    DllStructGetSize( $struct)      )

    If ( @error = 0 And $dllReturn[0] = 0) Then
        Return 1
    Else
        Return 0
    EndIf
EndFunc

Exclude e.g. 'Calculator' window from Aero Peek using ...

$handle = WinGetHandle("Calculator")
_setExcludeFromPeek( $handle)

... or ...

$handle = WinGetHandle("Calculator")
_setExcludeFromPeek( $handle, True)

And include it again using ...

$handle = WinGetHandle("Calculator")
_setExcludeFromPeek( $handle, False)

Cheers,

lujomu

[KaFu]

Nice , might make sense to create an AERO UDF of the stuff floating around (see also _WinGetPosEx() in my sig)...

[James]

Nice , might make sense to create an AERO UDF of the stuff floating around (see also _WinGetPosEx() in my sig)...

I've already written the functions for the Aero areas and such, check it out here.

[KaFu]

I've already written the functions for the Aero areas and such, check it out here.

Yeah, those should definitly be included too, nice stuff . But what I'm more of fighting with atm is windows sizing and (relative) positioning, theres always a difference between aero and non aero (relative) positioning. Whats definitly needed is a WinSetPosEx() function auto-"compensating" the aero effects.

[James]

Yeah, those should definitly be included too, nice stuff . But what I'm more of fighting with atm is windows sizing and (relative) positioning, theres always a difference between aero and non aero (relative) positioning. Whats definitly needed is a WinSetPosEx() function auto-"compensating" the aero effects.

Shouldn't be too hard. You can use the DwmIsCompositionEnabled to check whether DWM is turned on. But then you need to also find out the size of the window border. But I'm sure at least one of the functions already does that.

[KaFu]

Shouldn't be too hard. You can use the DwmIsCompositionEnabled to check whether DWM is turned on. But then you need to also find out the size of the window border. But I'm sure at least one of the functions already does that.

Thats exactly what can be done by comparing WinGetPos() results to my WinGetPosEx() function ... my problem is just what are the (are there any?) generic and coherent adjustments needed to have not the same but a similar style with aero on and off.

[James]

Thats exactly what can be done by comparing WinGetPos() results to my WinGetPosEx() function ... my problem is just what are the (are there any?) generic and coherent adjustments needed to have not the same but a similar style with aero on and off.

Surely they should be found in the registry?