Real Vista Aero Glass - Four functions

[James]

Yeah! I know, I was just saying muttley

Neat example James. I see you have also updated System Properties Wrapper with the GUI nice! 5 stars for both scripts!

Heh thanks. SPW or OEMWizard shows the example I posted in action if your running Vista! Thanks for the stars!

[James]

I have just found a bug when trying to create two areas which you don't want affecting:

#include <GUIConstants.au3>
#include <Vista.au3>

Global $Area1[4] = [0, 0, 0, 76]
Global $Area2[4] = [0, 0, 76, 0]

$GUI = GUICreate("GUI", 408, 181)

; Top
GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 0, 0, 408, 76)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, 0x000000)
_Vista_ApplyGlassArea($GUI, $Area2, 0xE2E2E2)

; Bottom
GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 0, 105, 408, 76)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, 0x000000)
_Vista_ApplyGlassArea($GUI, $Area1, 0xE2E2E2)

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $iMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $iMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

This must either be down to the load which is being drawn, or DWM cannot handle multiple drawings in the way the function is made.

[wesdegroot]

a verry late question but how do i know the

Global $Area1[4] = [0, 0, 0, 76];

how can i set it good how must i set it.?

i write it down in dutch becouse my english is not verry good

@nederlands:

hoe kan ik de "Global $Area1[4] = [0, 0, 0, 76]" berekenen wat houd het in?

wesdegroot.

[James]

Left, Right, Top and Bottom muttley

So if you wanted the area to be 10px from the left, 10 from the top then you would do:

$Area[4] = [10, 0, 10, 0]

If that's wrong tell me, I am all mixed up at the moment.

[ProgAndy]

If you want the whole area with blur, but not the controls, you have to use regions and DwmEnableBlurBehindWindow ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa969508(VS.85).aspx )

[James]

If you want the whole area with blur, but not the controls, you have to use regions and DwmEnableBlurBehindWindow ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa969508(VS.85).aspx )

Brilliant! I will get to work on that! Might be useful for my current program updates!

[James]

These structures have confused the heck out of me! How do you create a const structure?

[monoceres]

These structures have confused the heck out of me! How do you create a const structure?

Where did you find a structure called const?

[James]

Where did you find a structure called const?

muttley Not Const, bool.

typedef struct _DWM_BLURBEHIND {
    DWORD dwFlags;
    BOOL fEnable;
    HRGN hRgnBlur;
    BOOL fTransitionOnMaximized;
} DWM_BLURBEHIND, *PDWM_BLURBEHIND;

If I am correct the, "HRGN" will need to be a variable to the $Struct yes?

[Valik]

People working with DllStruct stuff without at least rudimentary C knowledge. Tsk. Tsk.

I suggest you read up on the basics of C parameters and modifiers if you're going to continue this. You clearly misunderstand what the const modifier is for when it appears in a function declaration.

[James]

People working with DllStruct stuff without at least rudimentary C knowledge. Tsk. Tsk.

I suggest you read up on the basics of C parameters and modifiers if you're going to continue this. You clearly misunderstand what the const modifier is for when it appears in a function declaration.

Well I have used C++ partially before, just never needed Constants. I will go back and read it like you said muttley

Edit: Bool: True or False (I know that) but not how to use it in a structure like dword, int, long etc.

Edited July 10, 2008 by JamesBrooks

[monoceres]

Well I have used C++ partially before, just never needed Constants. I will go back and read it like you said muttley

Edit: Bool: True or False (I know that) but not how to use it in a structure like dword, int, long etc.

bool is the same as int and false=0 and true= non-zero (I think).

[Valik]

Remember that this is C. There is no bool type in C. And remember that C/C++ is case sensitive so bool != BOOL anyway.

Now, what's BOOL?

[wesdegroot]

Left, Right, Top and Bottom muttley

So if you wanted the area to be 10px from the left, 10 from the top then you would do:

$Area[4] = [10, 0, 10, 0]

If that's wrong tell me, I am all mixed up at the moment.

tnx here was i looking for!

[James]

Remember that this is C. There is no bool type in C. And remember that C/C++ is case sensitive so bool != BOOL anyway.

Now, what's BOOL?

0x000000 or 0x000001?

tnx here was i looking for!

No problem!

[Valik]

The closest thing I can get to a face-palm type emote: muttley

Please stop until you learn the difference between numbers and types.

[wraithdu]

I believe I'm correct in that BOOL is a Microsoft specific type that is defined as an 'int'. So, it can have any value. But there are TRUE and FALSE macros which are BOOL types (int's) defined as TRUE = 1 and FALSE = 0.

[monoceres]

I'm pretty sure BOOL is actually an int, at least it has the same size as an int (4).

[Valik]

While you both are correct, it saddens me a little that you are both so unsure. It's not hard to figure these types out. They're documented.

[monoceres]

Yeah, I guess I was lazy.

Here's an example on using the function on the msdn page above btw:

$hwnd=GUICreate("Sample",300,200)
GUISetState()
GUISetBkColor(0x000000)

Global Const $DWM_BB_ENABLE=0x01
Global Const $DWM_BB_BLURREGION=0x02
Global Const $DWM_BB_TRANSITIONONMAXIMIZED=0x04
$DWM_BLURBEHIND=DllStructCreate("dword dwFlags;int fEnable;int hRgnBlur;int fTransitionOnMaximized;")
DllStructSetData($DWM_BLURBEHIND,"dwFlags",BitOR($DWM_BB_ENABLE,$DWM_BB_BLURREGION))
DllStructSetData($DWM_BLURBEHIND,"fEnable",1)
DllStructSetData($DWM_BLURBEHIND,"hRgnBlur",0)
DllStructSetData($DWM_BLURBEHIND,"fTransitionOnMaximized",1)
DllCall("dwmapi.dll","int","DwmEnableBlurBehindWindow","hwnd",$hwnd,"ptr",DllStructGetPtr($DWM_BLURBEHIND))

Do
    $msg=GUIGetMsg()
Until $msg=-3