I have created an application in Visual Basic 2010 which supports for Windows Aero (glassy effect) . But if Aero isn't enabled, error messages appears in the application. I need to know the code to ientify wheter Windows Aero is enabled or not.
View 3 RepliesI'm having trouble getting an naero glass code which works properly. I hav ecome across many in which anything black becomes aero aswell. Is it possible to have the black text unaffected by the aero like, change it so that another colour becomes aero instead?Also this is just an extra but can you change the colour of the aero you have? Like default is blue change you change it to like yellow, or black or another colour?
View 4 RepliesIs it possible to draw WPF elements in Aero style, running on Windows XP? Also can you change the window style to look like Aero? BTW I found a reference PresentationFramework.Aero, is it something to do with this?
View 1 RepliesI am creating a winform,that I want to have the same look and feel on a window on windows 7? I thought of using CreateWindowEx. But I am just randomly picking things and not going anywhere.
View 3 RepliesDisable aero in visual basic HowTo: How to programatically disable the Windows Aero theme for standalone ArcGIS applications
C# - Enable / Disable DWM Composition (Aero)
Any of you whiz bang kids know how to accomplish this with VB6? (I realize this is not a VB6 forum but just curious if any of you VB.NET programmers know how to translate this into VB6 Basically, this code ported to VB6
[DllImport("dwmapi.dll", PreserveSig = false)]
public static extern int DwmEnableComposition(bool fEnable);
static void Main(string[] args)
[code]....
how to get working aero in Visual Basic 2008.I am making this media player and got everything I need for that. But what I really wanted is aero since Windows Vista got a nice interface and a few lucky people got it.But the tutorials I got worked great on Windows 7! However, I couldn't get aero because of a transparency key. (I swear I use a color picker to see if background color and transparency key are the same color.)I can't get it to work any piece of code I give.But the good part is that aero WILL work on any 7 or Vista without any form change, but the text is white with blue specks and that is not what I want.
EDIT:i found how to do it now! you need to use the property UseCompatibleTextRendring and put it to True. Now the problem is how do i do the same for the rest? (microsoft was to lazy to edit the controls)
I'm trying to have Aero Glass look in my forms in VB.NET 2010 app with DWM API, but as function call suggests, it extends look of Frame to the client area, and if form has no border, nothing will happen and form will become invisible. So, can I get Aero glass in a form without any border.... ??
View 1 RepliesMy program can detect when Aero is present, but it has trouble when the user is in Aero Basic because it doesn't use the transparency or glass look. I am wondering if there is a call to the dwmapi that can tell me if the computer is using Aero Basic.
View 5 RepliesI found this question on StackOverflow. Basically, the user wanted to draw custom buttons on the titlebar. I tried the code and realised it works in vista/7 only when Aero is disabled. My question is, is there any way to draw custom buttons on the titlebar while aero is enabled? Any way of reading information from the current theme so I can style my buttons to match the already existing ones.
Here is a screenshot from my computer demonstrating the above concept. I got the additional titlebar buttons after installing DisplayFusion. And I know DisplayFusion is a .NET program because it opens in .NET Reflector. The down side is that the program is obfuscated. Not like I wanted to decompile the program or anything; I just want to add a button to my titlebar to do something else (like minimise to the system tray for instance).
Below is the screenshot, proving the program is a .NET app.
Is there any way to check from .NET if windows update is enabled?
I want to prompt the users every time they log into my app that their computer might be at risk and give them a link to windows update website (or windows update application from control panel).
Preferably it should work on XP, Vista and Windows 7. Maybe there is a registry key or even better an API?
I have enabled the glass effect to Windows Forms in Visual Basic 2010. When I drop controls, they are not displaying well as usual. Whats is wrong with this?Image:
Texts are displaying only front of Black color.
I am making a configuration screen so that an administrator can easily determine what controls on a form are enabled according to a combo selection.
I have created a table (SQL2008 DB) to store the settings and need ideas how I can best implement.
The session form will start up normal with only a few controls enabled to start, but then when the user selects a "session type" from a drop down combo then the form will be configured for that type. Because there may be several different combinations, and I do want to offer the user the ability to add and configure more types as needed I feel like this may be the best method instead of hard coding.
Table Structure
SessionType varchar(25) not null PK
ControlSwitch varchar(50) Not Null
(Edit: I may add an additional DB field so that I can specify the default value of a control also)
Now what I thought I would do on the config form is have a series of combo boxes and the label represent each control with a value of True or False, then when saved it builds a string like example 1,1,0,1,0,1,1,1 or True, True, False etc.
The string would represent
ctrl1=on, ctrl2=on,ctrl3=off,ctrl4=on,ctrl5=off,ctrl6=on,ctrl7=on,ctrl8=on and so on.
Can the "Disk Cleanup" operation on Windows be disabled / enabled with a registry setting using VB.Net?I am using Windows 7 32 bit ultimate edition. but as a temporary measure I do not wish to do so.
View 4 RepliesAs i'm learning more and more about developing ive just got my head around creating classes and modules, i started wondering about something to do with configuration of applications where deployment is in a more diverse environment say in a company where different branches dont need access to all parts of a program, so i thought id throw the question out there in a basic sense and get some feedback. so i can go off and do some more reading and learning.
So the scenario in my head is like this.
So we have for arguments sake FrmConfig which is the master configuration form, then we have FrmMain which is the root menu our application general user interfaces with. So here based on what options are checked as enabled in FrmConfig effects what controls (like buttons/menu options) are enabled in FrmMain.
I'm intend to use Aero glass in my program. It require use Black background to use this. If user is using Basic style, it will be very bad :( (although there's no error). How can I know if user is using Aero?What is big but light?
View 6 RepliesHow can I disable Windows Aero in Visual basic. I ask of this because windows aero is causing problems with the look of my applications and I would like a way to be able to turn it off.
View 2 RepliesI made a software that will run under .net framework 2, but it seems not compatible with aero, the background colour of the window will use the classic control colour instead of visual style background I chose after minimize and restore the window.
View 1 RepliesI am trying to accomplish an Aero Wizard in VB.Net, shown here: Features in need include: Extended glass frameGlowing textRemoving original caption bar title and iconBack button
View 2 RepliesI can set the global (windows) aero color from my application but would like to change only the application aero color, I have tried a few things but non seem to work E.g.
WM_DWMCOLORIZATIONCOLORCHANGED
But it only changes windows as well as my app.
My problem is when I develop my own applications in Visual Basic 2008/2010 with the Aero interface, I cannot see the text both on the form and in components. After researching on the internet, I have come to a dead end. Is there a way of fixing
View 2 RepliesIs using any control on Aero glass possible? If not, is using buttons, checkboxes, radiobuttons and some other common controls possible?
View 3 Repliesis there a way to have that aero glass effect using XP Pro when creating forms and please give me walk thru on this. I want to have that look on all my forms.
View 4 RepliesI am trying to get the result when you extend the non-client area in Windows Aero?
View 3 RepliesPrivate Sub Form1_Paint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles Me.Paint
' Create a GraphicsPath.
Dim graphics_path As New Drawing2D.GraphicsPath
' Add some text to the path.
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Is what I tried after researching how to get clean text on an aero window, but it is still not nice looking.
Can I make a tabcontrol with Aero Glass or another effect?
View 8 RepliesI can't figure out how it is possible to change the color for aero glass (which is blue by default).I want to change it to yellow (or brown) if the battery level (only for laptops of course) is low, to red when its critical. I have read a lot and was able to read the color (registry and api) and I was able to get notified when the color changes (wndproc) but there is no api call to set the color. I am able to set the registry key. That works, but requires a reboot, which is (in my case) not a solution. I have tried to simulate the wndproc message as broadcast, no result...What does the control panel applet do? If I change the color there it will be instantly applied, even the setting is not saved to the registry (which will be the best solution for my case). Programming language is vb9, vista is required by the application itself, so no other checks are required.
View 8 Repliesvisual basic 2010 code or tutorial video on how to add the aero effect to my form for Windows Xp environment? What is the code of adding an aero effect to VB form in Visual basic 2010 for Windows XP environment?
View 6 RepliesI using the VistaControls control library (here) and I have a WebBrowser control that will have black in it on the form. When I set the background color to black in the HTML, the glass renders fine. So I added some text that is red, but it shows up as a transparent red. How do I get the text to be opaque?
Also, if I want to have black text in the HTML, how do I get that to show correctly?
Is it possible to change the aero colour (like instead of the default blueish aero have like a black or yellow one)?
I don't want to change the settings on the computer, just for that application to have a different colour aero colour.
I had set my form initially load in aero glass effect.Then i want let the user can choose solid colour or aero glass effect.Wat should i put in my coding to let the form can become solid colour?
<StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)> _
Public Structure MARGINS
Public cxLeftWidth As Integer
Public cxRightWidth As Integer
[code]....