Class GlassForm

Namespace

Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.Shell

Assembly

Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.Shell.dll

Windows Glass Form Inherit from this form to be able to enable glass on Windows Form

public class GlassForm : Form

Inheritance

object

GlassForm

Constructors

GlassForm()

public GlassForm()

Properties

AeroGlassCompositionEnabled

Get determines if AeroGlass is enabled on the desktop. Set enables/disables AreoGlass on the desktop.

public static bool AeroGlassCompositionEnabled { get; set; }

Property Value

bool

Methods

ExcludeControlFromAeroGlass(Control)

Excludes a Control from the AeroGlass frame.

public void ExcludeControlFromAeroGlass(Control control)

Parameters

control Control

The control to exclude.

Remarks

Many non-WPF rendered controls (i.e., the ExplorerBrowser control) will not render properly on top of an AeroGlass frame.

OnLoad(EventArgs)

Catches the DWM messages to this window and fires the appropriate event.

protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)

Parameters

e EventArgs

The arguments for this event

OnPaint(PaintEventArgs)

Overide OnPaint to paint the background as black.

protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)

Parameters

e PaintEventArgs

PaintEventArgs

ResetAeroGlass()

Resets the AeroGlass exclusion area.

public void ResetAeroGlass()

SetAeroGlassTransparency()

Makes the background of current window transparent

public void SetAeroGlassTransparency()

WndProc(ref Message)

protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)

Parameters

m Message

Events

AeroGlassCompositionChanged

Fires when the availability of Glass effect changes.

public event EventHandler<AeroGlassCompositionChangedEventArgs> AeroGlassCompositionChanged

Event Type

EventHandler<AeroGlassCompositionChangedEventArgs>