Comments on: WPF GlassEffect For Non Vista OS

By: sacha

sacha — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:45:46 +0000

I think you need to dig deep into the Dwm…Thats C++ all the way I feel.

By: chaiguy1337

chaiguy1337 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:06:01 +0000

Unfortunately a blur bitmap effect (even in 3.5 SP1) will not blur anything external to the window. It would be nice if it did though; I’m still not sure how Vista does that blur effect on its windows.

By: Jens Peter

Jens Peter — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:33:36 +0000

It would help to add some blur, you really do not need custom bitmap effects to achieve that.

By: sacha

sacha — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:40:32 +0000

I have got .NET 3.5 SP1 installed and the Effects are mjuch better, but I have not investigated this yet. BUt good idea man

By: Martin

Martin — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:20:11 +0000

Well that’s quite nice, but this isn’t Glass. This is only Transparancy.
What about this:
.NET 3.5 SP1 supports custom BitmapEffects. You could write your own “Glass-Effect” and apply it to your Canvas… Would this work? I guess not, as the background isn’t accesible… but maybe one could combine this with a static screenshot used as background image…
Just an idea…