How to Use Vista WMP-style UI in My App
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Hi All, I would like to make the visual programming language I'm working on look native to Vista. I plan to create a glass panel on the bottom that looks the same as in Windows Media Player/Windows Photo Gallery except with Zoom, Stop, Step Back, Play/Pause, Step Forward, Undo and Redo buttons. I've tried searching Google, but the best I could find was WMP2 which I couldn't get to work. Has Microsoft provided a way for non-competing programs like my own to follow their UI conventions? Would I have to use WinForms, WPF, Visual Studio, Microsoft Expression, Silverlight or anything else to do this? Thank you, Rocky
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Hi All, I would like to make the visual programming language I'm working on look native to Vista. I plan to create a glass panel on the bottom that looks the same as in Windows Media Player/Windows Photo Gallery except with Zoom, Stop, Step Back, Play/Pause, Step Forward, Undo and Redo buttons. I've tried searching Google, but the best I could find was WMP2 which I couldn't get to work. Has Microsoft provided a way for non-competing programs like my own to follow their UI conventions? Would I have to use WinForms, WPF, Visual Studio, Microsoft Expression, Silverlight or anything else to do this? Thank you, Rocky
Check out Vista Goodies in C++: Using Glass in Your UI[^]
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Check out Vista Goodies in C++: Using Glass in Your UI[^]
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ "That's what's great about doing user interface work. No matter what you do, people will say that what you did was idiotic." -- Raymond Chen
Hi Mike, Thanks for replying. I've come across your article previously. At the moment I just have a blank glass area the same size as in WMP. What I can't figure out how to do is add buttons that look the same as in WMP/Windows Photo Gallery. Thank you, Adrian