how can draw a panel ?

VCProgrammer

hi all, i like the left side panel view of control panel in windows 7. is this possible to use or draw this type of panel in dialog based application? if yes please help me from where i can start for this? thanks in advance.

Lost User

It looks a bit like a List Box[^] whose individual items are SysLinks[^]

VCProgrammer

what about its glassy effect?

Lost User

VCProgrammer wrote:

what about its glassy effect?

See https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=glass+effect+window+7&aq=f&oq=glass+effect+window+7&aqs=chrome.0.57j0l3j62l2.6084&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8[^].

VCProgrammer

i already work with aero glass theme, and DWM (Desktop Window Manager) Use DwmExtendFrameIntoClientArea and other function for aero glass theme and its works. but this works only when aero theme and its drier properly istalled. but the glassy look of list box with sys links (left panel) of the control panel looks glassy even aero theme is available or not. so how can i draw this even aero theme is not available . thanks.

Lost User

VCProgrammer wrote:

so how can i draw this even aero theme is not available .

Sorry, I don't know about that one. Try searching the articles section to see if there are any suggestions there.