When you say seen, you must referring to what you saw last year at WinHEC.
Right now, Vector Glass in Vista is nothing speculation.
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"Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> It's OK 
) I was pointing out the vector graphics based Glass which I've
> seen (they haven't put it into a beta of Vista yet) - which obviously
> bases itself on WPF which, as you said, IS a GUI framework ;o)
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> "Chris Altmann" <avalid@emailaddress.zoo> wrote in message
> news:e1js9eEhGHA.4304@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Aero (Glass) isn't really a new GUI framework (sorry Zack 
. It's a
>> look-and-feel as you said. It is powered by some new technology shared
>> with WPF (formerly Avalon), which IS a new GUI Framework.
>>
>> You can incorporate some of the Aero Glass LAF into your Win32 or MFC
>> apps. Primarily by allowing some of the client area of your windows to be
>> rendered in the translucent glass that titlebars get. Look for apis like
>> DwmExtendFrameIntoClientArea and in the dwm.h header of the Vista SDK.
>> Hopefully more of this kind of thing will get documented in the future.
>>
>> There's also a new Wizard API, a new type of MessageBox (the Task Dialog)
>> and UX guidelines for fonts and other layout issues that will make your
>> Win32 or MFC apps fit in with Vista. There's also the Common Dialogs and
>> a theme drawing API for drawing your custom control with the same look as
>> the built in controls. Again, all of this isn't terribly well documented
>> yet, so I can't send you to the definitive source. I don't think much if
>> any of this will be backwards compatible with XP.
>>
>> WPF is a new GUI framework as I said. There are ways to embed WPF content
>> in Win32 and Windows Forms applications as well. WPF will be available on
>> XP and Vista.
>>
>> "planaria" <mark@arguslab.com> wrote in message
>> news:uuOdnVPCscSO9eHZRVn-uw@seanet.com...
>>>
>>> We're considering revamping the GUI to a Windows app that was written
>>> with Win32 (not MFC).
>>>
>>> We're considering: Windows Forms, MFC, Qt (from Trolltech), and now
>>> Aero.
>>>
>>> Have I got this correct? Is Aero a new GUI framework for Vista or
>>> simply the new laf. Will legacy MFC apps be able to take advantage of
>>> the new laf?
>>>
>>> Questions:
>>> 1. Is Aero a new GUI framework or not?
>>>
>>> 2. If yes, will it be backward compatible on older versions of Windows
>>> (i.e. will there be some runtime set of dlls that can be distributed to
>>> run on XP, etc.)
>>>
>>> 3. Are there any good "official" links on this?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Mark
>>> mark_at_arguslab_dot_com
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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