> The second question is how can I make it glass semi-transparent like these
> in explorer windows? I believe this can be done by the dwm blur api but I
> haven't managed it to work in C#...
I don't know if you've seen this already... On the page
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/msdn/events/nuggets.aspx click "Show All" and
look for the one called "Glass with C# in Windows Vista". I've watched it a
while ago but I seem to remember it covered your question... Forgive me if
it doesn't and I ended up wasting your time...
-- Stefano