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Access to window texture
  1. 17 Aug 2006 #1


    kd Guest

    Access to window texture

    Hi,

    I'm not sure which newsgroup to ask this on, but I am wondering if there are
    new ways within Vista to get access to the graphical contents of a window.
    For instance, the window selector and the start menu are good at showing
    "live" views of windows. Is there any way to get access to the window
    graphics through the new DX/WGF infrastructure that is better than getting
    DCs and bitblting?

    thanks,
    kel



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  2. 17 Aug 2006 #2


    kd Guest

    RE: Access to window texture

    I've found the answer to part of my question in the form of the DWM thumbnail
    APIs, but that still doesn't seem to give me enough control to map the images
    onto textures for DirectX tricks. Is there anyway to draw the image to
    something other than an HWND?

    "kd" wrote:

    > Hi,
    >
    > I'm not sure which newsgroup to ask this on, but I am wondering if there are
    > new ways within Vista to get access to the graphical contents of a window.
    > For instance, the window selector and the start menu are good at showing
    > "live" views of windows. Is there any way to get access to the window
    > graphics through the new DX/WGF infrastructure that is better than getting
    > DCs and bitblting?
    >
    > thanks,
    > kel

      My System SpecsSystem Spec
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