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Old 09-19-2007   #1 (permalink)
Charles


 
 

Drawing shapes without using a window

Hi All,

I am wanting to draw shapes on the screen using WPF but without drawing them
onto a window. Is this possible and if so how do I do this?

Many thanks,

Charles

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Old 09-21-2007   #2 (permalink)
Laurent Bugnion, MVP


 
 

Re: Drawing shapes without using a window

Hi,

Charles wrote:
Quote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am wanting to draw shapes on the screen using WPF but without drawing them
> onto a window. Is this possible and if so how do I do this?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Charles
You need a window to draw on it. However, you can in WPF make that
window transparent and style-less. So the illusion is that you draw on
the screen.

Greetings,
Laurent
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Old 09-23-2007   #3 (permalink)
mbrown77


 
 

Re: Drawing shapes without using a window

If you make your window transparent (AllowsTransparency="True") then
the child elements of your window will appear to draw directly to the
desktop.

On Sep 19, 9:04 am, Charles <Char...@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am wanting to draw shapes on the screen using WPF but without drawing them
> onto a window. Is this possible and if so how do I do this?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Charles

My System SpecsSystem Spec
 

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