GlassWindow, UserControl, and DirectX

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Hi
The project here is in WPF and the main shell is using GlassWindow appearance, meaning AllowTransparency property is set to true.
The problem with this property is that it doesn`t go well with DirectX.
We have a user control inside our app and inside that user control we display streaming video.

The user control cannot internally control the transparency. The property AllowTransparency must relate to a window with a handle.

How can I make the user control ignore the transparency?

Thanks

Posted 25-Dec-12 23:08pm

Shahare

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Oleksandr Kulchytskyi · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-26T01:49:00

Well, obviously there is no workaround on your request.
As far as your control is hosted in WPF window , so it fully controlling by parent object.
If we look at your problem from interop mechanism , we can conclude that in WPF there is only one HWND (window's handle from WIN32 API terminology) for all childs control, so as a result transparency of your video ctrl is dependant from main Window..
And one more for more compelling words look what MS said:
"OS cannot render any object without having a reference to HWND to its kernel. Hence is the case with WPF. So WPF window actually holds a reference to one window handle. Even you can get Window Handle for any Visual inside the WPF window"

So as a rusult -> Every Visual of WPF does not have its own HANDLE associated with it, rather it is a content for the outside window element, Hence you can say, every WPF control is owned by its parent window.