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Cool, Semi-transparent and Shaped Dialogs with Standard Controls for Windows 2000 and Above

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28 Sep 2012CPOL3 min read 2.9M   32.8K   350  
This article tries to find a way to show Windows standard controls on layered windows. Provides both Native MFC and WinForms source code.
using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following 
// set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
// associated with an assembly.
[assembly: AssemblyTitle("ImgDlgSample")]
[assembly: AssemblyDescription("")]
[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
[assembly: AssemblyCompany("www.clochase.com")]
[assembly: AssemblyProduct("ImgDlgSample")]
[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright © www.clochase.com 2009")]
[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]

// Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible 
// to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from 
// COM, set the ComVisible attribute to true on that type.
[assembly: ComVisible(false)]

// The following GUID is for the ID of the typelib if this project is exposed to COM
[assembly: Guid("1ffe6b37-568f-4d4f-82da-72eaca100ac8")]

// Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values:
//
//      Major Version
//      Minor Version 
//      Build Number
//      Revision
//
[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")]
[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")]

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