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September 2006 - Posts

A Couple of Cool Uses of the DWM Thumbnail APIs

I've seen a couple of cool uses in the past week of the DWM Thumbnail API (described in my previous post ) and wanted to share them here. " Simon on the .NET " wrote a great-looking Exposé-like mini-app that, when you press F12, shows a representation
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APIs in the Desktop Window Manager

For the most part, the Vista Desktop Window Manager is an end-user feature. However, because it so fundamentally changes the game of how the desktop gets composed, there was both the opportunity and the requirement to introduce a relatively small number
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Responding to Comments on "High DPI Support in Windows Aero Vista"

I received a number of great comments and questions on my last post about High DPI Support in Windows Aero Vista . Adrian makes a very solid point about applications that do in fact work correctly at high DPI, and scale appropriately, and in general are
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