Recent content by locksleyu

To simplify things a bit - I am creating something like WMP that uses DirectX, and needs to be able to work with Win7 Taskbar preview, like in the screenshot. If someone loads up my app, and then loads Calc (or any other app), and covers my app - which is perfectly natural and happens all the...

Here is a screenshot, in which Win 7's native taskbar preview is showing the entire WMP screen, even though part of it is covered by calc. In order to make a custom preview, I need a way of capturing this 'hidden' part of the WMP DirectX window.

reghakr, Since I am trying to make draw a custom thumbnail in Windows 7, I need to support the case where the window is partially/fully obscured, but the user moves their cursor down to the taskbar icon, which pops up the preview if running Aero. I cannot move around the windows because that...

reghakr, Thanks for the response. To clarify, what I mean by a hidden window is one that has another application's window on top of it. For example, if you open Windows Media Player, the entire window is visible. But if you then open Notepad and drag the Notepad window so that it is blocking...

cybercore, Thanks for posting. Unless I am misunderstanding, your first idea (using GetDC()) will not work because it will only capture visible portions of the window - the kicker here is that I need to capture hidden portions as well. As for the DWM thumbnail API, I am actually trying to...

I am looking for a way or capturing a screenshot of a DirectX application, even when the application's window is partially or completely hidden by other windows. Basically a PrintWindow() for DirectX. I searched all around the internet and the closet I found was the below two posts, they...

Currently, my application without any modifications has three tasks in the JumpList: One listing the application name, one for pinning it to the taskbar, and one to close the application. I am trying to determine how to modify my application to remove the former two tasks, and only leave the...