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Does anyone know any framework that enables (not exactly, but) Vista's Arrow Glass on XP?

I need to develop a small desktop application with WPF, which has UI like Vista on XP. I do not need any Arrow Glass, some UI like "Windows Live Messenger" will work. Is this really a way to make a reality?

If you really want the arrow glass then I think you're fortunate enough Outside the hardware acceleration needed to create this effect is supported only through Vista's new DWM (Desktop Window Manager), which works by combining multiple windows with a rendered layer

If you just want transparency and non-rectangular windows, then it's actually XP Can be achieved, as is proved by the fact that Windows Live Messenger can do. See in MSDN.


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