How to use a solid color instead of glass effect, but still allow other aero features?

Question

I am developing an application that runs on Windows XP, Vista, and 7.  In order to have a consistent look and feel across all of these, I don't want the window border to look different.  Regardless of the user's windows theme and capabilities, it should always look exactly the same.  How can I disable the transparency of the glass from Aero and replace it with a solid color?  I still want my window to be able to snap/dock on the desktop in Windows 7.

Answer 1

Hi jzeckel,

If you want to looks same when cross system, you could force load a specific theme, there is an article demonstrates you how to achieve this:

http://arbel.net/2006/11/03/forcing-wpf-to-use-a-specific-windows-theme/

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/llobo/archive/2006/12/13/vista-look-on-non_2d00_aero-themes.aspx

Best regards,

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Answer 2

Hi jzeckel,
 
I am marking your issue as "Answered", if you have new findings about your issue, please let me know.

Best regards,

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Sheldon _Xiao[MSFT]
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