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Post date: Aug 4, 2011 7:35:19 PM
To apply a nice glass effect to our console applications we must use the DwmEnableBlurBehindWindow function (Only available in Windows Vista and Windows 7).
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa969508(VS.85).aspx
Author: Rodrigo Ruz
program ConsoleGlassDelphi;
//Author : Rodrigo Ruz 2009-10-26
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
uses
Windows,
SysUtils;
type
DWM_BLURBEHIND = record
dwFlags : DWORD;
fEnable : BOOL;
hRgnBlur : HRGN;
fTransitionOnMaximized : BOOL;
end;
function DwmEnableBlurBehindWindow(hWnd : HWND; const pBlurBehind : DWM_BLURBEHIND) : HRESULT; stdcall; external 'dwmapi.dll' name 'DwmEnableBlurBehindWindow';//function to enable the glass effect
function GetConsoleWindow: HWND; stdcall; external kernel32 name 'GetConsoleWindow'; //get the handle of the console window
function DWM_EnableBlurBehind(hwnd : HWND; AEnable: Boolean; hRgnBlur : HRGN = 0; ATransitionOnMaximized: Boolean = False; AFlags: Cardinal = 1): HRESULT;
var
pBlurBehind : DWM_BLURBEHIND;
begin
pBlurBehind.dwFlags:=AFlags;
pBlurBehind.fEnable:=AEnable;
pBlurBehind.hRgnBlur:=hRgnBlur;
pBlurBehind.fTransitionOnMaximized:=ATransitionOnMaximized;
Result:=DwmEnableBlurBehindWindow(hwnd, pBlurBehind);
end;
begin
try
DWM_EnableBlurBehind(GetConsoleWindow(), True);
Writeln('See my glass effect');
Writeln('Go Delphi Go');
Readln;
except
on E:Exception do
Writeln(E.Classname, ': ', E.Message);
end;
end.