OSFeature::LayeredWindows Field
Represents the layered, top-level windows feature. This field is read-only.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
A layered window can be made transparent or translucent by the operating system. Support for layered windows was first introduced in Windows 2000. For more information, see the "Layered Windows: A New Way to Use Translucency and Transparency Effects in Windows Applications" in the Platform SDK documentation at http://msdn.microsoft.com.
To determine if the layered windows feature is installed, use the Feature property to call the base class method IsPresent with LayeredWindows as the feature to look for.
Alternatively, you can check to see if the feature is installed by calling the GetVersionPresent method with LayeredWindows as the feature to find.
Supports the Layered Windows API. Note however, that some display drivers do not support layering.
The following example determines whether the current system supports layered windows. The base class method IsPresent is called with LayeredWindows as the feature to look for. The result is displayed in a text box. This code assumes textBox1 has been instantiated and placed on a form.
private: void LayeredWindows() { // Gets the version of the layered windows feature. Version^ myVersion = OSFeature::Feature->GetVersionPresent( OSFeature::LayeredWindows ); // Prints whether the feature is available. if ( OSFeature::Feature->IsPresent( OSFeature::LayeredWindows ) ) { textBox1->Text = "Layered windows feature is installed."; } else { textBox1->Text = "Layered windows feature is not installed."; } }
Available since 1.1