I keep hearing about this grand and illustrius tutorial that has everything I need to know about how to implement shadows on apps that do not normally use them...like QCD, System Preferences, Address Book, etc...Problem is, it's nowhere to be found.
Um...now, where is it exactly?
I used the search, but you cannot use less than 4 letters in a string, so I had 3 1/2 pages of links for 'shadow' and I still couldnt find it.
Yeah, so...HELP
is it possible? I haven't heard YzShadow able to shadow such apps. Now only WindowFx proved able to do so. Even then, it need special activator tool to put the shadow (I think developed by Cassiel).
But, if it is really exist, I'm happy to hear that. 
Right Duckie, I got my QCD shaded with WFX and WFX skins a few other things I use like Savanna so they look cool. I check pretty much all the forums and Ive never heard of a tutorial.
Well, if noone has seen a tutorial, why don't we make one, 'cause I for one am stumped as to how to implement it...
To shade QCD I saved that one app, it runs along side WFX. Thats the only other program I use besides WFX or YZ. Soooo..
And a tutorial would be okay I guess but all you really need is the apps etc.
Well, I don't see anyone offering the apps either.
Is Cassiel not allowing it to be shared anymore?
If not, why?
And please, dont say 'becuase it was a test app'...I already saw that answer...there has to be a better reason than that.
Yeah hes tight, its cool I still got em. I aint got a place to upload to though.
Duckie...
As far as I know, it's only WFX that can be forced to put a shadow on borderless windows. It's the borderless property of the window that is prohibiting WFX to apply the shadow. (Since virtually every object in Windows is a "window", WFX only puts shadows on those with a border. Plus I'm sure there are other criteria such as it has to be a top-level window. Anyway..I digress...)
Neil Banfield was kind enough to add a check for a window property called "ADDSHADOW". (I whined that my Aqua Apps didn't have a shadow). Via the SetProp() API, you can add any number of named properties to a window. Here's how it's done in VB:
SetProp MyFormThatNeedsAShadow.hWnd, "ADDSHADOW", 1
As far as I can tell, you can't toggle the shadow on and off. Once WFX applies the shadow, it stays. Even if you remove the ADDSHADOW property from the window.
Hope this clears things up. If you know the Window Name (or Class maybe), you can use the FindWindowEx() API to get the window handle and then use that handle with the SetProp() API. I'm pretty sure that's what Cassiel did with his program to add the shadow to QCD. (Which by the way, I don't think he gave me any credit for telling him how to do it. I'm very hurt and am now going to pout!!!)
-jef
P.S. I tried to communicate this method to Y'z (via Marvilla). I was hoping he could add the same code to his shadow app to look for the ADDSHADOW property. But it seems to have gotten lost in the translation. I really don't think he understood what I was talking about.
seems like you know better about this shadowing stuff, jef. I really hope something going to happen in the future about the borderless window. there's a lot of apps out there using borderless window, most of them are media players.
is it possible to have a tool which can detect running apps with borderless window and make the wfx automatically force it to put shadow? it just not practical thing to add shadow manually like the AddShadow for QCD. or I hope Wfx developer will do something to make wfx automatically force borderless apps to have shadow. 
Just odd that noone has made an app like Cassiel's for QCD that does all borderless windows
Originally posted by Duckie@Mar 31 2003, 07:50 PMJust odd that noone has made an app like Cassiel's for QCD that does all borderless windows
I think you would probably have unintended consequences.
Docks are borderless windows... Just an example of windows you wouldn't want to have shadow for.
Originally posted by Ken@Apr 1 2003, 02:40 AMDocks are borderless windows... Just an example of windows you wouldn't want to have shadow for.
not exactly, if I'm not mistaken, OSX's dock also has a little shadow. I want that happen too with Yzdock! 
Obviously what we need is a customizable app that lets you choose which windows to shadow.
Well stated.
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