Windows vista blur using wxPython

[TerabyteST]

Is it possible? If yes, how?

[Stefano Mtangoo]

Have you checked wxpython demo?
if no Download it and play around with it
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPython2.8-win32-docs-demos-2.8.10.1.exe

Not sure if it is possible

[TerabyteST]

Yes, I've already seen that, but there's no such thing... I hear it's a windows vista api called dwm. Is there a way to access it from python?

[Stefano Mtangoo]

I dont know. May be wxpython lists may be best place for the question. Don't forget to be back when you have an answer:
http://www.wxpython.org/maillist.php

[scru]

Yes there is a way. Use python's ctypes

Maybe someone else can give you an example of how to use it. Or maybe you can just look at the documentation (it's not hard).

[TerabyteST]

but how do I access that dll, I mean where is it placed. it should be dwm.dll or something (desktop window manager)

[scru]

You don't need to know where the dll is placed (you don't redistribute it). In your python code, you just do:

import ctypes.windll.dwmapi as dwm

[TerabyteST]

There is no such module

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in <module>
import ctypes.windll.dwmapi as dwm
ImportError: No module named windll.dwmapi

[scru]

There is no such module

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in <module>
import ctypes.windll.dwmapi as dwm
ImportError: No module named windll.dwmapi

Yeah that's my bad:

import ctypes

dwm = ctypes.windll.dwmapi

[TerabyteST]

What should I do now? Sorry, I have no clue about ctypes.

[scru]

I don't know :-/. I don't even really know what exactly you're trying to do except that it involves dwmapi.