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  1. Core ReactOS
  2. CORE-5634

DimScreen: DimScreen turns ReactOS totally to black

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Major
    • None
    • Win32SS
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    • Operating System: ReactOS
      Platform: x86 Hardware

    Description

      R51583. vBOX.
      Dim the whole screen.
      http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Skrommel/DimScreen/DimScreenScreenP.gif

      Features:

      • Change the brightness by selecting a `% in the tray menu.
      • Or use the hotkeys Ctrl++ and Ctrl+-.
      • Change hotkeys using Settings in the tray menu.
      • Doesn't work properly with video windows.

      Could be used for nighttime map reading if your laptop is missing dimming controls.

      1)Download from: http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Skrommel/DimScreen/DimScreen.exe
      Source code at: http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Skrommel/DimScreen/DimScreen.ahk

      2)Run it.

      3)ReactOS will turn totally to black.

      The only line in DebugLog is:
      WARNING: NtUserSetLayeredWindowAttributes at subsystems/win32/win32k/ntuser/ntstubs.c:1242 is UNIMPLEMENTED!

      (Maybe a Layered window with different transparency degrees?)

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