Rendering directly to a composited window in vista+ with opengl.

opengl-transparency-demo.cpp

#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0500

#include <windows.h>
#include <windowsx.h>
#include <GL/gl.h>
#include <GL/glu.h>

#include <dwmapi.h>

#pragma comment (lib, "opengl32.lib")
#pragma comment (lib, "glu32.lib")

#pragma comment (lib, "dwmapi.lib")

#include <assert.h>
#include <tchar.h>

#ifdef  assert
#define verify(expr) if(!expr) assert(0)
#else verify(expr) expr
#endif

const TCHAR szAppName[]=_T("TransparentGL");
const TCHAR wcWndName[]=_T("TransparentGL");

HDC hDC;            
HGLRC m_hrc;        
int w = 240;
int h = 240;

BOOL initSC() {
    glEnable(GL_ALPHA_TEST);        
    glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);        
    glEnable(GL_COLOR_MATERIAL);

    glEnable(GL_LIGHTING);          
    glEnable(GL_LIGHT0);            

    glEnable(GL_BLEND);             
    glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
    glClearColor(0, 0, 0, 0);

    return 0;
}

void resizeSC(int width,int height) {
    glViewport(0,0,width,height);
    glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
    glLoadIdentity();

    glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW );
    glLoadIdentity();
}

BOOL renderSC() {
    glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT );

    glPushMatrix();

    glColor3f(0, 1, 1);
    glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES);                              // Drawing Using Triangles
        glColor3f(1.0f,0.0f,0.0f);                      // Set The Color To Red
        glVertex3f( 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);                  // Top
        glColor3f(0.0f,1.0f,0.0f);                      // Set The Color To Green
        glVertex3f(-1.0f,-1.0f, 0.0f);                  // Bottom Left
        glColor3f(0.0f,0.0f,1.0f);                      // Set The Color To Blue
        glVertex3f( 1.0f,-1.0f, 0.0f);                  // Bottom Right
    glEnd();

    glPopMatrix();
    glFlush();

    return 0;
}

BOOL CreateHGLRC(HWND hWnd) {
    PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR pfd = {
      sizeof(PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR),
      1,                                // Version Number
      PFD_DRAW_TO_WINDOW      |         // Format Must Support Window
      PFD_SUPPORT_OPENGL      |         // Format Must Support OpenGL
      PFD_SUPPORT_COMPOSITION |         // Format Must Support Composition
      PFD_DOUBLEBUFFER,                 // Must Support Double Buffering
      PFD_TYPE_RGBA,                    // Request An RGBA Format
      32,                               // Select Our Color Depth
      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,                 // Color Bits Ignored
      8,                                // An Alpha Buffer
      0,                                // Shift Bit Ignored
      0,                                // No Accumulation Buffer
      0, 0, 0, 0,                       // Accumulation Bits Ignored
      24,                               // 16Bit Z-Buffer (Depth Buffer)
      8,                                // Some Stencil Buffer
      0,                                // No Auxiliary Buffer
      PFD_MAIN_PLANE,                   // Main Drawing Layer
      0,                                // Reserved
      0, 0, 0                           // Layer Masks Ignored
    };     

    HDC hdc = GetDC(hWnd);
    int PixelFormat = ChoosePixelFormat(hdc, &pfd);
    if (PixelFormat == 0) {
      assert(0);
      return FALSE ;
    }

    BOOL bResult = SetPixelFormat(hdc, PixelFormat, &pfd);
    if (bResult==FALSE) {
      assert(0);
      return FALSE ;
    }

    m_hrc = wglCreateContext(hdc);
    if (!m_hrc){
      assert(0);
      return FALSE;
    }

    ReleaseDC(hWnd, hdc);

    return TRUE;
}

LRESULT CALLBACK WindowFunc(HWND hWnd,UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) {
    PAINTSTRUCT ps;

    switch(msg) {
        case WM_CREATE:
        break;

        case WM_DESTROY:
            if(m_hrc) {
                wglMakeCurrent(NULL, NULL);
                wglDeleteContext(m_hrc) ;
            }
            PostQuitMessage(0) ;
        break;

        default: 
            return DefWindowProc(hWnd,msg,wParam,lParam);
    }

    return 0;
}

int WINAPI _tWinMain(HINSTANCE hThisInst, HINSTANCE hPrevInst, LPSTR str,int nWinMode) {
    WNDCLASSEX wc;
    memset(&wc, 0, sizeof(wc));
    wc.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
    wc.hIconSm = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
    wc.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
    wc.lpfnWndProc = (WNDPROC)WindowFunc;
    wc.cbClsExtra  = 0;
    wc.cbWndExtra  = 0;
    wc.hInstance = hThisInst;
    wc.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
    wc.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
    wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)CreateSolidBrush(0x00000000);
    wc.lpszClassName = szAppName;

    if(!RegisterClassEx(&wc)) {
        MessageBox(NULL, _T("RegisterClassEx - failed"), _T("Error"), MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
        return FALSE;
    }

    HWND hWnd = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_APPWINDOW, szAppName, wcWndName,
                    WS_VISIBLE | WS_POPUP, 200, 150, w, h,
                    NULL, NULL, hThisInst, NULL);

    if(!hWnd) {
        MessageBox(NULL, _T("CreateWindowEx - failed"), _T("Error"), MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
        return FALSE;
    }

    DWM_BLURBEHIND bb = {0};
    HRGN hRgn = CreateRectRgn(0, 0, -1, -1);
    bb.dwFlags = DWM_BB_ENABLE | DWM_BB_BLURREGION;
    bb.hRgnBlur = hRgn;
    bb.fEnable = TRUE;
    DwmEnableBlurBehindWindow(hWnd, &bb);
    
    CreateHGLRC(hWnd);

    HDC hdc = GetDC(hWnd);
    wglMakeCurrent(hdc, m_hrc);
    initSC();
    resizeSC(w, h);
    ReleaseDC(hWnd, hdc);

    MSG msg;  
    while(1) {
        if (PeekMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE)) {
            TranslateMessage(&msg);
            DispatchMessage(&msg);
        }
        else {
            HDC hdc = GetDC(hWnd);
            wglMakeCurrent(hdc, m_hrc);

            renderSC();

            SwapBuffers(hdc);
            ReleaseDC(hWnd, hdc);
        }
    } 

    return (FALSE); 
}