Vista Aero Compatibility, Issues and Information

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I'm working on trying to get my application running properly on Vista with the Aero Color Scheme enabled. Here are the issues I've encountered so far and was wondering if anyone has solutions / work-arounds or other issues.

1. The GraphicsDepth function causes Windows to disable Aero. For now I don't need to call this function.

2. When my application loads under Aero the canvases are not painted until I programatically issue a FlipCanvas. Previously they would draw initially automatically. Should be able to work around this but any information would be most helpful.

3. Tool Bars are not painting initially. Moving the mouse over each tool bar icon causes them to paint. They seem to function properly just not paint themself. Also when switching between maximized and non-maximized the tool bar icons again are not painted until the mouse is moved over them. This I don't have a work around for yet.

Thank you for any feedback and information!
Ken Carlino