internal static void DoEffect(Control ctrl, EffectsKind kind = EffectsKind.FadeIn, bool useSlideIfPossible = true, int animationSpeedInMS = 250)
{
//Animate(ctrl, Effect.Slide, 150, 180);
//return;
int flags = 0;
switch (kind)
{
case EffectsKind.SlideBottomToTop:
flags = WinAPI.AW_ACTIVATE | WinAPI.AW_VER_NEGATIVE;
if (useSlideIfPossible)
flags |= WinAPI.AW_SLIDE;
break;
case EffectsKind.SlideTopToBottom:
flags = WinAPI.AW_ACTIVATE|WinAPI.AW_VER_POSITIVE;
if (useSlideIfPossible)
flags |= WinAPI.AW_SLIDE;
break;
case EffectsKind.SlideLeftToRight:
flags = WinAPI.AW_ACTIVATE|WinAPI.AW_HOR_POSITIVE;
if (useSlideIfPossible)
flags |= WinAPI.AW_SLIDE;
break;
case EffectsKind.SlideRightToLeft:
flags = WinAPI.AW_ACTIVATE | WinAPI.AW_HOR_NEGATIVE;
if (useSlideIfPossible)
flags |= WinAPI.AW_SLIDE;
break;
case EffectsKind.Collapse:
flags = WinAPI.AW_ACTIVATE | WinAPI.AW_CENTER;
break;
default: // EffectsKind.FadeIn
flags = WinAPI.AW_ACTIVATE | WinAPI.AW_BLEND;
break;
}
WinAPI.AnimateWindow(ctrl.Handle, animationSpeedInMS, flags);
}