public KNTabView()
            : base()
        {
            TabHeight = 30.0;

            SnapsToDevicePixels = true;

            contentCanvas = new Border();
            contentCanvas.Background = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromRgb(245, 245, 245));
            contentCanvas.BorderBrush = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(25, 0, 0, 0));
            contentCanvas.BorderThickness = new Thickness(1.0);
            Canvas.SetZIndex(contentCanvas, kContentZIndex);

            DropShadowEffect effect = new DropShadowEffect();
            effect.BlurRadius = 3.0;
            effect.Color = Colors.Black;
            effect.Direction = 90.0;
            effect.ShadowDepth = 0.0;

            contentCanvas.Effect = effect;

            this.Children.Add(contentCanvas);

            this.AddObserverToKeyPathWithOptions(this, "TabHeight", 0, null);
            this.AddObserverToKeyPathWithOptions(this, "ActiveItem", 0, null);
            this.AddObserverToKeyPathWithOptions(this, "LeftControl", 0, null);
            this.AddObserverToKeyPathWithOptions(this,
                "Items",
                KNKeyValueObservingOptions.KNKeyValueObservingOptionNew |
                KNKeyValueObservingOptions.KNKeyValueObservingOptionOld,
                null);
        }

 private void rect1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
 {
     Shape s = (Shape)sender;
     startx = Canvas.GetLeft(s);
     starty = Canvas.GetTop(s);
     s.MouseMove += rect1_MouseMove;
     s.CaptureMouse();
     e.Handled = true;
     Point p = e.GetPosition((IInputElement)canvas1);
     deltax = p.X - Canvas.GetLeft(s);
     deltay = p.Y - Canvas.GetTop(s);
     if (last != null)
     {
         if (last.Effect != null)
         {
             last.Effect = null;
             Canvas.SetZIndex(last, 0);
         }
     }
     last = s;
     DropShadowEffect ef  = new DropShadowEffect();
     ef.Color = Colors.Red;
     ef.BlurRadius = 30;
     ef.ShadowDepth = 0;
     s.Effect = ef;
     Canvas.SetZIndex(last, 10);
 }

        /// <summary>
        ///     create a new twitter block
        /// </summary>
        public TwitterBlock(HomePage parent)
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            _parentHome = parent;

            //Handlers for timers
            AddHandler(TouchUpEvent, new EventHandler<TouchEventArgs>(twitterBoxClicked), true);
            AddHandler(MouseUpEvent, new MouseButtonEventHandler(twitterBoxClicked), true);

            DropShadowEffect dShdow = new DropShadowEffect();
            dShdow.BlurRadius = 10;
            dShdow.Opacity = 0.365;
            Effect = dShdow;

            //create a new dispatcher
            dt = new DispatcherTimer();
            dt.Interval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(7);
            dt.Tick += dt_Tick;

            if (tweets.Count == 0)
            {
                IEnumerable<TwitterStatus> result = service.getTweets();
                if (result != null)
                {
                    foreach (TwitterStatus t in result)
                    {
                        //Cache
                        tweets.Add(t);
                    }
                }
            }
            dt.Start();
        }

        public Tile(ICase tile, TileFactory tileFactory, List<Unite> listUnite, SolidColorBrush playerBrush)
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            this.tile = tile;
            this.nbUnite = listUnite.Count;
            VisualBrush myBrush = new VisualBrush();
            aPanel = new Grid();

            aPanel.Background = tileFactory.getViewTile(tile);

            // Create some text.
            TextBlock backText = new TextBlock();
            Canvas.SetZIndex(backText, 3);
            if (listUnite != null && listUnite.Count > 0)
            {
                backText.Text = " " + listUnite.Count.ToString() + " ";
                backText.Background = (SolidColorBrush)new BrushConverter().ConvertFromString(listUnite[0].Proprietaire.Couleur);
                backText.Foreground = Brushes.White;
            }
            FontSizeConverter fSizeConverter = new FontSizeConverter();
            backText.FontSize = (double)fSizeConverter.ConvertFromString("10pt");
            backText.Margin = new Thickness(10);
            Grid.SetColumn(backText, 0);
            Grid.SetRow(backText, 0);
            DropShadowEffect myDropShadowEffect  = new DropShadowEffect();
            myDropShadowEffect.BlurRadius = 1;
            myDropShadowEffect.Color = Color.FromRgb(0,0,0);
            myDropShadowEffect.ShadowDepth = 2;
            backText.Effect=myDropShadowEffect;
            aPanel.Children.Add(backText);
            myBrush.Visual = aPanel;
            rect.Fill = myBrush;
            rect1.Stroke = playerBrush;
        }

        public Webcam()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            // Subscribe command bindings
            CommandBindings.Add(new CommandBinding(CaptureImageCommands.CaptureImage,
                CaptureImage_Executed, CaptureImage_CanExecute));
            CommandBindings.Add(new CommandBinding(CaptureImageCommands.RemoveImage,
                RemoveImage_Executed));
            CommandBindings.Add(new CommandBinding(CaptureImageCommands.ClearAllImages,
                ClearAllImages_Executed));

            _tweetBtn.Background = new SolidColorBrush((Color) ColorConverter.ConvertFromString("#FF146290"));
            DropShadowEffect dShdow = new DropShadowEffect();
            dShdow.BlurRadius = 10;
            dShdow.Opacity = 0.365;
            _tweetBtn.Effect = dShdow;

            // Create default device
            SelectedWebcamMonikerString = (CapDevice.DeviceMonikers.Length > 0)
                ? CapDevice.DeviceMonikers[0].MonikerString
                : "";

            _sbIn = new Storyboard();
            Util.FadeIn(_sbIn, _selectedImg);
            Util.FadeIn(_sbIn, _tweetTxt);
            Util.FadeIn(_sbIn, _imagesBox);
            Util.FadeIn(_sbIn, webcamPlayer);
        }

 public static void EaseValue(DropShadowEffect current, DropShadowEffect startValue, DropShadowEffect endValue, double percent)
 {
     if ( current.BlurRadius != endValue.BlurRadius) current.BlurRadius  = EaseHelper.EaseValue(startValue.BlurRadius, endValue.BlurRadius, percent);
     if (current.Opacity != endValue.Opacity) current.Opacity = EaseHelper.EaseValue(startValue.Opacity, endValue.Opacity, percent);
     if (current.Color != endValue.Color) current.Color = EaseHelper.EaseValue(startValue.Color, endValue.Color, percent);
     if (current.Direction != endValue.Direction) current.Direction = EaseHelper.EaseValue(startValue.Direction, endValue.Direction, percent);
     if (current.ShadowDepth != endValue.ShadowDepth) current.ShadowDepth = EaseHelper.EaseValue(startValue.ShadowDepth, endValue.ShadowDepth, percent);
 }

 public static DropShadowEffect getSombra1()
 {
     DropShadowEffect sombra = new DropShadowEffect();
     sombra.RenderingBias = RenderingBias.Performance;
     sombra.Direction = -90;
     sombra.BlurRadius = 10;
     sombra.ShadowDepth = 10;
     return sombra;
 }

 public DropShadowEffect DropEffect()
 {
     DropShadowEffect dropeffect = new DropShadowEffect();
     dropeffect.ShadowDepth = 3;
     dropeffect.Color = Color.FromRgb(0, 0, 0);
     dropeffect.Opacity = .7;
     dropeffect.BlurRadius = 5.8;
     return dropeffect;
 }

        /// <summary>
        ///     Helper method to list all the tweets in the scrollviewer
        /// </summary>
        private void listTweetsInTheScrollViewer()
        {
            IEnumerable<TwitterStatus> tweets = service.getTweets();

            listTitle.FontFamily = Util.buttonTextFont;
            listTitle.Foreground = new SolidColorBrush(Util.buttonTextColor);

            // set up the "Tweet Us" button properties
            _tweetUsBtn.FontFamily = Util.buttonTextFont;
            DropShadowEffect dShdow = new DropShadowEffect();
            dShdow.BlurRadius = 10;
            dShdow.Opacity = 0.365;
            _tweetUsBtn.Effect = dShdow;

            // iterate over the twitter list
            if (tweets != null)
            {
                int i = 0;
                foreach (TwitterStatus tweet in tweets)
                {
                    // a tweet element (tweet image + tweet message)
                    TweetListElement twElm = new TweetListElement();

                    BrushConverter bc = new BrushConverter();
                    // change the background colour of each element
                    Brush br = i%2 == 0 ? (Brush) bc.ConvertFrom("#FF073f60") : (Brush) bc.ConvertFrom("#FF4899c8");
                    twElm.setBackground(br);
                    twElm.setMargin(0, 0, 0, 5);

                    // put the twitter text in this variable
                    String twitterText = tweet.TextDecoded;
                    twElm.setTweetText(twitterText);

                    // put the default twitter image, for the case that the url is not working.
                    BitmapImage img = new BitmapImage();
                    img.BeginInit();
                    img.UriSource = new Uri("pack://application:,,/Resources/images/logoCCF.png");
                    img.EndInit();

                    //Ask Twitter to get url
                    List<String> urls = service.getImageUrlsForTweet(tweet);
                    if (urls.Count > 0)
                    {
                        String imgUrl = urls[0];
                        img = service.getBitmapImageForUrl(imgUrl);
                    }

                    Util.SetupQR(QRText, "https://twitter.com/childcancernz");

                    twElm.setTweetImg(img);

                    _tweetsList.Children.Add(twElm);
                    i++;
                }
            }
        }

        public Widget(LogicCanvasType type)
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            ToolTip = type.ToString();

            glow = new DropShadowEffect();
            glow.ShadowDepth = 0;
            glow.Color = Colors.Blue;
            glow.BlurRadius = 5;
        }

 public DragPreviewAdorner(UIElement adornedElement, FrameworkElement previewElement)
     : base(adornedElement)
 {
     SetPreviewElement(previewElement);
       DropShadowEffect d = new DropShadowEffect();
       d.BlurRadius = 25.0;
       d.ShadowDepth = 2;
       d.Opacity = 0.5;
       this.Effect = d;
 }

        public pnlVerFondoSeries()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            sombra = new DropShadowEffect();
            sombra.Direction = -90;
            sombra.ShadowDepth = 20;
            sombra.BlurRadius = 20;
            sombra.RenderingBias = RenderingBias.Performance;

            this.Height = MIN_SIZE;
            this.Loaded += new RoutedEventHandler(pnlVerFondoSeries_Loaded);
        }

 private static DropShadowEffect Clone(DropShadowEffect dropShadowEffect)
 {
     return new DropShadowEffect()
     {
         BlurRadius = dropShadowEffect.BlurRadius,
         Color = dropShadowEffect.Color,
         Direction = dropShadowEffect.Direction,
         Opacity = dropShadowEffect.Opacity,
         RenderingBias = dropShadowEffect.RenderingBias,
         ShadowDepth = dropShadowEffect.ShadowDepth
     };
 }

 public static DropShadowEffect ShadowProvider()
 {
     if(_dropShad==null)
     {
         _dropShad = new DropShadowEffect();
         _dropShad.BlurRadius = 10;
         _dropShad.Opacity = 0.35;
         _dropShad.ShadowDepth = 3;
         _dropShad.RenderingBias = RenderingBias.Performance;                
     }
     return _dropShad;
 }

        public static DropShadowEffect CreateGlowEffect(Color color)
        {
            DropShadowEffect glowEffect = new DropShadowEffect()
            {
                ShadowDepth = 0,
                Color = color,
                Opacity = 1,
                BlurRadius = 20
            };

            return glowEffect;
        }

        public pnlMenuLugar()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            sombra = new DropShadowEffect();
            sombra.Direction = -90;
            sombra.ShadowDepth = 10;
            sombra.BlurRadius = 10;
            sombra.RenderingBias = RenderingBias.Performance;

            this.Height = MIN_SIZE;
            initEventHandlers();
        }

 public About()
 {
     InitializeComponent();
     textBlock1.Text = VersionInfo;
     myDropShadow = new DropShadowEffect();
     myDropShadow.Opacity = 1;
     myDropShadow.ShadowDepth = 0;
     myDropShadow.BlurRadius = 8;
     myDropShadow.Color = Colors.Red;
     this.Closing += new System.ComponentModel.CancelEventHandler(About_Closing);
     textBox1.Text = Properties.Resources.Credits;
 }

        public pnlCompartir()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            sombra = new DropShadowEffect();
            sombra.Direction = -90;
            sombra.ShadowDepth = 10;
            sombra.BlurRadius = 10;
            sombra.RenderingBias = RenderingBias.Performance;

            this.Height = MIN_SIZE;
            this.Visibility = System.Windows.Visibility.Hidden;
            
        }

        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            randomNumber = new Random();

            m_arrUsedCards = new bool[iCardsNumber];
            m_arrCardState = new eCatdState[iCardsOnScreen];

            effectSelected = new DropShadowEffect();
            effectSelected.ShadowDepth = 0;
            effectSelected.BlurRadius = 20;
            effectSelected.Color = brushSelectedColor.Color;
            m_Cards = new Card[iCardsOnScreen];
        }

        private void Grid_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            glowSelected = new DropShadowEffect();
            glowSelected.ShadowDepth = 0;
            glowSelected.BlurRadius = 15;
            glowSelected.Color = Colors.Red;

            Database.SelectAll(dataGrid);
            Database.DeserializeRunsFromDB();

            totalRuns.Text = "Total runs: " + Database.dataTable.Rows.Count.ToString();

            dataGrid.SelectedIndex = 0;
        }