DirectUI and duixml Format

DirectUI is a windowless UI rendering engine that draws all control elements within a single window context without creating individual system handles (HWNDs), managing its own component tree, positioning, animation, and input event dispatching.

Note that, at this stage, this article contains a manually written dump of various data from the duixml markup format used by this engine; much remains unexplored, and the lists are incomplete.

Files with UIFILE section

1. accessibilitycpl.dll
2. ActionCenter.dll
3. ActionCenterCPL.dll
4. appwiz.cpl
5. authui.dll
6. autoplay.dll
7. AuxiliaryDisplayCpl.dll
8. biocpl.dll
9. CertEnrollUI.dll
10. defaultlocationcpl.dll
11. DeviceCenter.dll
12. DiagCpl.dll
13. diagperf.dll
14. Display.dll
15. dpapimig.exe
16. duser.dll
17. DXP.dll
18. DXPTaskRingtone.dll
19. DxpTaskSync.dll
20. ExplorerFrame.dll
21. FirewallControlPanel.dll
22. fontext.dll
23. fvecpl.dll
24. fvewiz.dll
25. gameux.dll
26. hgcpl.dll
27. ieframe.dll
28. ieui.dll
29. Magnify.exe
30. mmc.exe
31. msdt.exe
32. ncryptui.dll
33. netcenter.dll
34. networkmap.dll
35. OnLineIDCpl.dll
36. OobeFldr.dll
37. osk.exe
38. pcaui.dll
39. PerfCenterCPL.dll
40. pnpui.dll
41. powercpl.dll
42. racpldlg.dll
43. recovery.dll
44. sdcpl.dll
45. SensorsCpl.dll
46. sethc.exe
47. sharemediacpl.dll
48. shell32.dll
49. shellstyle.dll
50. StikyNot.exe
51. stobject.dll
52. sud.dll
53. SyncCenter.dll
54. systemcpl.dll
55. taskbarcpl.dll
56. themecpl.dll
57. timedate.cpl
58. TSWorkspace.dll
59. UserAccountControlSettings.dll
60. usercpl.dll
61. Utilman.exe
62. VAN.dll
63. Vault.dll
64. wdc.dll
65. werconcpl.dll
66. WindowsAnytimeUpgradeResults.exe
67. wlanpref.dll
68. WmpDui.dll
69. wpccpl.dll
70. wucltux.dll
71. xwtpdui.dll

• mspaint.exe
• UIRibbonRes.dll

1. WMPDMC.exe
2. comctl32.dll (v. 6)

Tags

• <AccessibilityCplPage>
• <accessiblebutton>
• <actclipper>
• <actexpando>
• <AppControlHost>
• <AppControlsModule>
• <AppControlsModuleInner>
• <ARPAutoButton>
• <arpclipper>
• <arpexpando>
• <arpframe>
• <ARPSelector>
• <autobutton>
• <AutoplayCplPage>
• <AutoScrollViewer>
• <AuxCplPage>
• <bind>
• <BiometricsPage>
• <browser>
• <BrowserFrame>
• <button>
• <Button3d>
• <CCAnalogClock>
• <CCAVI>
• <CCCheckBox>
• <CCCommandLink>
• <CCDigitalClock>
• <CCHScrollBar>
• <cclistview>
• <CCListViewEx>
• <CCMonthCal>
• <CColumnOverflowElement>
• <CCProgressBar>
• <CCPushButton> (Common Control Push Button) – essentially just a standard Win32 button.
• <ccpushbutton>
• <CCRadioButton>
• <CCRichEdit>
• <CCSysLink>
• <CCTrackBar>
• <CCVScrollBar>
• <checkboxglyph>
• <CIDGroupControl>
• <clientblock>
• <clientpicker>
• <Clipper>
• <ComboBox>
• <ComboBoxEx>
• <contact>
• <contactlist>
• <ControlPanelCategoryModule>
• <ControlPanelLink>
• <ControlPanelNavPane>
• <CreateKeyDialog>
• <DefaultLocationCplPage>
• <DeviceBrandingModule>
• <DeviceImage>
• <DiagCplPage>
• <DUIAnimationStrip>
• <DUIComboBox>
• <duixml> – the main tag containing everything.
• <Edit>
• <element>
• <ElevatedCPLPage>
• <EmptyLibraryPage>
• <Expandable>
• <Expando>
• <expandobuttonglyph>
• <FadeElement>
• <FirewallCplPage>
• <FirstRunElement>
• <flyoutscrollviewer>
• <FocusIndicator>
• <FolderBandModule>
• <FontSettingsPage>
• <FveCplPage>
• <GamePreviewModule>
• <gradientline>
• <HealthCenterCPLPage>
• <HgCplPage>
• <HWNDElement>
• <hwndview>
• <IEActivity>
• <IETab>
• <IETabBand>
• <IETabOverlay>
• <if>
• <ifgreaterequal>
• <iflesser>
• <InfoBarHostModule>
• <InfoPane>
• <InPlaceEdit>
• <ItemGridLayout>
• <ItemRowLayout>
• <KeyDescArea>
• <LibraryPaneModule>
• <LineHScrollBar>
• <LineScroller>
• <LineViewer>
• <LineVScrollBar>
• <LinkedViewer>
• <LogoFrame>
• <Macro>
• <MainFrame>
• <MapCplPage>
• <MetadataDisplayElement>
• <MetadataElement>
• <MetadataLabel>
• <MonitorElement>
• <movie>
• <msdtedit>
• <msdtlistview>
• <NavigateButton>
• <NetworkMap>
• <NoteControl>
• <ocmframe>
• <OCMTreeView>
• <OnlineIDPage>
• <PageAssignClip>
• <PageDeviceSettings>
• <pages>
• <PaintSurrogate>
• <PercentFull>
• <PerfCenterCplPage>
• <PowerCplPage>
• <PowerFlyout>
• <PreviewBackground>
• <PreviewMetadata>
• <PreviewThumbnail>
• <ProperTreeHost>
• <ProperTreeModule>
• <ProvLinkButton>
• <PText>
• <pushbutton>
• <RadioSelector>
• <ReadingPaneModule>
• <RecoveryPage>
• <repeatbutton>
• <repeater>
• <ResolutionControl>
• <RestrictedEdit>
• <ScrollBar>
• <scrollviewer>
• <SearchEditBox>
• <SearchEditBoxHost>
• <SearchOnlyLibraryPage>
• <SearchPageText>
• <Selector>
• <SelectorNoDefault>
• <ShareMediaCplPage>
• <Sizer>
• <style>
• <StyledScrollviewer>
• <stylesheets>
• <sudCplPage>
• <SystemCPLPage>
• <TaskbarCniCplPage>
• <TaskbarScaCplPage>
• <taskbutton>
• <TemplateBackground>
• <ThemeCplPage>
• <thumb>
• <ThumbnailControlHost>
• <UIBase>
• <UICheckbox>
• <UICollection>
• <UIColumnHeader>
• <UIColumnHeaderCheckbox>
• <UICount>
• <UIDetailsPropertyCollection>
• <UIExpandoButton>
• <UIGroupHeader>
• <UIGroupItem>
• <UIImage>
• <UIItem>
• <UIItemsView>
• <UIMarqueeSelector>
• <UIProperty>
• <UIRenameTextElement>
• <UIRootItem>
• <UISmartProperty>
• <UISmartPropertyCollection>
• <UISubsetFooter>
• <UITilesPropertyCollection>
• <UITryHarder>
• <UITryHarderButton>
• <UIViewHeader>
• <unless>
• <UseKeyDialog>
• <UserList>
• <UserOobePreviewModule>
• <UserTile>
• <VanUiAdapterTileButton>
• <VanUiAdapterTileButton>
• <VanUiNetworkTileButton>
• <viewer>
• <ViewHost>
• <VolumeHandlerSetting>
• <Watermark>
• <WallpaperPage>
• <webbrowser>
• <WebBrowserModule>
• <WHCExpando>
• <WHCRepeater>
• <wizardedit>
• <WMPDMCButtonHC>
• <WMPDMCElementHC>
• <WMPDMCPlaylistButton>
• <WMPDMCThumbHC>
• <wmpdmcslider>
• <WorkspacesPage>
• <ZoomableElement>

Attributes

• AbsorbsShortcut – true, false
• accdefaction (Accessibility Default Action?) – click, press, invoke
• accdesc
• accessible – true, false
• acchelp
• accitemstatus
• accname
• accrole – statictext, text, graphic, PushButton, buttondropdown, link, List, ListItem, radiobutton, checkbutton, pane, Grouping, window, client, titlebar, ColumnHeader, scrollbar, row, cell, Table, combobox, clock, slider, application
• accState
• accvalue
• active – mouse, keyboard, inactive, nosyncfocus, mouseandkeyboard
• alignmentmode – jaggedbottom, baseline, justify
• alpha – from 0 to 255
• AlwaysGetIconFromView – true, false
• animation – alpha, position, sizev, rectangle, rectanglev, linear, s, exp, veryfast, fast, medium, slow, delayshort, 0
• autogrouping – true, false
• AutoStart – true, false
• AutoStop – true, false
• background
• BackgroundOwnerID
• bordercolor
• borderstyle – raised, solid, sunken, 0, 1, 2
• borderthickness
• capabilities – selectable, focusable, renameable, filenameoptional
• captured – true, false
• class
• clienttype
• column
• columncount
• ColumnIndex
• columnpadding
• columnsmax
• columnspancount
• columnspercent
• columnwidth
• compressed – true, false
• connect
• content
• contentalign – topleft, topcenter, topright, middleleft, middlecenter, middleright, bottomleft, bottomcenter, bottomright, wrapleft, wrapcenter, wrapright, wordellipsis, endellipsis, pathellipsis, editcontrol, focusrect, noprefix
• ContentType
• cursor – hand, arrow, IBeam, sizens, sizewe
• custom
• customlayout
• DevirtualizeItems – true, false
• direction – 0
• DisablingPolicy
• DownOrRightGrowsTarget – true, false
• DPI
• drophighlight – true, false
• ElementZoomed – true, false
• EnableActivation – true, false
• enabled – true, false
• EnableHitHighlighting – true, false
• encrypted – true, false
• EvaluatingAsyncState – true, false
• expand
• expanded – true, false
• ExplorerVisibility
• firsttabtarget
• font
• fontface
• fontquality – cleartype
• fontsize
• fontstyle – none, underline, shadow, italic
• fontweight – normal, bold
• ForceUseIcon – true, false
• foreground
• FramePersistType
• GrowTargetFirst – true, false
• height
• HideProperty
• highcontrast
• HighDPI – true, false
• highlightcolor
• HostedSiteTask – true, false
• hoveredover – true, false
• id
• infotipcallback – true, false
• initialbackground
• InitialMaxxedOut – true, false
• InitialSize
• InitialVisibility – true, false
• IsStatusBarStyle – true, false
• itemmaxsize
• itemminsize
• itemspacing
• JumpToClick – true, false
• keepmstext
• keeptext
• keyfocused – true, false
• keywithin – true, false
• layout
• layoutpos – left, top, right, bottom, client, ninetopleft, ninetop, ninetopright, nineleft, nineclient, nineright, ninebottomleft, ninebottom, none, absolute, 2
• LogicalImageSize
• margin
• maxlength
• maxnumtextlines
• MaxPixelWidth
• MaxThumbSize
• MaxVisibleItems
• maximum
• maxwidth
• minimum
• minimumicontextwidth
• minsize
• minvisiblewidth
• minwidth
• ModuleID
• mousefocused – true, false
• mousewithin – true, false
• multiline – true, false
• navigationtargetrelative
• navigationtargetroot
• note
• NullSelectPropertyString
• othermsclients
• overhang – true, false
• padding
• page
• passwordcharacter
• picktext
• pinning – pinvert, pinboth
• pressed – true, false
• PrioritySizer
• PressedPaddingShift
• property
• propertycanonicalname
• propertyindex
• proportional – true, false
• propwidthpattern
• ReadOnly – true, false
• realxanchor
• realxtarget
• realyanchor
• realytarget
• repeat – true, false
• ReservedMaster
• ReservedSpace
• ReservedTarget
• resid
• Resizable – true, false
• row
• rowcount
• rowspancount
• scrollticks
• selected – true, false
• SeparatorLineHeight
• SeparatorPadding
• shadowintensity
• sheet
• shortcut – none, auto, -1, 115, 80
• showcheckboxes – true, false
• ShowFocusRect – true, false
• ShowLabel – true, false
• ShowSelectedHeader – true, false
• shellexecute
• shellexecuteparams
• shellexecuteverb – runas
• sizingtarget
• SlidesUpAndDown – true, false
• SmoothingMode – high
• sortcolumn
• SortDirection – Ascending, Descending
• SortedBy – true, false
• SplitButtonSheet
• subtext
• TaskButtonSheet
• TextGlowSize
• themedborder – true, false
• ThemeSubApp
• ThumbnailId
• TileZoomed – true, false
• tint
• tooltip – true, false
• tooltipmaxwidth
• TopCollection – true, false
• transparent – true, false
• UICollectionCreationPropMap
• UIItemCreationPropMap
• UnderlineMode – Hover, Always, Never
• UseGroupZoom – true, false
• UseImageHeight – true, false
• UseItemWidth – true, false
• UseRootScope – true, false
• Vertical – true, false
• virtualdirection – horizontal
• visible – true, false
• width
• widthpattern
• widthpatternmap
• WindowActive – true, false
• windowsclient
• winstyle
• x
• xbarvisibility – never, asneeded
• xscrollable – true, false
• y
• ybarvisibility – never, asneeded, always
• yscrollable – true, false
• ZeroText

Functions

• rgb(0, 132, 217) – Specifies an opaque color in "Red, Green, Blue" format.
• argb(0, 0, 0, 0) – Specifies a color with an alpha channel in "Alpha, Red, Green, Blue" format.
• rect(10rp, 10rp, 10rp, 10rp) – Specifies a rectangular area or margins in "Left, Top, Right, Bottom" format.
• atom(title)
• baselinelayout()
• borderlayout()
• centeringlayout()
• composited(themeable(gtmar(AeroWizard, 1, 0, 3602), rect(0rp, 0rp, 30rp, 2rp)), rect(0rp, 0rp, 30rp, 2rp))
• dfc(3, 0x0001 | 0x1000)
• dtb(TaskDialog, 1, 0)
dtb(BrowserTabBar::Rebar;Rebar,6,0)
• filllayout()
flowlayout(0,0,1)
• floatingheaderlayout()
• flowlayout()
FlowLayout(0, 2, 2, 2)
• gradient(rgb(0,132,217), rgb(0,36,58), 1)
gradient(argb(100,140,180,180),argb(160,140,160,220),argb(60,140,220,240),3)
• graphic(512,0)
graphic(0x8709,2,-1,0,0,0,0,library(explorerframe.dll))
• gridlayout(1,2)
gridlayout(1,-1)
• gtc(TaskDialogStyle, 2, 0, 3803) (Get Theme Color)
• gtf(TaskDialogStyle, 2, 0) (Get Theme Font)
• gtmar(TaskDialog, 1, 0, 3602) (Get Theme Margin)
• gtmet(TaskDialog, 13, 0, 2417)
• horizontalborderlayout()
• icon(81,sysmetric(49),sysmetric(50),library(imageres.dll))
icon(0x148, 24rp, 24rp)
icon(1, sysmetric(11), sysmetric(12), library(actioncenter.dll))
• library(shell32.dll)
• NineGridLayout()
• overflowlayout()
• resbmp(205)
resbmp(12224,2,-1,0,0,1,1)
• resstr(1101)
resstr(0x9564, library(shell32.dll))
resstr(IDS_HELP)
• rowlayout(23)
rowlayout(24,3,3)
• sgraphic(59)
sgraphic(300,2)
sgraphic(299,2,-1,0,0,1,1)
• shellborderlayout()
• size(76rp,23rp)
• sysmetric(71)
sysmetric(-4)
• sysmetricstr(2)
• tablelayout(0,0,0,2,-50,0,2,-50)
• themeable(dtb(TaskDialog, 1, 0), threedface)
• verticalflowlayout(0)
verticalflowlayout(0,0,3)
verticalflowlayout(1,1,1,2)
• viewareaawarelayout(borderlayout)
viewareaawarelayout(filllayout)
viewareaawarelayout(verticalflowlayout,1,0,0,0)