Abstract: Methods and systems for applying visual effects to active content, such as buttons, comboboxes, video, edit fields, etc., wherein interactivity of the active content are retained thereafter. Also, the present disclosure provides a mechanism for developers to build new visual effects and have them applied to active content.

Abstract: An improved system and method for an extensible codec architecture for digital images is provided. Executable software code may be operably coupled to a codec manager for requesting imaging operations to be performed on a digital image. The codec manager may receive the request to perform an imaging operation on the digital image and may select an imaging component, such as a codec, from one or more imaging components registered in the computer system for performing an imaging operation on the digital image. An arbitration manager may include functionality for requesting enumeration of the operations an imaging component may perform on a particular digital image. One or more pixel format converters may then convert the pixel format in the digital image to a pixel format supported by an imaging component installed on the system.

Abstract: Various embodiments are disclosed relating to verification of hit testing. According to an example embodiment, a method may be provided. The example method may include associating each of a plurality of locations of an application display area with one of a plurality of visual elements, selecting one of the plurality of locations on the application display area, performing hit testing for the selected location to obtain an element ID for one of the plurality of visual elements for the selected location, and verifying that the element ID from the hit testing of the selected location matches the visual element associated with the selected location.