on screen display C++

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r2d2droids

Joined: 28 Jan 2005
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15 Oct 2009 7:47 on screen display C++

i wanna write a software like OSD ( on screen display ) for windows media player. i succeed to create a windows and i define it always on top and transparent. so far everything is fine. but when media player switched to full screen mode my window goes back and only video plays on top. where is the problem??
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amraldo

Joined: 29 Aug 2004
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15 Oct 2009 9:57 Re: on screen display C++

It seems you having a layered display system. When full scree is activated, your settings of transparency are lost. I have no specific details, but I faced this situation when developing under linux systems that had multiple framebuffers.
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