[björn nilsson]

Hello everyone,

I have an idea for a simple software that I would like to realise but as always (ever heard this statement before!?) I´m not sure on which programming langue to use.

I´m aware that I could probably use just about any language for this task, but I´m not sure if there´s any advantages to using any specific language in this case.

Well any way, this is part of what I want to do:

I want to write a program that runs active in the background (windows enviroment, preferably minimized to the system tray) and listens for an input (i.e. mouse + keyboard) and upon input opens a menu on top of all active programs located at mouse pointer. Just as any right-click/context menu you encounter in windows.

The thing is. I don't want to use any existing windows menu features for this. I want to write my own "menu-object" in order to be able to customize the menu and add the features I need to it (.i.e. shortcuts, weblinks, folder, macros, etc).

Is this a difficult thing to produce? I have basic programming skills in C++ and Java. Is there any prefered software development tools for things like this?
I've never programmed anything before using graphics so I'm really a nobody and would appreciate any hints, tips, recommended books, tutorials that can be of aid.

If anyone knows anything I would very much appreciate help on this.

Best Regards

-Björn