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[larkdord]

I'm referring to Xfire the application, not the JAVA thing.

Xfire was unique (at least to me) when it came out, because you could bring up a chat window while gaming.

Does anyone know the library or routine used for doing this?

Being able to overlap a window on top of a full-screen application (like a game) without stopping, pausing, or interrupting the application? It's a really neat feature, and I'm just not sure how it's done. Any info is appreciated.

Thanks!

I'm a noobie here by the way ... never seen this site, it's nice :-)

[dargueta]

My guess would be some sort of DirectX utility that allows a form to be drawn in a specific video mode.

[manux]

This kind of stuff looks Windows related... I'd check for the DirectX/Windows API for stuff like that.

[dargueta]

What platform are you trying to do this on?