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In article <DD27up.8yx@midway.uchicago.edu>, mrh3@woodlawn.uchicago.edu 
(Khedron)says...
>
>  I want to know how to do graphics in Windows that will not be confined
>to a specific window, but can float around the desktop and hide behind
>windows.  My goal is to write my own version of x-roaches for Windows,
>just for my own personal amusement.
>
>  What resources are recommended, and where do I start?
>
>                                                                Michael
>

You can say 
{
HDC hdcScreen;
if ((NULL == (hdcScreen = GetDC(NULL)))
  {
// Error handling
  }
// at this point hdcScreen is the handle to the Device Context fro the
// entire screen.

Then you can do whatever you do with the screen.

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MAG
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