Overlaying / Application on top of everything else

Question

I'm not sure if I'm using the right terms so I'll explain what I'm looking for in simple words. I want to make this app I built, work on top of EVERYTHING else. 

For instance, imagine that you want an in game calculator that you don't always have to alt+tab and go out of the game to get, so you have one in game, that u always see it even while playing the game (I know you're probably thinking that this is annoying but this is just an example).

So the first thing I want to know, is it possible to do?

Secondly, how hard is it to do? When I ask this I'm asking pretty much if the code exists somewhere or if I'll have to reinvent the wheel.

The last thing is how do I do it? If you've got guides/can explain/previous posts, please link.

Thank you for helping.

Answer 1

Hi there,

im not 100% sure if this is going to work with full screen games etc. But there is a property of windows forms called TopMost. There proberly is a way to do what you require (like Xfire (www.xfire.com) does).

more info: 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.form.topmost.aspx

hth, 

Stu

Answer 2

Hi,

As far as I can see, this is not feasible. Full screen games usually minimize when they lose focus, so this is same as we Alt+Tab to go to other applications.

Harry

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