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UPDATED WIKI: Home

mhaggag — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 05:59:33 GMT

Project Description
An unmanaged C++ library to create, manage and draw to DirectDraw overlays. A C++/CLI wrapper is planned.

DirectDraw overlays are special DirectDraw surfaces that are shown over everything else, including full-screen games and applications. They can be used to implement programs like XFire that display information during full-screen game operation.

License
The library is licensed under the zlib/libpng license. The sample is licensed under the MIT license.

Status
The library and samples are in beta. They seem to be working fine on pre-Windows-Vista systems, but are experiencing problems under Vista. The managed wrapper is available in the latest source, and is packaged as a library in 0.5b Managed.

Details on the sample can be found here.

How to get it
Check the project releases. The latest unmanaged release is 0.5 Beta, and the latest managed release is 0.5b Managed.

How to build it
To build the library and its tests:

Download Boost
Set the environment variable BOOST to point to its location
Build the library project with Visual Studio

To build the sample:

Download wxWidgets 2.8.3
Build the configurations "Debug Unicode DLL" and "Release Unicode DLL"
Set the environment variable WXWIN to point to the wxWidgets root folder
Build the sample project with Visual Studio

UPDATED WIKI: Overlay Sample

mhaggag — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:40:40 GMT

The native sample is a simple wxWidgets application that displays the following form:

The Visible/Hidden radio buttons toggle the visibility of the overlay surface. When you select Visible, the overlay surface will be created and shown to the top-left of the screen, containing a snapshot of the sample window. The sample updates the overlay surface updates twice per second. To illustrate this, there's a text box that you can edit, and watch your changes as they're reflected in the overlay.

Given that overlays aren't captured by PrntScn, I made the following mockup to give you an idea of what to expect:

UPDATED WIKI: Overlay Sample

mhaggag — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:35:03 GMT

UPDATED WIKI: Overlay Sample

mhaggag — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:32:48 GMT

The native sample is a simple wxWidgets application that displays the following form:
Cannot resolve link: [image:OverlaySample-Window.png]

The Visible/Hidden radio buttons toggle the visibility of the overlay surface. When you select Visible, the overlay surface will be created and shown to the top-left of the screen, containing a snapshot of the sample window. The sample updates the overlay surface updates twice per second. To illustrate this, there's a text box that you can edit, and watch your changes as they're reflected in the overlay.

Given that overlays aren't captured by PrntScn, I made the following mockup to give you an idea of what to expect:
Cannot resolve link: [image:OverlaySample-Screen.png]

UPDATED WIKI: Home

mhaggag — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:33:54 GMT

Project Description
An unmanaged C++ library to create, manage and draw to DirectDraw overlays. A C++/CLI wrapper is planned. DirectDraw overlays are special DirectDraw surfaces that are shown over everything else, including full-screen games and applications. They can be used to implement programs like XFire that display information during full-screen game operation.

License
The library is licensed under the zlib/libpng license. The sample is licensed under the MIT license.

Status
The unmanaged library and sample are in beta. They seem to be working fine on pre-Windows-Vista systems, but are experiencing problems under Vista. Work on the managed wrapper and sample has not been started yet.

Details on the sample can be found here.

How to get it
Check the project releases. The latest release is 0.5 Beta.

How to build it
To build the library and its tests:

Download Boost
Set the environment variable BOOST to point to its location
Build the library project with Visual Studio

To build the sample:

Download wxWidgets 2.8.3
Build the configurations "Debug Unicode DLL" and "Release Unicode DLL"
Set the environment variable WXWIN to point to the wxWidgets root folder
Build the sample project with Visual Studio

UPDATED WIKI: Home

mhaggag — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:28:25 GMT

Project Description
An unmanaged C++ library to create, manage and draw to DirectDraw overlays. A C++/CLI wrapper is planned. DirectDraw overlays are special DirectDraw surfaces that are shown over everything else, including full-screen games and applications. They can be used to implement programs like XFire that display information during full-screen game operation.

License
The library is licensed under the zlib/libpng license. The sample is licensed under the MIT license.

Status
The unmanaged library and sample are in beta. They seem to be working fine on pre-Windows-Vista systems, but are experiencing problems under Vista. Work on the managed wrapper and sample has not been started yet.

How to get it
Check the project releases. The latest release is 0.5 Beta.

How to build it
To build the library and its tests:

Download Boost
Set the environment variable BOOST to point to its location
Build the library project with Visual Studio

To build the sample:

Download wxWidgets 2.8.3
Build the configurations "Debug Unicode DLL" and "Release Unicode DLL"
Set the environment variable WXWIN to point to the wxWidgets root folder
Build the sample project with Visual Studio

UPDATED WIKI: Home

mhaggag — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:27:53 GMT

Project Description
An unmanaged C++ library to create, manage and draw to DirectDraw overlays. A C++/CLI wrapper is planned. DirectDraw overlays are special DirectDraw surfaces that are shown over everything else, including full-screen games and applications. They can be used to implement programs like XFire that display information during full-screen game operation.

License
The library is licensed under the zlib/libpng license. The sample is licensed under the MIT license.

Status
The unmanaged library and sample are in beta. They seem to be working fine on pre-Windows-Vista systems, but are experiencing problems under Vista. Work on the managed wrapper and sample has not been started yet.

How to get it
Check the [project releases|url:http://www.codeplex.com/DirectDrawOverlayLib/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx]. The latest release is 0.5 Beta.

How to build it
To build the library and its tests:

Download Boost
Set the environment variable BOOST to point to its location
Build the library project with Visual Studio

To build the sample:

Download wxWidgets 2.8.3
Build the configurations "Debug Unicode DLL" and "Release Unicode DLL"
Set the environment variable WXWIN to point to the wxWidgets root folder
Build the sample project with Visual Studio

UPDATED WIKI: Home

mhaggag — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:20:47 GMT

Project Description
An unmanaged C++ library to create, manage and draw to DirectDraw overlays. A C++/CLI wrapper is planned. DirectDraw overlays are special DirectDraw surfaces that are shown over everything else, including full-screen games and applications. They can be used to implement programs like XFire that display information during full-screen game operation.

License
The library is licensed under the zlib/libpng license. The sample is licensed under the MIT license.

Status
The unmanaged library and sample are in beta. They seem to be working fine on pre-Windows-Vista systems, but are experiencing problems under Vista. Work on the managed wrapper and sample has not been started yet.

How to get it
Check the http://www.codeplex.com/DirectDrawOverlayLib/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx

How to build it
To build the library and its tests:

Download Boost
Set the environment variable BOOST to point to its location
Build the library project with Visual Studio

To build the sample:

Download wxWidgets 2.8.3
Build the configurations "Debug Unicode DLL" and "Release Unicode DLL"
Set the environment variable WXWIN to point to the wxWidgets root folder
Build the sample project with Visual Studio

UPDATED WIKI: Home

mhaggag — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:39:31 GMT

Project Description
An unmanaged C++ library to create, manage and draw to DirectDraw overlays. A managed C++/CLI wrapper is also available for .NET clients.

License
The library is licensed under the zlib/libpng license. The sample is licensed under the MIT license.

Status
The unmanaged library and sample are in beta. Work on the managed wrapper and sample has not been started yet.

How to get it
No releases have been added yet, so you'll have to get the source and build it. To build the library and its tests:

Download Boost
Set the environment variable BOOST to point to its location
Build the library project with Visual Studio

To build the sample:

Download wxWidgets 2.8.3
Build the configurations "Debug Unicode DLL" and "Release Unicode DLL"
Set the environment variable WXWIN to point to the wxWidgets root folder
Build the sample project with Visual Studio

Alternatively, just wait for a couple of days until I provide a binary/source release.

UPDATED WIKI: Home

mhaggag — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:26:35 GMT

!Project Description
An unmanaged C++ library to create, manage and draw to DirectDraw overlays. A managed C++/CLI wrapper is also available for .NET clients.

The library is licensed under the zlib/libpng license.

!Status
The unmanaged library and sample are in beta. Work on the managed wrapper and sample hasn't started yet.

UPDATED WIKI: Home

mhaggag — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:50:08 GMT

Project Description
An unmanaged C++ library to create, manage and draw to DirectDraw overlays. A managed C++/CLI wrapper is also available for .NET clients.

The library is licensed under the zlib/libpng license.

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