C# How do i create an Overlay over a game ?

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Hello there , I would like to know how to create an simple Overlay in C# , for example as in Fraps , Mumble , Teamspeak they have an Overlay when you are in a Fullscreen Game.

I want to create an overlay but in C# , Iknow they use C++ for this measure but i cannot rebuild my whole program just to make an Overlay, Would be waste of time.

Please help me :)

Posted 22-Apr-11 12:33pm

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Sandeep Mewara 23-Apr-11 0:27am

Tried anything?

Groulien 28-Apr-11 5:38am

The difficulty in making such an overlay is to get it over DirectX, but I'm sure it's possible (XFire did it).
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