How to Create Flies on Desktop

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Hello Friends

I saw an application on internet which allows to create multiple flies on desktop.

Each Fly walks around Desktop easily.

Now Programmatically speaking, any idea we can create the same using Win 32 API or even MFC ?

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Posted 1-Apr-13 4:56am

vikrant kpr

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[no name] 1-Apr-13 11:05am

"any idea", yes plenty of ideas.

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Use SHGetFolderPath() function in Win32 / MFC to get path to user desktop.
Then use CreateDirectory() fucntion to create folders.
Use CreateFile() function or CFile class object to create file in the path.

Posted 3-Apr-13 23:30pm

Krishna2000

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Lukasz Gwizdz (Member 2097797) 4-Apr-13 6:55am

Initially, I also mistook multiple flies for multiple files ;D
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Matthew Faithfull · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-01T05:13:00

You could use plain Win32 API or MFC to make a transparent window which would probably also need to implement click-through to any window underneath, have always-on-top flags set and handle is own Non-Client paint as well as ordinary WM_PAINT messages so you can do away with the frame and caption.
There are numerous sample Code Project articles covering these things, transparency, non-client painting and always-on-top from a Win32 or MFC perspective.

An alternative would be to use the Microsoft Agent COM based API and make your self a new character. Essentially this is the technology behind the infamous 'Clippy' but your usage of it doesn't have to be hideous or annoying.

There may be other more intrusive or tricky techniques like hooking the redraw of the Desktop itself but the more sneaky the approach then generally the harder it is to make it work reliably across different Windows versions.

Either way you'll need to be a reasonable artist with a grasp of how animation works to get something realistic or fun.