Program is witten in C++ and runs on my windows xp computer. It is a
game, but I have been struggling with this project for weeks now so
would appreciate some help - although I understand what i'm trying to
do is quite advanced. I'm doing this more as a learning excercise where
the means is more important than the end.
When you press 'caps lock' in the programme a heads up type overview is
placed on the screen. The overview consists of coloured squares
representing friends or foe. The squares are different colours
depending on if they represent a friend or a foe. In addition to these
small coloured squares shaded blocks are displayed which indicate the
walls in the room (the parts you can't walk through).
When you press 'caps lock' a second time the heads up view vanishes, so
'caps lock' toggles the view. When the heads up view is displayed you
can walk around as normal it's just a overlay that appears on the
screen.
What I would like to do is create a form which recreates this overlay.
So basically I would open the game and then open my form and the form
would display the same heads up view (or similiar) to what you get when
you press 'caps lock' in the game.
How do I do this please? Any ideas would be appreciated, because this
project is consuming too many of my weekends now without making any
progress!
Many Thanks,
Gary-