VBGamer

Ok, I've been making a few fullscreen Direct Draw programs, just to learn the antics of it, and the one problem I continually have is that even in Full Screen Exclusive mode, there will be other things flickering on the screen, such as WinAmps volume thingy and also the cursor. I can fix the cursor, but how do I make everything else go away? I was thinking about making a really big Form with a plain black colour, and making it always on top, but I've found that if two things want to go on top (like WinAmp and my form) then the one which has had the focus last will go on top. This won't pose a problem, since my application will give my form focus when it loads. But what if the person Alt-Tabs and then clicks on WinAmp? Or if they are using ICQ (which is also Always on Top) and press the hot key to simulate clicking on it from the system tray (ie, giving it focus). How does one fix this problem? Actually, now I look at the SDK samples (Tutorial 3) it doesn't have problems with ICQ, although WinAmp will flicker. Grrrr Although you will be pleased to know that I've already answered my other newbie question (Alt Tabbing). I thought I'd just show off, because I'm so good. Well, not really, otherwise I wouldn't be asking this =) Thank you for your help