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echo: os2prog
to: Martin Insulander
from: Daniel Lynes
date: 1995-08-08 00:24:52
subject: Drawing in the desktop background..

Hello Martin!

06 Aug 95 02:15, Martin Insulander wrote to All:

 MI> Does anyone know how to draw in the desktop window like the game
 MI> Cat&Mouse? I use Borland C++ 1.5 for OS/2.

Instead of defining an object under the desktop, define your window with the
same handle as the desktop window.  This should, theoretically work, as I
believe this is how the screen savers under Windoze work.

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