Hi Guys Im trying to draw onto the screen using GDI and not the window, I am doing this by getting the hdc from a NULL hwnd, like so: HDC hdc = GetDC(NULL); when i draw using that hdc, using GDI commands, it works but it requires that the application''s window is showing. I want my app to run as a system tray icon which it does, but it only draws graphics when its application window is showing. When I hide the window, no graphics gets shown even though Im drawing to the hdc acquired using the above code. Another question is how do I process my program during a windows message loop here''s the loop:

while (GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0)) 
	{
     	if (!TranslateAccelerator(msg.hwnd, hAccelTable, &msg)) 
		{
			TranslateMessage(&msg);
			DispatchMessage(&msg);
		}
		
		// process the messenger

		messenger.Process();
	}
}

It seems the line which says messenger.Process() is never reached. Why is this?... Its only reached if I put that line before the while loop and then put this within the process()method: PostMessage(hwnd,RANDOM_ID,0,0); This seems to allow Process to be called, but I know this is wrong and is not the way to do it. This method also seems to disrupt the "focus" on other application windows. Any help is appreciated DarkStar UK ------------------------------- Loves cross-posting because it works

read up on what GetMessage does when the event stack is empty. I''m thinking it returns 0.


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