Silly Screen Resolution Question

I always maximize the window underneath. Otherwise my mouse clicks are passed on to whatever is underneath. I''ll click the mouse button to shoot or something and it''ll cause everything to minimize. There''s probably a way to stop this from happening, but the only one I know is by making the window cover the entire screen.

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You can acquire your mouse in foreground exclusive mode, and then it won''t be active in windows or any other application, only in your own apllication (except when it''s not in the foreground, like when it''s minimized).

ist standard practice to create a fullscreen window since sometimes its possible for other always on top windows to "leak" onto the screen and you will see them update their screen. a good example is many of the winamp plugins will minimize winamp because you can see it update its own window even when the plugin is running in fullscreen exclusive mode.

using dinput is an ugly hack to fix the mouse clicks are being registered to other apps problem. you should never have to resort to dinput for somethign like this. sometimes dinput is not even a desirable choice for input, and wm_messgaes are better (ie for a level editor). i know you can use dinput for all things, but sometimes its not worth the trouble.