Displaying messages in-game...

you know how in multiplayer games like RainbowSix, Counter-Strike, etc... you can chat while you play....

my question is, how could i make my program, send a chat message.... so it shows up in game.... its like a bound keys program, so if u press 'f5' it will automatically say "Tango down" for you, or whatever...

also, is there a way i can display a message during gameplay on the screen.... like by using bitblt or something. during gameplay, the gamewindow is on top of all other windows, and fullscreen.... so is there any way i can show a message somewhere on the screen? like if i grab the games window handle, is there some way i can print a message on it?

:D

If think you could use the TextOut API to print a message on screen.

Code:

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Private Declare Function TextOut Lib "gdi32.dll" Alias "TextOutA" _
 (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal lpString As String, ByVal nCount As Long) As Long

retval = TextOut(frmMessage.Picture1.hdc, 0, 0, strMessage, MessLen)

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Any use?

hmmm.... that might work.... how would i get the hdc value from the handle of a window?

I'd prolly use GetDC eh?