Okay, I have a hunch at what the answer to this question is, but I thought I'd throw it out here to get confirmation. I wrote a little app called
Magic Pen (started it in 2003, left it mostly done, resurrected it a couple weeks ago and just released it), and I've run into a little snag. What my program does is create a transparent window that covers the entire screen and allows the user to draw on it like an overhead. It works pretty well for most situations, but the main situation it fails in is also the most important - power point presentations (and the like).
Here's the problem: powerpoint and other programs that go full screen have to the front most program - if they're not, they relinquish their full screen status and go back to regular mode. Magic Pen can only intercept mouse clicks if its the front most application. Hence the problem. So, the question becomes, is there a non-hackish way to intercept mouse events at the system level and redirect them as necessary?
Thanks!
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