New to GDI...Need Help

[bluemurder]

I am working on a desktop app that plays a video using a control by X360. I need to be able to draw over top of the video when it is paused.

I dont even know where to begin. I think I have to get the handle of the video stream and draw on that, or get an area of the screen and draw on that, but not sure how to approach it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Robert_Zenz]

Why don't you just place a control directly over the video control, and switch is Visible-Property?

 

[bluemurder]

I am assuming that you mean turn off the visibility, but if I draw on it, wont the drawing be invisible as well?

 

[bluemurder]

Ok, I have the picturebox on top, and it is visible, and I have set the background to transparent at design time. However, the background shows up as black at runtime. What am I missing?