Windows

Version A

Marking windows

• Demonstration
• Functionality:
  • mark a window at current mouse position and all its ancestors (a parent, a grandparent and so on)
    • you can assume that the number of ancestors is limited, but the program should never crash
• The main window:
  • closeable (closing this window should terminate the application)
  • show number of marked windows in the title
• Popup windows used for marking windows of other applications:
  • features:
    • no caption, no border
    • always on top
    • background color - system color for active window's caption
    • not visible on the taskbar
  • position and size - use 4 popup windows per one marked window to create visible border (like in the demonstration)
  • number of popup windows should be appropriate for current situation, e.g. exactly 12 popup windows should exist for 3 marked windows
• Hints:
  • WindowFromPoint(), GetParent()
  • GetWindowRect()
  • DestroyWindow()
  • SetWindowText(), _stprintf() [sprintf()], TCHAR [char], TEXT()
  • SetTimer(), WM_TIMER
  • to get current mouse position:
        POINT pt;
        GetCursorPos(&pt);

• Approximate points:
  • the main window:
    • features: 1.0
    • number of marked windows in the title: 1.0
  • popup windows:
    • features: 2.0
    • appropriate number of popup windows: 1.0
    • marking one window: 1.5
    • marking all ancestors: 3.5