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; Example: On-screen display (OSD) via transparent window:

CustomColor = EEAA99  ; Can be any RGB color (it will be made transparent below).
Gui +LastFound +AlwaysOnTop -Caption +ToolWindow  ; +ToolWindow avoids a taskbar button and an alt-tab menu item.
Gui, Color, %CustomColor%
Gui, Font, s32  ; Set a large font size (32-point).
Gui, Add, Text, vMyText cLime, XXXXX YYYYY  ; XX & YY serve to auto-size the window.
; Make all pixels of this color transparent and make the text itself translucent (150):
WinSet, TransColor, %CustomColor% 150
SetTimer, UpdateOSD, 200
Gosub, UpdateOSD  ; Make the first update immediate rather than waiting for the timer.
Gui, Show, x0 y400 NoActivate  ; NoActivate avoids deactivating the currently active window.
return

UpdateOSD:
MouseGetPos, MouseX, MouseY
GuiControl,, MyText, X%MouseX%, Y%MouseY%
return

; Example: On-screen display (OSD) via transparent window:

CustomColor = EEAA99  ; Can be any RGB color (it will be made transparent below).
Gui +LastFound +AlwaysOnTop -Caption +ToolWindow  ; +ToolWindow avoids a taskbar button and an alt-tab menu item.
Gui, Color, %CustomColor%
Gui, Font, s32  ; Set a large font size (32-point).
Gui, Add, Text, vMyText cLime gDrag, XXXXX YYYYY  ; XX & YY serve to auto-size the window.
; Make all pixels of this color transparent and make the text itself translucent (150):
WinSet, TransColor, %CustomColor% 150
SetTimer, UpdateOSD, 200
Gosub, UpdateOSD  ; Make the first update immediate rather than waiting for the timer.
Gui, Show, x0 y400 NoActivate  ; NoActivate avoids deactivating the currently active window.
return

UpdateOSD:
MouseGetPos, MouseX, MouseY
GuiControl,, MyText, X%MouseX%, Y%MouseY%
return

Drag:
PostMessage, 0xA1, 2,,, A
return

Gui, 2: -Caption +E0x80000 +LastFound +AlwaysOnTop +ToolWindow +OwnDialogs

; Show the window
Gui, 2: Show,  NA

; Get a handle to this window we have created in order to update it later
hwnd2 := WinExist()

; By placing this OnMessage here. The function WM_LBUTTONDOWN will be called every time the user left clicks on the gui. This can be used for dragging the image
OnMessage(0x201, "WM_LBUTTONDOWN")

; This is the function to allow the user to drag the image drawn on the screen (this being gui 2)
WM_LBUTTONDOWN()
{
   If (A_Gui = 2)
   PostMessage, 0xA1, 2
}

appMove:

CoordMode, Mouse, Screen
WinGetPos, wOutX, wOutY,,, fgDisplay
WinGetPos,,, bgOutW, bgOuth, bgDisplay
MouseGetPos, mOutX1, mOutY1,
SetWinDelay, -1

Loop,
   {
   GetKeyState, lmbState, LButton, P   
   MouseGetPos, mOutX, mOutY,
   OutX := mOutX - mOutX1 + wOutX
   OutY := mOutY - mOutY1 + wOutY
; This prevents the windows 0 XY coords from jumping to the mouse position when you move it.
   WinMove, fgDisplay,, %OutX%, %OutY%
   WinMove, bgDisplay,, %OutX%, %OutY%
      if (lmbState = "U")
      {
      SetWinDelay, 100
      Break
      }
   }

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