I'm want to draw some text and lines over the desktop.
I'm using gdiplus.h for print texts with the function DrawString.
But its only print text on a primary screen monitor.
If has in presentation mode, with 2 monitors I need to print text in a second monitor.
#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x500
#include <windows.h>
#include <gdiplus.h>
using namespace Gdiplus;
#pragma comment (lib,"Gdiplus.lib")
int main() {
HWND desktop = GetDesktopWindow();
HDC hdc = GetWindowDC(desktop);
ULONG_PTR m_gdiplusToken;
// Initialize GDI+
GdiplusStartupInput gdiplusStartupInput;
GdiplusStartup(&m_gdiplusToken, &gdiplusStartupInput, NULL);
while (true)
{
HPEN newpen;
LPPOINT point = NULL;
newpen = CreatePen(PS_COSMETIC, 20, RGB(255, 0, 0));
SelectObject(hdc, newpen);
MoveToEx(hdc, 1500, 500, point);
LineTo(hdc, 1600, 550 );
//this block works for draw line in second monitor
TextOut(hdc, 1500, 300, TEXT("Text of text out"), 17); // this works too
//But if I'm use gdiplus only print things on the primary screen
Gdiplus::Graphics g(hdc);
Pen pen(Gdiplus::Color(0, 0, 255), 2);
g.DrawLine(&pen, 1500, 0, 1700, 600);// dont work
g.DrawLine(&pen, 0, 0, 1200, 600);// work, but is in the primary screen
FontFamily fontFamily(L"Times New Roman");
Font font(&fontFamily, 24, FontStyleRegular, UnitPixel);
SolidBrush brush(Color(255, 0, 0, 255));
g.DrawString(TEXT("test of GDI+"), 13, &font, PointF(1600.0f, 300.0f), &brush); // dont work
g.DrawString(TEXT("test of GDI+"), 13, &font, PointF(500.0f, 300.0f), &brush); // work, but is in the primary screen
}
Gdiplus::GdiplusShutdown(m_gdiplusToken);
return 0;
}