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Hi, i want to control my Windows Media player from Inside fullscreen applications & games, xfire does this great, for communicating with friends, etc.
but i want just a "skip backwards" and "skip forward" button to appear inside my game window, after a combination of keypresses, like alt+o, not a problem there.
but what is this exactly?
an overlay?
a plugin?
a plugin for what? xfire? windows media player?

thanks in advance!
also some pointers to get me started would be greatly appreciated, i.e. what kinda project is it (windows application/console application)?