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content  Applying visual effects to the desktop - Shoot  , 31
Jul 2003 Rate this: Please Sign up or sign in to vote. This
article discusses how an application can apply visual effects to
the desktop, by copying desktop contents, applying effects on it
and then re-displaying it.  Sample Image   This article
discusses how an application can apply visual effects to the
desktop, by copying desktop contents, applying effects on it
using GDI functions and then re-displaying it. Additionally this
application also demonstrates how to play wav files using Win32
API.  Shoot comes in handy when you are frustrated with your
computer and would like to literally shoot the brains out of it.
This application when run, converts your mouse pointer to a
gun's target finder and wherever you click, it makes a gun shot
sound and burns a hole through the desktop. To close the
application just hit the escape key.   Like all other windows,
the desktop window also has a dev