overlay text on some else's window - HUD

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I am interested in writing an app that overlays a small heads up display (HUD) over another application, in VB.NET. Does anyone have an example of this?

I will need to enumerate all open windows to find the window that I want, and then overlay some text in a specific position on the window. If the user moves that window, my text will need to follow. (I will probably be painting the text in a loop over and over).

Edit: nobody answered my original query - I added C# to the keywords to see if any of gurus in that language might have an answer. thanks.

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