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What technologies are best for making a heads-up display (HUD) for a third-party application in Windows?

I have a third-party (closed-source) application that I'd like to write a heads-up display (HUD) for. The HUD should at the very least be able to:

  • Render text & graphics on top of the application window
  • Intercept and forward mouse clicks to the application window

What sorts of languages, APIs, libraries, etc., should I investigate for implementing this?

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