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Windows Desktop Gadgets is the official name for the default widget interface on Windows 7. Windows Vista referred to them as Windows Sidebar Gadgets, but it was decided the sidebar that they would dock to should be removed in later versions of windows.

Windows Desktop Gadgets is the official name for the default widget interface on Windows 7. Windows Vista referred to them as Windows Sidebar Gadgets, but it was decided the sidebar that they would dock to should be removed in later versions of windows. They are written using standard web technologies (JavaScript, HTML, CSS) but have access to specific System APIs. They can also run unsigned ActiveX components without prompting the user for authorisation.

A basic Windows Desktop Gadget consists of 3 files;

  • a manifest file, gadget.xml, containing meta data such as title, description, author, etc;
  • a HTML file for the main gadget window; and
  • an image for the gadget background.

A gadget is packaged up for installation by compressing the files to a zip or a cab format and then renaming the extension to .gadget.

Example gadgets

a clock, a calendar and a weather application. http://i.msdn.microsoft.com/dynimg/IC295047.png

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Control windows desktop program via windows phone app (bluetooth)

I would like to create a Windows Phone app that is able to control a Windows Desktop program. My questions are: If the computer does not have bluetooth connection, can I use a usb bluetooth connector? Can I control a software in the computer and…
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Is it possible to use angularjs when writing a windows gadget?

Everywhere I am looking, it is said that a gadget is basically html, javascript and css and that you can use your knowledge of the above to write a great gadget. So, I am trying to do a simple gadget just to try some stuff (basically see that I can…
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I need help creating a Windows 7 Gadget

I need to create a Windows 7 Gadget (or Widget) as a mini project. I know how to create a basic HelloWorld gadget (including the xml manifest and the html page), but I do not know how to make a complex one. My company uses a bug tracking software…
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Pin WPF window on the desktop in Windows 7

I want to pin a WPF window on the desktop (it should be a desktop gadget). I know you can do this by setting the parent handle of the WPF window to the handle of the "progman" window. But this does not prevent the hiding of the WPF window when…
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Getting data out of Google Analytics

i'm developing a windows desktop gadget for Google Analytics and I want to retrieve the data from Google Analytics. Is there a way to get the data from Google Analytics in any form by any method? prefered methods would be Javascript or…
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Can a Windows Gadget save data?

I'm creating a small Windows Sidebar Gadget for taking notes in a simple textarea. I have, as usual, a gadget.xml manifest file and a .html file, see below. How is it possible to read some data / save some data in a Gadget? I know this is usually…
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Run jQuery in Windows' desktop

What I'm trying to accomblish here is run a very simple jQuery script inside my Windows 7 desktop background. Some time ago I would just go on and use the Active Desktop gadget which would allow me to set any web page as my desktop background just…
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Test a window gadget without vista or windows 7?

I want to try http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb456468(VS.85).aspx#_sidebar_basic_example but i am on a pc without vista/windows 7. Is there a way to test the hello world gadget??? regards
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Windows Gadget cUrl

i developed a windows gadget to get basic information from a website, problem is to get this information we have to connect to the website, i solved this problem using curl with a php script $curl_handle = curl_init(); $curl_options = array( …
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playing a multiple videos in windows sidebar gadget

How to play a multiple videos by using actionscript in a windows sidebar?
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Send data to flyout, windows Sidebar Gadget

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does setting image's url in src attribute enables image to change if it is changed in internet

It's really hard to form my question title... I'm writing my own windows sidebar gadget , I want to show current moon phase , so I searched in internet for that and I got a websites that shows that : http://www.iceinspace.com.au/moonphase.html if I…
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An exception when downloading an image from url to siverlight c# project

I searched how to make a gadget for windows 7/vista programmatically in c# , at the end I downloaded a visual studio solution called SilverLightGadgetDebugger: The purpose of the SilverlightGadgetDebugger project is only to act as a debug session…
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Get Value of Span Element that was changed before by JavaScript

i am developing a gadget and i am using JavaScript to change innerHTML of span, but after some operations i need to read that value. Additionally i am using pre-entered value for spans but when i try to read new data function loads pre-entered…
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Non-system font on Windows Gadget

Let me preface this by saying I'm aware that gadgets have been discontinued, so this is really just a personal project. Any exercise is good exercise I say. Is there any way to supply your own font to a gadget by defining a font-face or otherwise,…
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