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Sidebar Gadget Article

A new year deserves a new OdeToCode article: "Developing Gadgets for the Windows Vista Sidebar".

Feedback is always appreciated.

Print | posted @ Tuesday, January 02, 2007 4:53 AM

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# re: Sidebar Gadget Article

by SFkilla at 1/13/2007 4:25 PM

Hey there,
This is some nice peace of info for those who want to start developping sidebar gadgets.
I've seen you use one of my creations! the HDD Meter... I can tell you it has been updated and is available on my board with many other gadgets... ;)

Link: http://com3.runboard.com/bsfkillaplace

Regards

SFkilla©

# re: Sidebar Gadget Article

by Mark Smith at 1/23/2007 2:40 AM

Thanks for the info on the gadget development. I'm trying to debug the javascript in our gadget, and I can't work out how to tell Visual Studio that I'm debugging a gadget not an ASP.NET website. Got any help on how to do that?

I went into VS2005, created a new

# re: Sidebar Gadget Article

by scott at 1/23/2007 4:10 AM

Mark:

What I did was use Attach To Process on the debug menu, an attached to the Sidebar.exe hosting my gadget. Then I could use the VS debugger with JavaScript.

# re: Sidebar Gadget Article

by Mohamed at 10/18/2009 5:43 AM

Hello :))
i just wanted to know if u have any idea where to find the extracted files (especially gadget.html) to see if changes take effect instantly (it would make everything easier i guess)
thanks

# re: Sidebar Gadget Article

by vikas at 11/8/2009 11:02 AM

Very good article.
Please send me code files for this article . Some css files are missing.

# re: Sidebar Gadget Article

by Tom at 2/17/2010 10:09 AM

Very good article. The only thing that I need help with is the .css files. Is there some way fro me to get a copy of the .css file for this gadget so I can see the rest of the information.

Thanks!

# re: Sidebar Gadget Article

by Tom at 2/17/2010 10:09 AM

Very good article. The only thing that I need help with is the .css files. Is there some way fro me to get a copy of the .css file for this gadget so I can see the rest of the information.

Thanks!