First, I'm not sure if I'm placing this in the appropriate place; so forgive me moderators if this is in the wrong section. Now, with that out of the way...
I'm not much of a developer, by any means of the imagination, I'm simply a user with a meager request for a program to be developed. I would like an application / program to take advantage of Vista's Sidebar and 7's Gadgets capabilities. I'm wanting something that will launch/start/run a specific user defined gadget to be placed on the desktop (Not Simply Installing It). It would be a simple executable with some way to run a user defined gadget; with settings to allow specifying of the gadget to be run from the application and it's path. The application would also allow defining of a suitable icon to be represented in the taskbar on execution. Also it would be nice to have an option to disable/hide the gadget while not in use.
Basically the whole purpose of this, is to allow me to "pin" a gadget to the taskbar/powerbar to be started at will, and not be shown all the time; and to eliminate the need and hassle of digging through menus to start the gadget again.
I've used google to search high and low for a simple execution string I could place in a shortcut path to accomplish the the same feat. i.e. "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe" {parameters} like a "RunGadget" switch etc. ... with no such luck... :( I did however come across this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd378390(VS.85).aspx and this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd370867(VS.85).aspx Perhaps one of you finely gifted developers could use such information to make such a program a reality. How cool would it be to run the Weather Gadget or a Pandora Gadget at will and be able to have it pined to the taskbar? :cool: Thank you for taking the time to read all of this gibberish. I hope my wishes are actualized. If you are able to come up with any type of solution/remedy please let me know. Thank You
Please bump this if you too would also like to see this Program as a reality, or simply give us your thoughts.
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First, I'm not sure if I'm placing this in the appropriate place; so forgive me moderators if this is in the wrong section. Now, with that out of the way...
I'm not much of a developer, by any means of the imagination, I'm simply a user with a meager request for a program to be developed. I would like an application / program to take advantage of Vista's Sidebar and 7's Gadgets capabilities. I'm wanting something that will launch/start/run a specific user defined gadget to be placed on the desktop (Not Simply Installing It). It would be a simple executable with some way to run a user defined gadget; with settings to allow specifying of the gadget to be run from the application and it's path. The application would also allow defining of a suitable icon to be represented in the taskbar on execution. Also it would be nice to have an option to disable/hide the gadget while not in use.
Basically the whole purpose of this, is to allow me to "pin" a gadget to the taskbar/powerbar to be started at will, and not be shown all the time; and to eliminate the need and hassle of digging through menus to start the gadget again.
I've used google to search high and low for a simple execution string I could place in a shortcut path to accomplish the the same feat. i.e. "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe" {parameters} like a "RunGadget" switch etc. ... with no such luck... :( I did however come across this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd378390(VS.85).aspx and this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd370867(VS.85).aspx Perhaps one of you finely gifted developers could use such information to make such a program a reality. How cool would it be to run the Weather Gadget or a Pandora Gadget at will and be able to have it pined to the taskbar? :cool: Thank you for taking the time to read all of this gibberish. I hope my wishes are actualized. If you are able to come up with any type of solution/remedy please let me know. Thank You
Please bump this if you too would also like to see this Program as a reality, or simply give us your thoughts.
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