Or you can click the globe icon and see the time difference and distance between your two locations, as well as their locations on a world map. You can download the Area Code gadget here. Click the left and right arrows to see what the moon phases were last month or what they're going to be next month.
I'm always running across foreign words or phrases, or I may want to slip a foreign word into something I'm writing. This compact little Language Translator gadget uses the Google translator for translation between an amazing number of languages. This last gadget has saved me much time and effort. If you use Microsoft Office, you know that the Office Clipboard -- unlike the one built into the OS -- will hold more than one item at a time.
But what if you're not using Office? How many times do you copy something to the Clipboard, then copy something else over it and wish you could go back and paste the previous bit of text?
I do that all the time when editing complicated documents, but with the Vista Clipboard, the previous data is deleted when you put something new on the Clipboard. My only gripe with Clip Collector is that it saves only text items, so if you copy a graphic to the clipboard, it's not saved. Since I'm usually working with text in documents and articles, that's not a big deal, but it would be really nice if copied and cut graphics could also be saved.
You can find all of the above gadgets on the Live Gallery Web site. I am always on the lookout for new, useful gadgets. In particular I'm still looking for a good Imperial to Metric converter gadget. I've tried one called Unit Converter , but it doesn't work as well as I'd like.
It is also your last chance to save any settings if need be. I strongly suggest that you "lint" your code before deployment. This will not only make your code better, but it may even root out some bugs before they happen. Lint was the original name given to a tool that flagged problem areas in C source code.
It is now a general term applied to many source languages. One of the better lint applications for JavaScript is a free online tool called JSLint available at www. This article will go a long way to helping you write a better gadget. When a gadget is nestled in the Sidebar, it is considered to be in the docked state.
Once dragged onto the desktop, it is floating or undocked. As I mentioned, the maximum width for a docked gadget is pixels. An undocked gadget has no restriction on width, allowing you to design an expanded view. You can take advantage of this extra room to provide a richer experience. Figure 2 shows my MSDN Magazine Ticker gadget that shows scrolling article headlines from the most recent issue and a weather gadget that ships with Windows Vista in both their docked and floating states.
The weather gadget is an excellent example of a gadget that provides a richer experience when floating—it goes from giving just the current temperature to giving a detailed three day forecast. Note that there is an undocumented minimum height of 57 pixels for a gadget whether docked or floating. The reason for this minimum is simple: the height of the toolbar when a gadget is in its floating state is 57 pixels see Figure 3. You can query the current state of a gadget with System.
It returns true if docked, false if undocked. There are also two events that you can monitor, System. You cannot simply change the class of the document.
Instead, you must specifically set the properties of the style object of the body element. To change the background image, use the System. You can use this window for anything you wish. There is no maximum size imposed for flyout windows. A good example of a gadget that uses a flyout is the Stocks gadget that ships with Windows Vista. The Live Search gadget also uses a flyout, displaying search results for the query you entered.
Note that Sidebar gadget flyouts are system modal—only one can be displayed at a time. Furthermore, when a gadget loses focus, its flyout will close.
The flyout APIs are exposed from the System. Flyout object. As such, you need to provide a separate flyout HTML file, along with any other necessary supporting files. The flyout file is specified by setting System. There is an API you can use to facilitate communication between the main and flyout windows.
You can use this from the main gadget window to dynamically generate HTML in the flyout window. There are also events that can be captured by both the main and flyout code. These include onShow, which is called just after the flyout document has been created, and onHide, which is called just before the flyout document is destroyed.
You can programmatically show or hide the flyout by setting System. And reading this value will tell you the current state of the flyout window. Keep in mind that you cannot control the location of the flyout. Sidebar determines the location based on screen real estate and the position of the gadget itself. For example, the flyout could be displayed to the left or to the right of the gadget.
Or even below it. The options dialog allows you to present the user with a list of gadget preferences. The user experience can be most anything you want. The dialog can be just like a regular Web page with radio buttons, checkboxes, and textboxes. When a user opens the options dialog of a gadget, Sidebar takes a snapshot of the gadget and displays the image as a small icon see Figure 6. I would like to point out that there is some ambiguity when it comes to the name of this dialog.
When you right-click on a gadget, the gadget UI presents a menu that refers to this as "Options. I was a bit surprised to find that user settings are stored in a circa INI file instead of a more modern XML file. Fortunately, there are gadget APIs to read and write settings, so where and how the settings are stored is of little concern to you or your application.
There are a few caveats when it comes to creating your options UI. The width of the user area of the dialog is limited to a maximum of pixels. There is no height limit, but the Microsoft UX Guide for Windows Vista Gadgets recommends a maximum width of pixels and a height of no more than pixels. If you need more room, you should probably create a tabbed dialog. You need to instruct the gadget to enable the options icon.
This is done by setting System. You also need to set up a callback function for when the options dialog closes so your gadget can read the new user preferences. You do this by setting System. Choose your Dream from our extensive library to personalize your pc. IconPackager is a program that allows users to change nearly all of their Windows icons at once by applying "packages" of icons.
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