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Good WPF or silverlight windows gadget examples

Does anyone have a good example of a WPF or silverlight windows gadget?

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norlando Avatar asked Nov 20 '09 14:11

norlando


1 Answers

norlando02,

Hello, I've come across a few sidebar gadget demos and tutorials online. I'll list them here for your review. Hopefully some of them catch your eye, and help you in your endeavorers.

WPF:

  • http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/3d-gadget-WPF.aspx
  • http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/WPFGadget.aspx
  • Part 1: http://blogs.msdn.com/karstenj/default.aspx
  • Part 2: http://blogs.msdn.com/karstenj/archive/2006/10/09/activex-wpf-gadget.aspx
  • This one was removed from the source site, but it still has some nice (cached) information:
    http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:2G8BDYIxUnMJ:www.stoyanoff.info/code/wss/A%2520Guide%2520to%2520Writing%2520WPF%2520Gadgets.pdf+A+Guide+to+Developing+Windows+Presentation+Foundation+Gadgets+for+Windows+Sidebar&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiddo987Inzj03id5U2_bYiYiIvdoRbI9H6R74GF7BXFTJHVDwrxYexKwLQprAsHELSA6EG3aQKdfgii0Q2EqkOJwzk2_qa2n1pAdweTRRt4mTE1n4-LDhdpRnbvRCmjSA5Dvkt&sig=AHIEtbRvXs8b4Z5iUYwIds1yQhkg-1L-mw
    (No longer cached)

Silverlight:

  • http://www.lazarciuc.ro/ioan/2008/08/02/creating-a-vista-sidebar-gadget-using-microsoft-silverlight/
  • http://blog.benhall.me.uk/2007/05/vista-sidebar-gadget-using-silverlight.html
  • Stack Overflow: Silverlight 2 Sidebar Gadget
  • Detailed Video: http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles_Sterling/Building-a-Windows-Side-Bar-gadget-for-tracking-traffic/

I hope thses references help,

Thanks!

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Scott Avatar answered Sep 21 '22 00:09

Scott