My First Gadget!

ProCookie · 01-15-2007, 09:59 AM

Yay! i made my first gadget for my sidebar

its a bit basic but its what i was after. check it out.....it only does my tag at the momnet hoping to expand on that when i get some time

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crabby · 01-15-2007, 10:04 AM

That is incredible and fantastic and immensly cool!!!

Howto?

crabby

ProCookie · 01-15-2007, 10:12 AM

thanks crabby! yeah i enjoyed making it, its great for when I'm round my Friends house because my family can see what games I'm playing and if i get any cool achievements like completing a game and such

to anyone who wants to get started making gadgets check out this tutorial, its easy to follow and gets you straight into it. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...rviews/gdo.asp

If anybody wants a copy of my gadget but with there gamer tag instead of mine give me a shout i will be happy to do it.

felix8406 · 01-15-2007, 10:44 AM

Nice job Anthony. Thanks for the information (link) to creating the gadget.

ProCookie · 01-15-2007, 02:32 PM

No Problem Felix, its actually quite fun when you get into it. you only need to create a few files and they can all be created with something as simple as notepad.

Znod · 01-15-2007, 02:33 PM

I like it; not bad at all. How to as crabby said?

ProCookie · 01-15-2007, 02:46 PM

How to?? do you mean as in how to make this actually gadget???

Well this one is simple first of all i made the background on paint then i made a folder in the gadgets directory in my case i called it gamer.gadget. then i made the HTML file within this folder. The file included the information needed to connect to box.com and check my gamer info (basically a link). Then i used CSS in my HTML file to change how the gamer tag was displayed on my gadget, for example position, font size and such. Then i had to turn this basic HTML file into a gadget, to do this i made an XML file with the right code in this document, this code included author info, product name and version info. Then thats it really.......if i were to spend more time on this gadget i would add an options menu and an icon on the gadgets menu, eventually i will make it so anybody can type there gamer tag in the options and the tag is refreshed to show there gamer tag. This would involve me making an environmental variable on a new file called settings.HTML.

Znod · 01-15-2007, 02:51 PM

Very cool. Thanks much.

ProCookie · 01-17-2007, 09:17 AM

This is sort of like my BETA 2 stage at the moment

Heres the fixes and features i have added:

New Offline/Online/Busy/Away indicator
Auto refreshes after 10 seconds
Achievements on last 3 played games added
Text size reduced
Updated UI
Gadget icon added
Description an information added
Gadget resizing bug fixed

i know its only a sidebar gadget, but im hoping to publish it when its ready so i want to get it right

felix8406 · 01-17-2007, 02:39 PM

This shows that you are very artistic and creative; nice job. Use your talent...there's always someone out there in need of your services.

ProCookie · 01-17-2007, 03:47 PM

Well they do say that Libra's are the most creative of people lol Plus i love doing things to kill boredom

01-15-2007, 09:59 AM	#1
ProCookie Special Member - Vista Babble Promoter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,676	My First Gadget! Yay! i made my first gadget for my sidebar its a bit basic but its what i was after. check it out.....it only does my tag at the momnet hoping to expand on that when i get some time __________________ [COLOR="Red"][B][SIZE="2"]ALL THINGS WINDOWS 7 AND MORE! [URL="http://www.edgarstudios.co.uk"]VISIT MY BLOG[/SIZE][/URL][/B][/COLOR]
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01-15-2007, 10:04 AM	#2
crabby Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Salisbury, UK Posts: 2,355	That is incredible and fantastic and immensly cool!!! Howto? crabby
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01-15-2007, 10:12 AM	#3
ProCookie Special Member - Vista Babble Promoter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,676	thanks crabby! yeah i enjoyed making it, its great for when I'm round my Friends house because my family can see what games I'm playing and if i get any cool achievements like completing a game and such to anyone who wants to get started making gadgets check out this tutorial, its easy to follow and gets you straight into it. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...rviews/gdo.asp If anybody wants a copy of my gadget but with there gamer tag instead of mine give me a shout i will be happy to do it. __________________ [COLOR="Red"][B][SIZE="2"]ALL THINGS WINDOWS 7 AND MORE! [URL="http://www.edgarstudios.co.uk"]VISIT MY BLOG[/SIZE][/URL][/B][/COLOR]
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01-15-2007, 10:44 AM	#4
felix8406 ABXpert Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 3,628	Nice job Anthony. Thanks for the information (link) to creating the gadget. __________________ Your site for Free Always software: [URL="http://http://www.softdorm.com/"]http://http://www.softdorm.com/[/URL]
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01-15-2007, 02:32 PM	#5
ProCookie Special Member - Vista Babble Promoter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,676	No Problem Felix, its actually quite fun when you get into it. you only need to create a few files and they can all be created with something as simple as notepad. __________________ [COLOR="Red"][B][SIZE="2"]ALL THINGS WINDOWS 7 AND MORE! [URL="http://www.edgarstudios.co.uk"]VISIT MY BLOG[/SIZE][/URL][/B][/COLOR]
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01-15-2007, 02:33 PM	#6
Znod ABXpert Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 3,136	I like it; not bad at all. How to as crabby said? __________________ [CENTER][sigpic][/sigpic] [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"][/COLOR][URL=http://homepage.mac.com/donv1/.Pictures/Vista/Bannerxx.jpg][B]Larger Sig Pic Linked Here[/B][/URL][/CENTER]
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01-15-2007, 02:46 PM	#7
ProCookie Special Member - Vista Babble Promoter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,676	How to?? do you mean as in how to make this actually gadget??? Well this one is simple first of all i made the background on paint then i made a folder in the gadgets directory in my case i called it gamer.gadget. then i made the HTML file within this folder. The file included the information needed to connect to box.com and check my gamer info (basically a link). Then i used CSS in my HTML file to change how the gamer tag was displayed on my gadget, for example position, font size and such. Then i had to turn this basic HTML file into a gadget, to do this i made an XML file with the right code in this document, this code included author info, product name and version info. Then thats it really.......if i were to spend more time on this gadget i would add an options menu and an icon on the gadgets menu, eventually i will make it so anybody can type there gamer tag in the options and the tag is refreshed to show there gamer tag. This would involve me making an environmental variable on a new file called settings.HTML. __________________ [COLOR="Red"][B][SIZE="2"]ALL THINGS WINDOWS 7 AND MORE! [URL="http://www.edgarstudios.co.uk"]VISIT MY BLOG[/SIZE][/URL][/B][/COLOR]
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01-15-2007, 02:51 PM	#8
Znod ABXpert Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 3,136	Very cool. Thanks much. __________________ [CENTER][sigpic][/sigpic] [COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"][/COLOR][URL=http://homepage.mac.com/donv1/.Pictures/Vista/Bannerxx.jpg][B]Larger Sig Pic Linked Here[/B][/URL][/CENTER]
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01-17-2007, 09:17 AM	#9
ProCookie Special Member - Vista Babble Promoter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,676	This is sort of like my BETA 2 stage at the moment Heres the fixes and features i have added: New Offline/Online/Busy/Away indicator Auto refreshes after 10 seconds Achievements on last 3 played games added Text size reduced Updated UI Gadget icon added Description an information added Gadget resizing bug fixed i know its only a sidebar gadget, but im hoping to publish it when its ready so i want to get it right __________________ [COLOR="Red"][B][SIZE="2"]ALL THINGS WINDOWS 7 AND MORE! [URL="http://www.edgarstudios.co.uk"]VISIT MY BLOG[/SIZE][/URL][/B][/COLOR]
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01-17-2007, 02:39 PM	#10
felix8406 ABXpert Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 3,628	This shows that you are very artistic and creative; nice job. Use your talent...there's always someone out there in need of your services. __________________ Your site for Free Always software: [URL="http://http://www.softdorm.com/"]http://http://www.softdorm.com/[/URL]
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01-17-2007, 03:47 PM	#11
ProCookie Special Member - Vista Babble Promoter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,676	Well they do say that Libra's are the most creative of people lol Plus i love doing things to kill boredom __________________ [COLOR="Red"][B][SIZE="2"]ALL THINGS WINDOWS 7 AND MORE! [URL="http://www.edgarstudios.co.uk"]VISIT MY BLOG[/SIZE][/URL][/B][/COLOR]
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