What is the process of converting win32 application (a small popup window actually) to win7 gadget? Do I need to convert my exe to activex component, can I still use TForm ?
it would be nice to have support for both Win7 + Vista.
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A:
The Windows Vista/7 gadgets are essentially mini-HTML applications. The user interface is composed of pages containing regular HTML, CSS ,images and potentially ActiveX controls.
So the only way to use your win32 application into a gadget is convert the application to a Activex Control.
You can read these articles
Activex
- Building ActiveX Controls with Delphi (This article is old but is still useful)
- Delphi and Active Forms
- Converting a standard Delphi Form to an ActiveForm
Gadgets
Bye.
RRUZ
2009-10-27 08:49:55
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A:
If you are able to read German, there is a tutorial at www.delphipraxis.net. Perhaps someone may translate it to English...
Uwe Raabe
2009-10-27 10:38:13
skamradt
2009-10-27 16:23:34
The translation is just rubbish, but I like the "dolphin" ;)
Uwe Raabe
2009-10-30 07:51:37