As an easy-to-use application that provides information at a glance, a gadget allows users to quickly and easily obtain weather information, RSS news feeds, and much more. In Windows Vista, there are two types of gadgets, Sidebar and SideShow gadgets and Microsoft MVP author Wei-Meng Lee covers both. You'll begin by walking through the development of a simple gadget, and then each successive chapter breaks down the specific APIs that are relevant to enhancing a gadget so that you can clearly learn how a gadget is built.
- ISBN10 047017661X
- ISBN13 9780470176610
- Publish Date 30 November 2007
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 April 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 380
- Language English