Creating Vista Gadgets

Creating Vista Gadgets
Author: Rajesh Lal
Publisher: Sams Publishing
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2008
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0672329689

A one-stop resource for each aspect of designing and developing Sidebar gadgets, this handbook is ideal for anyone who wants to create killer gadgets. This volume includes complete design instructions for four never-before-seen gadgets and provides ready-to-use samples using .NET, XML, CSS and AJAX.

Microsoft Windows Vista Administration

Microsoft Windows Vista Administration
Author: Anthony Velte
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 626
Release: 2007-08-13
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0071595112

"I highly recommend this book, the ‘Vista Manual That Microsoft Never Wrote,' since it has everything about Vista that you need, and nothing you don't." --Stu Sjouwerman, Editor, WServerNews, wservernews.com; Founder, Sunbelt Software

Professional Windows Vista Gadgets Programming

Professional Windows Vista Gadgets Programming
Author: Wei-Meng Lee
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2008-01-07
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0470277149

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 gadgetsSidebar 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.

Windows Vista Sidebar

Windows Vista Sidebar
Author: Dave Konopka
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2007-10-29
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0470043946

Your visual blueprint to developing cool gadgets for the Windows OS "details all you need to know about programming Windows gadgets for the Vista operating system.