Windows SideShow Gadgets in C#

Posted By: Daniel Moth | Jan 19th, 2007 @ 8:01 AM | 18,662 Views | 7 Comments

Author: Hi, I am Daniel Moth Smiley

Introduction: Windows SideShow is an exciting new Vista technology that you can read about on my blog here and here. Managed application developers can learn about writing SideShow gadgets on my blog here, here and here.

Video download: Click on the image to play the video (from a streaming file). If you'd prefer to download the wmv packaged in a zip file, you may do so here.

Video Contents:
00'00'' – 00'35'' Title intro slide
00'35'' – 02'57'' SideShow devices slide
02'57'' – 04'27'' Architecture slide
04'27'' – 08'37'' DEMO Simulator and SideShow tour
08'37'' – 11'12'' DEMO Gadgets in the registry and in the Control Panel
11'12'' – 16'40'' DEMO Installing/registering a gadget via C#
16'50'' – 20'00'' DEMO Sending glance content and notifications via C#
20'00'' – 34'30'' DEMO Sending SCF pages via C#
34'30'' – 36'00'' DEMO More on the managed API in Object Browser
36'00'' – 37'04'' Summary slide and links to resources
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#Jan 19th, 2007 @ 11:28 AM
bwmartens
bwmartens
Great video! I'm very excited about the innovation we'll see in the Sideshow space. Are there any Sideshow clients that I can load onto a normal computer? I'll be getting a Sideshow photo frame one of these days, but until then it would be nice to just set my laptop on the end table and let it show the info.
#Jan 19th, 2007 @ 3:03 PM
Daniel Moth
Daniel Moth
Developer
Thanks, this is definitely a space we are going to see explode as new devices come out Wink

For showing your content on a laptop/PC I guess you could just run the simulator (lower your resolution all the way to make it fill more of the screen). Sorry, I am not aware of actual PC client SideShow renderers.
#Mar 27th, 2008 @ 6:51 PM
smtjason
smtjason
I agree there is tremendous potential with SideShow to bring info and data beyond the desktop and laptop expanding the vista experience. Unfortunately I think MS has fallen extremely short here.

My related post on the SideShow forum:
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3048676&SiteID=1http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3048676&SiteID=1

The software just isn't where it needs to be and the elusive devices that the whole strategy is based on is not there. 

-JR
#Apr 7th, 2008 @ 5:35 PM
Daniel Moth
Daniel Moth
Developer
JR, thank you for posting to the forums, because that is where generic SideShow discussions belong (this thread here is only about my specific video). I hope that the reply you got there renews your interest in SideShow.
#Jul 19th, 2008 @ 1:43 PM
arpvark
arpvark
Great article Daniel,

I only have one question,
I am new to programming and i'm stuck at registering the GUID into the registry...
Is that a permissions problem?
I get an error "ArgumentException was unhandled"   Gadget GUID (6700ee86-65556-....) not in registry


thanks in advance,

D.
#Feb 24th @ 2:23 AM
imcuteani
imcuteani
Anne
Nice Video incorporated with Windows Sidebar development...
must be corporated with compact C#.
#Nov 8th @ 11:45 AM
Daniel Moth
Daniel Moth
Developer

Glad you enjoyed it.

 

For any questions, the SideShow forums have change to be here:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/windowssideshow/threads/

 

Cheers

Daniel

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