delphiwindows-7windows-desktop-gadgets

converting TForm win32 app to Win7 gadget (delphi)


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.


Solution

  • 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

    Gadgets

    Bye.