What? absolutely no-one knows how Olczyk made the PreviewIt control??!! And what? He doesn't answer direct emails?!!
Great! On Aug 27, 10:03 am, Judah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Bijoy. > Anywhere I can find out how to create .exes that run inside the > desktop instead of .gg files? > > Judah > > On 26 אוגוסט, 20:08, "Bijoy Thangaraj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The PreviewIt gadget is packaged as an executable file (exe), unlike other > > script based gadgets. So it gets deployed on the installation location that > > you specify during installation, unlike .gg based gadgets which gets stored > > under ,,\My Documents\My Google Gadgets. > > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 7:49 PM, Judah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm trying to mimick the functionality of another gadget on available > > > for the google desktop called PreviewIt that lets one preview one's > > > documents. > > > It works by using IFilters and to my mind, its quite impressive and > > > I'd like to take it and supplement its functionality with a couple of > > > other features that I think are useful. > > > > I've emailed the fellow that wrote it - Olczyk Krzysztof - and asked > > > him a few questions but I've not had a reply and its been a while now. > > > So I wondered if anyone here on the forum knew how it worked. > > > > Firstly what baffled me was where the .gg file was. All I noticed > > > after installing it was a directory in my 'c:\Program Files' directory > > > called PreviewIt and an entry somewhere in the registry. There was > > > no .gg file on the computer that I could find (having checked many > > > places and running searches). If there is no .gg how did he get the > > > desktop to display his gadget? > > > > Secondly I wondered if I could have a code sample. It would save me a > > > fair bit of research if I could see how he calls the IFilter and how > > > he embeds the preview pane/IFilter control in the details view of the > > > control. > > > > If someone on the forum can help me with this I'd be most grateful as > > > it will save me a good deal of reworking of work thats already been > > > done. > > > > cheers, > > > Judah > > > -- > > Thanks and Regards, > > Bijoy Thangarajhttp://www.gdgadgets.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Desktop Developer Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Desktop-Developer?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
