I've been running it as a .gg file but I didn't open it every time I log on.
It happens that after I install the widget, after doing some changes on it, and after saving those changes into options dictionary, when I try to restart the pc, all the changes are lost. The only way I've figured out to persist data is clicking on another widget that has a working persistance and change something there. I have no idea what's going on. Kind regards, Rafael On Aug 7, 1:23 pm, Teo <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you been running the gadget as a .gg file or as a .gmanifest file? I > think the manual install of a .gg erases the options for security reasons... > > 2009/8/7 Rafael Brandão <[email protected]> > > > > > > > Thank you for the reply! > > > I mistyped the function, but I've been using "putValue()" correctly. I > > have no idea what's going on but it is still not properly saving > > changes, only if I go to another widget and change any piece of > > information there, what's really weird (I was running the google > > sidebar at Windows XP, perhaps that's the reason). > > > Is there any change that it's a bug on google gadgets' API? > > > Kind regards, > > Rafael > > > On Aug 6, 3:05 pm, Benjamin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Actually there is no setValue() method, the correct method is called > > > putValue(). There is no additional method or action necessary to > > > instruct Google Desktop to actually store the options. Every putValue > > > () call is automatically stored. You can even use options as a > > > temporary storage for information and it will work. > > > > Best regards, > > > Benjamin > > > > On Aug 5, 10:49 pm, Rafael <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Greetings! > > > > > I've been in troubles trying to make my widget persist certain types > > > > of data. Actually, I've learned about JSON and it is working fine. I'm > > > > also using "options.setValue()" to keep data. However, it seens that I > > > > have to trigger something else to confirm all the changes inside the > > > > options dictionary. It's like changing the value is not enough. > > > > > What else I have to do inside the widget to make sure that it will > > > > persist data? > > > > > I've realized that the widget only persists data when I change the > > > > focused widget to any other that has a working data persistance, i.e. > > > > the note draft widget. So all I need to do is to click there, inside > > > > the edit box, and when THAT widget saves its data, it will save the > > > > data of my widget. > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Rafael > > -- > Teo (a.k.a. Teominator a.k.a. Teodor Filimon) > sitewww.teodorfilimon.com| blogwww.teodorfilimon.blogspot.com > GMT +2 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
