Cüneyt asked about embedding html javscript xml etc in a PowerPro bar. > ... What I wanted was to have desktop widgets ... > ... I could program an analog JavaScript clock, pack it into a PP bar > and pin it to the desktop. Or I could use some XSLT to put the latest > feeds and blogs right onto my desktop (I had once done a reader for > PP but it needed PHP). Or I could use HTML/JS to have a units converter, > file uploader, graph plotter, weather info bar, etc pp.
There are already several ways to make and show widgets, mostly freeware, such as AveDesk, KlipFolio, Samurize, Google Gadgets, Opera Widgets, Yahoo Widgets (formerly Konfabulator), Stardock DesktopX, and even Microsoft is catching up with their gadgets for Vista sidebar. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_widget_engines It would be easy to make any of those objects *seem* to be embedded in a PowerPro bar. Actually instead of embedding or attaching the widget/gadget/gizmo/gimmick to a bar, you would attach the bar to the gimmick container with the usual bar positioning features. A PowerPro bar next to a widget could look like one object if they are skinned alike. IMHO it would be unwise and unnecessary for PowerPro to expand into that area. It could add a lot of bloat and overhead, new bugs and performance issues, etc, and possibly not do it as well as some of the widget engines listed above, which specialize in doing htm, php, etc, based widgets without attempting all the Windows API based stuff that PowerPro is specially good at. If you're into that stuff, it would be better to use the existing software and participate in their related communities. Those widget apps have their own forums and galleries of many free example widgets - a thousand clocks, unit converters, RSS feeds of stock prices and weather "right on your desktop", all the usual trash, plus help and support for creating your own, if making yet another JavaScript clock is the best way to spend your time. Among the exciting possibilities: Your life could be enhanced with a widget (semi-transparent and skinned with rounded corners of course) which downloads a new ringtone each day for your mobile phone. tHaT wOuLd bE sO cOoL ----------------------------------------------------- I was about to send the message above when I saw another message from Cüneyt, again asking Bruce to do a huge amount of work: > Using IE only, you can't put a borderless, titleless window on the > desktop or embed a small 200x15 scrolling RSS-feed in a PP-bar. Think > about it. Desktop widgets, Internet pages, newstickers, games, > JavaScript, and all that jazz in Powerpro. Oh boy, it'd be great! Oh boy, if that stuff would be great, why would it be any better "in Powerpro" than in one of the existing widget programs or in a browser? > You could define a new cl-function, e.g. cl.InsertURL and related > delete, change, etc. functions. We might have to think about this > thoroughly. Who do you mean by "We"? > Have you seen Opera's widgets? What I have in mind should look > much like those. So use Opera widgets. I've seen some amazing feature requests over the years. This one wins a prize for the least additional usefulness compared to the amount of work required. Attention: PowerPro's Web site has moved: http://www.ppro.org Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/power-pro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
