Hi ppl, I need help. I followed the instructions in Live Gadget SDK. Installed IIS, created virtual folder, but when I view it from my browser (IE6), it shows the XML code instead of the gadget (eg: "Hello World", "Notepad").
did I miss out any of the process? or is it because of my IE version?
Please advise. Thanks!
You should not open the xml itself but as the SDK says:
- Go to live.com
- Click on Add stuff and Advanced Options
- Enter the url of your manifest ( for example http://localhost/Gadgets/hello/HelloWorldGadget.xml) in the box 'add gadget or feed url'
Or the easy way: Put http://www.live.com/?add=MANIFESTURL in the addressbar of your browser.
Maybe it's helpful to place other ways to test your gadget here (replace MANIFESTURL with the url of your gadget.xml) :
To test on live spaces use : http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=MANIFESTURL
Or testing without live.com or spaces: http://gadgets.start.com/gadget.aspx?dash=true&view=Custom&manifestUrl=MANIFESTURL
You can also put this address as a Start option in Visual basic or Visual Webdeveloper if you use one of these programms.
It is also demonstrated in the SDK.
However remember that on all these sites your gadget look slightly different.
As ToddOs pointed out in this threath it is is useful to test your gadget on the Gadget Platform Test
