Is it possible to run WPF/E in a Windows SideBar Gadget? I was hoping to build a demo of a SideBar Gadget that plays video, but I can't even get a basic WPF/E file to render in the SideBar.
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You are mixing some things up here.
Actually I'm not. :)
Windows Sidebar gadgets are made up of html + javascript. So WPF/E would be a great fit (if I could get it to work).
On the face of it, SideBar Gadgets should be able to use WPF/E, but in my testing I couldn't get it to work. My guess is that there is some prohibition to using the <object /> tag...but I am not sure what they are using to host the gadget.
Perhaps someone in WPF/E could chime in, but I think the real answer is to be had over on the SideBar forums.
Actually, I got it working with a small sample. Here is a link to my blog entry with a simple example:
http://adoguy.com/2007/01/30/WPF_E_In_a_Sidebar_Gadget.aspx
Okay, so now I can get the WPF/E loaded and everything works except I can't reference images or videos, even if they are in the same folder. I know I read about this somewhere, but is this a known bug and will it be fixed anytime soon?
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