问题
What is the process of converting win32 application (a small popup window actually) to win7 gadget? Do I need to convert my exe to activex component, can I still use TForm ?
it would be nice to have support for both Win7 + Vista.
回答1:
The Windows Vista/7 gadgets are essentially mini-HTML applications. The user interface is composed of pages containing regular HTML, CSS ,images and potentially ActiveX controls.
So the only way to use your win32 application into a gadget is convert the application to a Activex Control.
You can read these articles
Activex
- Building ActiveX Controls with Delphi (This article is old but is still useful)
- Delphi and Active Forms
- Converting a standard Delphi Form to an ActiveForm
Gadgets
- Introduction to the Gadget Platform
- Developing a Gadget for Windows Sidebar
Bye.
回答2:
If you are able to read German, there is a tutorial at www.delphipraxis.net. Perhaps someone may translate it to English...
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1629401/converting-tform-win32-app-to-win7-gadget-delphi