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.
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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
Gadgets
Bye.