Questions tagged [google-desktop]
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how embed flash video in google desktop gadget?
I have a requirement where I need to create a Google desktop gadget which can play flash videos from a given video URL. For example, if I give "http://www.example.com/xyz.flv" then the gadget should play that video.
Please provide some sample code…
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Read Local Registry with Browser Based Javascript - Google Desktop API
Can I use javascript in a Google Chrome packaged app (a.k.a. browser extension) to read a user's local registry key (i.e. stored query url, a.k.a. the search_url key for Google Desktop)? If so, some example code to access this would be much…
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Check if an object is an element on google desktop
In javascript on a browser, I can do this to see if an object is DOM-related:
obj instanceof Node
How do I accomplish this with google desktop? Node is undefined, and this doesn't work either:
obj instanceof basicElement
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Google Desktop - Possible to create a gadget with a pop-up window?
I'm trying to write a kind of wrapper for arbitrary Google Desktop gadgets where I will display some information about a given gadget. I need a way to display this info that will work for every gadget. The easiest way, I figure, is to have a window…
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Google Desktop parameters for separate html form search
I'd like to use an html form for users to type in their search terms and then update iframes on a page with the src attribute being the search page of multiple sites, namely Google Desktop, Salesforce and our development wiki. The issue I'm having…
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Dynamically create an element in google desktop
How can I dynamically create elements, like labels and such, using the google desktop API? Put differently, how can I duplicate the browser's:
document.createElement('br');
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How to open a folder in windows from web page on localhost?
I know you can't open/link local resources from the browsers for security reasons, but i wonder how google does that.
If you ever used Google Desktop, you know you can search your computer from a web page, and yes, you can open files, folders etc.…
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Compiling Silverlight app sometimes fails due to Google Desktop
I am using Google Desktop on my machine.
When I want to build my Silverlight 4 app in Visual studio 2010, 1 out of 30 (roughly) times the build will fail saying "The "SubsetFontsSilverlight" task failed unexpectedly" and then it explains that the…
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How to save user preferences in Google desktop gadget?
I want to save the user preferences in a Google Desktop Gadget.
I am not able to find any documents for it.
Can anyone tell me how can I do that?
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What language is used in Google Desktop gadgets?
The language Google Desktop gadgets use resembles JavaScript, but it's different in subtle ways. For example, I saw this line in a gadget:
options(HISTORY_OPTIONS_NAME) = items_.join("|");
which looks like it's assigning to a function call. That's…
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