AJAX-enabled Vista Sidebar Gadgets
Posted by: smarx.com - developing for the new web,
on 31 Jan 2007 |
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A while ago, Jaime Rodriguez, a coworker of mine posted about how to use ASP.NET AJAX from a Vista Sidebar Gadget. That was on a Beta version of ASP.NET AJAX (which was then called "Atlas"). Since then, it's gotten even easier, so I thought I'd write up a quick hello world gadget. As an added bonus, I'll also show how to use a PHP backend, based on PHP for Microsoft AJAX Library.
What we'll make
We'll make a sidebar gadget with a textbox and a button. The user types their name in the textbox...