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HTML is quite easy for people to get started with, pretty broadly known, light weight, rich enough (if you work hard at it or have nice graphics), etc.. so there is a good set of reasons why the sidebar folks chose HTML as the presentation technology Read More...
Last post we did a REST call using XmlHttp from a sidebar gadget... but let's admit it, we were all doing xmlhttp calls in 2000 and we were 'geeks'... it was not until 2005? that this exact same code became "cool" because it was called AJAX ... So here Read More...
This will walk you through how to make REST (GET,POST) calls from a sidebar gadget using XmlHttp.. ( 20 mins or less, if you have asp .net) There are plenty of samples on the web for using XmlHttp, so will go quick and we will touch in a few of the 'more Read More...
Learn in 15 mins how to wire up a sidebar gadget to save settings, notify you when docking, undocking, and show/hide a Flyout.. Read More...
 
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