The Outlook Gadgets are here!!!

re: The Outlook Gadgets are here!!!

Szajd — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:16:46 GMT

Hi!

I'd almost say it's great, but the Upcoming Appointments gadget has a serious issue:

It doesn't get the date format per the reginoal settings of the machine, it writes it in US format, no matter where I'm from.

For example, in Outlook I see this (due to my Hungarian settings):

K 12-12 17:00 - 18:00

While in the sidebar it says:

Tue 12/12 17:00 PM - 18:00 PM

It's very bad like this at the moment.

Other than that, it's great.

(Oh, and the recurrence icon looks a bit retarded.)

re: The Outlook Gadgets are here!!!

BS — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:18:12 GMT

Hi!

How do I install these gadgets on a german Vista RTM with Office 2007 B2TR? Nothing happens right after I choose "Install". Or do I need the full version of Office 2007?

Thanks,

re: The Outlook Gadgets are here!!!

mmacbeth — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 19:39:50 GMT

Sorry guys - for the moment, the gadgets are US only.

-Melissa

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Joseph R. Jones — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:06:51 GMT

Me likey! This is good stuff-- I especially like being able to move to a "large" mode that shows more appts/tasks. Well done!

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Tekguru — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:42:28 GMT

No good for me as it reads the data in the local PST file insteead of my Exchange account :(

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davidacoder — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:11:49 GMT

Well, even when they are US only, they should still be able to cope with different settings for localised display of dates, as that setting can be changed on US versions of Windows as well.

Outlook Sidebar Gadgets, should OneNote get one too?

OneNote Extensibility & More.. — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:29:51 GMT

Over on Melissa's & Ryan's blog they announce the Outlook 2007 Sidebar gadgets for download:  Outlook

re: The Outlook Gadgets are here!!!

BS — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:55:31 GMT

Found a solution (just to get the taste of it) for german vista users:

- rename .gadget to .zip

- unzip

- add ".Gadget" to unzipped gadget folder name

- inside gadget folder: rename "en-Us" folder to "de-De" (or make a copy and rename)

[- translate de-De/js/strings.js and text in de-De/*.html ;) ]

- move gadget folder to "C:\Programme\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets"

- add gadgets to sidebar

re: The Outlook Gadgets are here!!!

Tom — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 03:27:08 GMT

Why don't the gadget's poll Outlook if Outlook isn't open?

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rgregg — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:00:13 GMT

Tom, the gadgets only poll when Outlook is running so that Outlook can shutdown properly when you don't want Outlook running. If the gadgets were to keep polling, Outlook would have to keep running so that new appointments and items would be downloaded from the server.

The gadgets do remember a number of upcoming appointments so that even if Outlook isn't running, future meetings and appointments will be displayed.

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OffBeatMammal — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 09:04:00 GMT

very cool. I'm using them both.

Shame they don't show something (or just disappear) if Outlook isn't running (rather than saying "Outlook not running")

Also... any chance of a WLM (or Communicator) gadget so we can dock that (and I'll add my 2c for a OneNote gadget as well)

re: The Outlook Gadgets are here!!!

mmacbeth — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:42:38 GMT

Actually, if Outlook *has* been running, then the gadgets will still show your tasks and appointments - from your last session of Outlook. (The gadget doesn't talk to servers, so if someone sends you a meeting request, and Outlook isn't running, the gadget doesn't show the new meeting request.)

To see this behavior in action, run Outlook, load the gadget, wait for the gadget to start showing appointments, then turn off Outlook.

-Melissa

Link Roundup 2006.12.13

Life, Universe and Everything according to Dirk — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:02:14 GMT

Announcing the release of the first "WPF/E" CTP Adobe Illustrator XAML exporter for "WPF/E" The Outlook

re: The Outlook Gadgets are here!!!

jwthomps — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:51:37 GMT

I want to retrieve my Office Live email from another email service. How do you set up email forwarding from Office Live Basic email? What is the POP mail server name?

Sidebar Gadget

K. Scott Allen — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:32:29 GMT

I find the Sidebar gadgets in Windows Vista appealing. I never thought this would happen. I've looked...

Sidebar Gadgets

Mirror blog entries from the industry — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:50:42 GMT

I find the Sidebar gadgets in Windows Vista appealing. I never thought this would happen. I've looked

re: The Outlook Gadgets are here!!!

Colin Bowern — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:42:25 GMT

It would be great to see support for task folders other than the "To-Do list" in the future.

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mmacbeth — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 07:13:41 GMT

Colin,

The To-Do List includes all task folders and all flagged mail and flagged contacts in the default store.

-Melissa

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someone — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:26:00 GMT

I just came to know that you guys have taken the stupidest decision of replacing the IE-based HTML engine with the Word one. Goodbye Outlook.

Internet Calendars

GCRya — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:16:34 GMT

How can i see my Gmail calendar? I am subscribed to it in Outlook as an Internet Calendar? Would i have to change some code?

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Can — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:18:32 GMT

GCRya,

You can subscribe to your GCal by going to Tools -> Account Settings -> Internet Calendars | New; and pasting your Private iCal URL you obtained from GCal.

-can

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Daniel — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:17:07 GMT

How about combining the 2 gadgets? I would like to see today and all my appts and tasks for today, then I would like to see tomorrow with all the tasks and appts for it. Also add total new emails to the gadget. And couldn't the appts be a bit smaller there is a blank line under the time, that just takes up space.

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johnycsharp — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:26:16 GMT

The Outlook Upcoming Appointments Gadget

Hi, I am wondering if there is an easy way to make this gadget read the contents of another folder besides the personal folder when gathering calendar data. It appears it shows only the upcoming appointments for calendars that have their data saved in the personal folder or it only reads the default calendar. I have internet calendars that are updated once a week with new appointments for me. Was wondering if I could get this gadget to read the data for these?

It would appear the reading of the appointments occurs here in the javascript?:

var session = application.Session;

var folder = session.GetDefaultFolder(9);

var items = folder.Items;

Any ideas/insight would be appreciated. Thanks.

tasks gadget gone

craven — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:15:15 GMT

The task gadget is gone from the gallery.

Will it come back or is it gone forever?

http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=98a101eb-2fc6-4c06-866c-14a6f5e05ab9&l=1

re: The Outlook Gadgets are here!!!

mmacbeth — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:52:12 GMT

Craven,

The gadget is back! Here is an updated link:

http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=ef27c368-814f-49d5-8167-603dfec628cd&l=1

-Melissa

Better gadget

mmmage — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:16:36 GMT

<a href='http://www.desksware.com'>PlainSight Desktop Calendar</a> is much better. At least, it does not need start Outlook first.

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John Crenshaw — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:27:51 GMT

The desksware product doesn't address the same need that the gadgets do. Having a gadget makes the information available instantly, no hassle. An example of something 'better' would be the Trog Bar ( http://www.priacta.com/trog ), since it's still a sidebar (though not a gadget,) light weight, does everything the gadgets do in the same amount of space, and does MORE than the gadgets do (manage email, edit tasks and calendar without opening Outlook, etc.)

On another note, I saw the gadgets a while ago. It looked like they had some serious bugs and shortcomings. Have these ever been addressed?

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markovich — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:19:22 GMT

I would like to see today and all my appts and tasks for today, then I would like to see tomorrow with all the tasks and appts for it.

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Alvis — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:00:34 GMT

I would really love to see Outlook's calendar itself incorporated into a gadget, instead of the calendar gadget we have now. The appointments is great, but let's have the whole calendar!

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Chris — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:40:03 GMT

I have a problem.

Outlook is running and Appointment gadget is running but I get "No upcoming appointments". And my calendar clearly shows I have appointments.

Any ideas?

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mmacbeth — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:58:58 GMT

Chris,

Does your To-Do Bar show any appointments? The To-Do Bar and the gadget both pull appointments from your default calendar, and should be showing the same thing.

-Melissa

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Richard — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:27:47 GMT

I have the same problem as chris. My to-do bar shows my appointments but the gadget still says no data availible...any help?

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garfield — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:25:19 GMT

Hi,

What if I develop gadget with .NET interop that communicates with outlook through .NET component.

Will outlook AD users see their tasks/appointments then ?