http://blogs.msdn.com/rgregg/archive/tags/gadgets/default.aspxTags: gadgetsen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/rgregg/archive/2006/12/07/update-on-the-outlook-gadgets.aspxThu, 07 Dec 2006 09:51:56 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1230923rgregg3http://blogs.msdn.com/rgregg/comments/1230923.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/rgregg/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1230923http://blogs.msdn.com/rgregg/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1230923<p></p> <p>Well, after two days out in the wild, some reports are coming in of problems with the gadgets.&nbsp; We've isolated these problems down to two known issues:</p> <ul> <li>The gadgets don't appear to do anything on computers with a UI language other than English</li> <li>The appointments gadget incorrectly displays appointments if the locale settings of the machine are set to a locale that has a different date/time formatting than US English.</li></ul> <p>Unfortunately the first bug is by design for now, because the gadget is only available currently on English builds of Windows.&nbsp; However, if you want to "go it alone" <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/melissamacbeth/archive/2006/12/05/the-outlook-gadgets-are-here.aspx#1212762">check out this comment</a> posted over on Melissa's blog, which indicates one way to get support for your language.</p> <p>The second issue is unfortunately something that slipped through our design and testing and is related to the way Outlook handles date/time formatting.&nbsp; For those developers in the audience, Outlook uses locale-specific date/time formatting in DASL and JET restrictions, which means that it can be difficult to generate specific date time restrictions in a deterministic way.&nbsp; However, for the gadgets I've come up with a workaround and we're validating the fix and resting the gadgets and with the plan to have an updated version of the gadget available soon.</p> <p>I'll let you know as soon as we have an update available.</p><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1230923" width="1" height="1">gadgetssidebarhttp://blogs.msdn.com/rgregg/archive/2006/12/05/outlook-gadgets-now-available.aspxTue, 05 Dec 2006 08:02:03 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1209218rgregg19http://blogs.msdn.com/rgregg/comments/1209218.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/rgregg/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1209218http://blogs.msdn.com/rgregg/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1209218<p></p> <p>I’m happy to announce that tonight the first two official Office gadgets went live on <a href="http://gallery.microsoft.com">gallery.microsoft.com</a>!&nbsp; If you’re running Windows Vista and Outlook 2007 then I encourage you to go out and download the gadgets and get the experience of the Outlook To Do bar from the Windows SideBar. <p>I take a special interest in these because I was closely involved with the development effort and getting these gadgets out for everyone to use.&nbsp; Thanks to the efforts of <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/melissamacbeth/">Melissa</a>, Ted, Kent, and Radu for helping make these available. <p>Links to the gadgets: <ul> <li><a href="http://gallery.microsoft.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=ed840437-7d13-4755-8d0a-0ba2cbbf38e6&amp;l=1">Outlook Upcoming Appointments</a></li> <li><a href="http://gallery.microsoft.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=98a101eb-2fc6-4c06-866c-14a6f5e05ab9&amp;l=1">Outlook Tasks</a></li></ul><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1209218" width="1" height="1">gadgetssidebar