[Rafael]

This patch will patch Sidebar to enable execution on non-Vista platforms. Readme provided below.

Changelog
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Revision 1 (library 1.3.1.0)
- Changed SHCreateItemFromIDList to resolve
  Lancher gadget crashing (interim fix)


Revision 0 (library 1.3.0.0)
- Initial release

Download (revision 01): Mirror 01 (new!)
Download (revision 00): Mirror 01 // Mirror 02

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Frequently asked questions

Q. Can I just replace the Vista.Emulation.dll from revision 0 to upgrade to revision 1?
A. Yes.

Q. How do I work around the "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0150002). Click on OK to terminate the application." issue?
A. As ZoRoNaX and I use Visual Studio 2005, I believe this issue has to do with new system libraries we're linking against. Apologies. Try installing the .Net Framework (v2.0).

Q. The Launcher gadget causes an error and crashes Sidebar.
A. Use revision 1.

Q. The Slideshow gadget settings pane seems to be broken! How do I fix it?
A. ZoRoNaX noticed and fixed this. Replace the code in settings.html with this code.

Q. Can Vista.Emulation.dll be shared by different Sidebar executables?
A. Probably but it's an unsupported configuration.

Q. Where do I put the Gadgets/Gadgets folder?
A. If you were a legitimate Vista beta tester, you would have copied the Windows Sidebar folder in its entirety, which contains a Gadgets folder in the directory containing the executable. Inside this folder, there are .Gadget folders containing the gadget information. Old parts are not compatible.

Q. I ran the patch and now I get an error (not a valid Win32 application). WTFO?
A. You likely failed to read the version number on the patch, topic, readme, etc. and tried to patch an incorrect or altered version. Try again.

Q. I added a bad gadget and now I can't start Sidebar. How do I fix this?
A. Delete the C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar folder.

Q. Why are things white, miscoloured, etc.?
A. The Sidebar team decided to switch from using their own internal layout engine to relying on Internet Explorer's rendering. Because Internet Explorer 6.x fails to render the PNG alpha channels correctly, gadgets using such PNGs are affected. You can alter the gadget's HTML/JS to render such PNGs using DirectX alpha transformation (or upgrade to Internet Explorer 7 beta).

Q. I receive "The ordinal 60 could not be located in the dynamic link library ATL.DLL"! How do I fix this?
A. Your ATL.dll is old or very new. We'll try to find a more general ordinal for the next patch but for now, just copy ATL.dll from an XP machine into the same folder as Sidebar.exe.

Q. How do I get Sidebar gadgets working on non-English locale systems?
A1. Each gadget has an IETF language tag-named folder. In this case, all of them are en-US. You may want to rename these to the proper tag for your system (or easier, see A2). You can guess or execute this small executable (.net 2.0). Source code here.

A2. Move everything out of the IETF tag-named folder into the root of the gadget's folder (and optionally delete en-US) - ZoRoNaX

Q. My clock gadget settings page has white text. My eyes hurt! How do I fix this?
A. Assumptions on how the window would look on Microsoft's part cause this problem. Open worldClock.Gadget\<lang>\styles\setting.css and remove all color:#FFFFFF; references.

READ BEFORE POSTING

Before posting, make sure you...

• ... are using Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or Windows Server 2003 SP1
  
• ... are using Internet Explorer 7 (for proper gadget transparency)
  
• ... have read the frequently asked questions above.

NOTE: Posts that fail to meet the above will be DELETED without warning.

PS: Although it's nice to hear feedback, please keep posts to a minimum. Few-word posts are wasteful of space, bandwidth, and my time.

This post has been edited by Rafael: 01 April 2006 - 04:01 PM

[elektrownik]

Big thx Rafael. +1

[Michael]

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[*]... are using Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1, or Windows Vista

it wont work in vista, i tried it

 I had this off-topic comment to say:

The uxtheme.dll?

This post has been edited by MaStErHaCk™: 30 March 2006 - 09:04 PM

[jhoussock]

just wondering if theres anything out there about the slideshow....i read some peoples are working some arnt unfortionitly mine doesnt......any fixes would be great.......also my quicklaunch icons are fuzzy, i have ie7 and everything else looks nice so it cant be that issue.......any input is appreciated

[Rafael]

jhoussock, on Mar 30 2006, 06:08 PM, said:

just wondering if theres anything out there about the slideshow....i read some peoples are working some arnt unfortionitly mine doesnt......any fixes would be great.......also my quicklaunch icons are fuzzy, i have ie7 and everything else looks nice so it cant be that issue.......any input is appreciated

Did you modify your My Pictures folder in any way? Are there pictures in it?

[MasterSchwag]

Rafael, on Mar 30 2006, 06:35 PM, said:

jhoussock, on Mar 30 2006, 06:08 PM, said:

just wondering if theres anything out there about the slideshow....i read some peoples are working some arnt unfortionitly mine doesnt......any fixes would be great.......also my quicklaunch icons are fuzzy, i have ie7 and everything else looks nice so it cant be that issue.......any input is appreciated

Did you modify your My Pictures folder in any way? Are there pictures in it?

I have not modified "My Pictures" folder in any way. I have over 200 pics in "My Pictures" alone. (Plus 2500+ in sub directories) I also have IE7. When I select "My Pictures" for the directory, the first pic is a crude drawing of my pics icon, and then shows the red x in the top right corner.
I have replaced the settings.html with the one provided, and still have the problem. If it cant be fixed, I'm not too worried about it. But would just make it complete.

[Rafael]

Can you try copying these pictures into a folder (e.g. C:\TEMP) and specifying that as your directory? Does that work?

[MasterSchwag]

Rafael, on Mar 30 2006, 06:53 PM, said:

Can you try copying these pictures into a folder (e.g. C:\TEMP) and specifying that as your directory? Does that work?

Okay, I made a folder (c:\temp) and pasted all my pics into it. Then I specified that as the read directory, and still got same as before, no pics..

[Rafael]

What format are the pics? Filename format?

[MasterSchwag]

Rafael, on Mar 30 2006, 11:48 PM, said:

What format are the pics? Filename format?

All my pics are .jpeg
I may have a few .png files mixed in there.

[Rafael]

MasterSchwag, on Mar 31 2006, 12:07 AM, said:

Rafael, on Mar 30 2006, 11:48 PM, said:

What format are the pics? Filename format?

All my pics are .jpeg
I may have a few .png files mixed in there.

Try renaming them to .jpg.

[MasterSchwag]

Rafael, on Mar 31 2006, 12:09 AM, said:

MasterSchwag, on Mar 31 2006, 12:07 AM, said:

Rafael, on Mar 30 2006, 11:48 PM, said:

What format are the pics? Filename format?

All my pics are .jpeg
I may have a few .png files mixed in there.

Try renaming them to .jpg.

Okay, here is a preview of a few pics in "My Pictures" folder.. I have renamed all the files to xxxx.jpg and still no affect.
Although I renamed them all to xxxx.jpg the file format is still .JPEG

[Xen]

I cant wait to use this, still havent gotten the newest build of vista because 1. my is screwed so i have to use the net on my other comp but dont want to start downloading again and 2. im capped... so tommorow i will dl the new build.

cant wait. Great work by the way

[ingeniouspieman]

Does anyone know how to fix the pink ring on the top and left of the gadget? I have IE7
First image is it on the sidebar, second is on desktop(larger)

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[ZoRoNaX (MVP)]

ingeniouspieman, on Mar 31 2006, 08:39 AM, said:

Does anyone know how to fix the pink ring on the top and left of the gadget? I have IE7
First image is it on the sidebar, second is on desktop(larger)

Funny, I don't see it with IE6