Quick Start

User's Guide

What is DesktopX

The DesktopX Welcome Dialog

Loading Widgets

Loading Objects

Loading Desktops

Developer's Guide

Objects, widgets, gadgets, desktops

DesktopX Builder - The development enviroment

Creating Objects

Object Properties Overview

Basics

Object types

Other Object basics

Object appearance & states

Animating objects

Relationships

Grouping

Context menus

Plugins

Custom files

Exporting

Scripting

Introduction

Namespaces

Enumerators

Threading

VBScript references

Reference

Object namespace

Object callbacks

System namespace

System callbacks

DesktopX namespace

Widget namespace

Widget preferences

Scriptable popup menus

Controller scripts

Forms

ActiveX Controls

Scriptable plugins

SDPlugin specification

SDPlugin API specs

Mail notification plugin SDK sample

Scriptable Mail notification plugin SDK sample

Tutorials

Creating text using custom fonts

How to create a really simple clock widget

Drag and drop and dynamic pictures

Checkbox-like functionality

Scrolling content

Dynamically create and clone objects

How to work with WMI services to access Windows advanced functionality

Making objects that move other objects

Creating an MP3 player (Video tutorial)

Creating a Widget

Modifying a Widget

Internet access via DesktopX objects

NEW! Using the Shell object to perform shell tasks

Resources

User Tutorials

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