<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>Stardock Forums » RSS Feed » DesktopX Development Posts</title><link>https://feeds.feedburner.com/Stardock/Stardock_com/forum/178</link><copyright>© 2006 - 2026 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><description>Recent Posts In DesktopX Development</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 8:26:24 AM -0400</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 8:26:24 AM -0400</lastBuildDate><docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs><generator>Stardock Rss Generator v1.0</generator><managingEditor>info@stardock.com</managingEditor><webMaster>kwilas@stardock.com</webMaster><item><author>Skarny</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/398754</comments><description><![CDATA[Video of dynamic rotation on a DesktopX Object.  Notice that it captures child objects and includes in the animation.  The edges look clipped, but it actually does show the perspective properly - I trimmed the video too much.  &nbsp;  It's  TEST0.AVI  after the link - didn't realise SkyDrive shows the whole public folder from the link.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/398754</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/398754</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 3:46:26 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-10-10T15:46:26-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>3d rotation (dynamic - sorta) video</title></item><item><author>Manpreet Kaur</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/328033</comments><description><![CDATA[Hi!!!!  Im facing a continous problem&nbsp;with&nbsp;my desktop settings. The problem is, every time I start my system having Windows XP, the pre activated wallpaper gets replaced with another one, displaying a dialouge box and containing an error report of active desktop restorage. As soon as i send request to activate&nbsp;my&nbsp;preset&nbsp;wallpaper it gives no response and gets hanged. I'm unable to make out what the problem is?Could you please guide regarding&nbsp;this issue&nbsp;and ho...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/328033</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/328033</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:03:07 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-10-23T12:03:07</pubDateParsed><title>Need assistance in automatic wallpaper resetting?</title></item><item><author>peterzeke1</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/118658</comments><description><![CDATA[  Hello:  I'm interested in digging into creating something with DesktopX, and I'd like to create something that can move about the screen on it's own similar to fish in an aquarium. Anybody have some example code or instructions on how a basic approach could be implemented?  Thanks, Pete ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/118658</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/118658</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 7:39:17 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-31T07:39:17-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>How do you make an object move around the screen (like fish in an aquarium)?</title></item><item><author>SnakeMedia</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/171445</comments><description><![CDATA[Hey guys,   How do i find correct events by DesktopX 3.x and correct functions by  DesktopX 3.x? But i need all correct functions and events! A Flash player 9.x will to work with DesktopX once Visual Studio 2008 Basic Pro or Express, Team..  I want to work that AS3-Compalitaty with Visual Basic Script.  I believe that i sould *.jsp or *.aspx??  I have worked my sample for DesktopX, but it has maybe this error. Why did it not work? Or I have created worng?    Importants  : Resize, Even...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/171445</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/171445</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 9:28:07 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-12-29T09:28:07-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Flex 3 and Flash CS3 (9v) as Flash Player with parsing events..</title></item><item><author>kutulu13</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/165109</comments><description><![CDATA[I'm trying to retrive variable values from each object on my desktop by means of  " For each  obj  in  DesktopX.Objects MsgBox DesktopX.ScriptObject(obj.Name).objGroupNumber  Next "  The problem I have is that not all of my objects have "objGroupNumber" instantiated. When the for loop reaches an object without "objGroupNumber" instantiated it sends an "Object Required" error. Is there a way to check for object variables such as "IsObject" ?]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/165109</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/165109</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 1:40:01 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-10-15T01:40:01-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Retrieving Other Object Variables</title></item><item><author>GlebOBurov</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/163686</comments><description><![CDATA[Hello,  Ex. I have a table with 2 columns and some rows. I get this data from database and put it in someone variant. Now I need to create a 2D graph plot using this data. How can I do this?  There is "Performance Meter" plugin in DX, but it works only with system information. No way to use my own datasource      ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/163686</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/163686</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:19:47 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-10-11T12:19:47</pubDateParsed><title>Creating Graph Plot</title></item><item><author>laplace</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/153436</comments><description><![CDATA[I understand DesktopX gadgets/widgets can be extended with your plugin API and COM.   However considering .NET, are there any plans for a future DX to host managed code directly? For example have DX publish a managed interface to your plugin API and be a host for .NET assemblies.  --thanks, jeff]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/153436</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/153436</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 9:45:38 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-10-08T09:45:38-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>DesktopX and .NET</title></item><item><author>Chris TH</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/162955</comments><description><![CDATA[Hi to all the WScript & VBS gurus - hoping you can give a relative nube a hand...  I'm tring to format numbers in the range 0-99 with a field width of 2 i.e the single digits 0-9 should contain a leading zero makeing 00-09. In other words like the C comand:  printf("%02d",...)  I've been scouring the WScript 5.6 documentation but so far no joy.  My intended purpose is to be able to create a date string in the form YYYYMMDD in which the MM & DD fields must always be 2 digits (and YYYY 4 d...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/162955</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/162955</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 9:39:33 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-09-21T09:39:33-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>WScript number formatting help/question</title></item><item><author>Phoon</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/153583</comments><description><![CDATA[Just updated my DX Pro and tried to use AniUtil. Got this error...   The procedure entry point ?DG_PngFileToBitmap@@YAPAUHBITMAP_@@PAGPAH@Z could not be located in the dynamic link library DirectGUI.dll   This seems to be overlooked quite frequently when DesktopX is updated...    ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/153583</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/153583</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 6:52:56 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-08-29T18:52:56-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Ani-Util need DirectGUI.dll fix</title></item><item><author>Superboy007</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/149074</comments><description><![CDATA[Hi, does anyone knows how to flip an image in destopx not rotate it "flip it" to get that faded mirror effect. Thanks in advance for any help]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/149074</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/149074</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 7:36:36 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-07-08T19:36:36-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>How to flip an image??</title></item><item><author>tshanno</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/155362</comments><description><![CDATA[Hi.  I've got some experience with VBScipt but I' realatively new to scipting for DesktopX so bear with me, here.  I'm trying to set up script code which will bring an object to the to of the Z-order upon pressing a hot key.  Here's my code:  --------- 'Called when the script is executed Sub Object_OnScriptEnter   Set form=Desktopx.CreateForm   form.AddPreference("Hotkey")   form.Preference("Hotkey").Type="hotkey"   form.Preference("Hotkey").Caption="Hotkey:"   form.Preference("Hotkey...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/155362</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/155362</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 4:23:40 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-06-21T04:23:40-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Trouble with State Change</title></item><item><author>Jingles</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/154241</comments><description><![CDATA[ While trying to install the new DX update I got this runtime error.It came from the .Net library SP 3.saying it was an incorrect call,R6034.My antivirus was off so it shouldn't have affected it.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/154241</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/154241</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 4:05:46 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-06-13T16:05:46-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>update error R6034</title></item><item><author>PureCarnalNirvana</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/154694</comments><description><![CDATA[I have been trying to use the Microsoft ListView and TreeView ActiveX Controls within DesktopX. While the control naturally highlights my selected item and lets me scroll through the list i can not get the controls events to respond to my mouse commands nor do the Object_OnLButton.. Callbacks. -- Object_OnSetFocus works(sometimes after a few clicks   )  I have tried Control_  -- And -- Object_    Can anyone help me gain control of my control??  P.S. I'm writting in VBScript.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/154694</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/154694</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 5:21:03 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-06-09T05:21:03-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>MS ListView and TreeView Controls in DX</title></item><item><author>gaby75</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/152003</comments><description><![CDATA[hello. with DXBuilder In a same folder I put a object link (mylink.dxpack) and a file (mymovie.avi). My link is simply mymovie.avi (not: C:/blabla/blabla/blabla/mymovie.avi) If i click on my link in DXBuilder that open WMPlayer and start mymovie.avi. but, with desktopX the link is dead and if I create object mylink.exe the link is dead too. Why it's OK with Builder and not good with others? how do that, I need to export the file and his contents. thank for anwers. bye.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/152003</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/152003</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 7:52:05 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-05-22T07:52:05-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>link with desktopX</title></item><item><author>atcomputer</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/148328</comments><description><![CDATA[I have made a complex gadget program for myself. I am using Timer sysTray in gadget. I have Object for that. After export it works fine, then after closing it, and then reloading it, mouse over states (no image displayed for an object) and various scripts etc just dont seem to be there.   After once, some images which has timer object also , they start blinking. i haven't written any code for that. its funny. i don't know how it comes in gadget?  Closing and reopening the problem remains....]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/148328</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/148328</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 6:34:41 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-04-25T18:34:41-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>gadget first time OK - after some time or activity, it is looking like corrupted</title></item><item><author>rayz5518</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/150183</comments><description><![CDATA[Hi. I've successfully made my first real gadget. Its a notifier for the site www.zorpia.com and interacts with an API there, to tell memebers when they have new messages or responses.  It runs as a system tray item.  I would love to make the system tray icon flash or animate or something when there are new messages. I accept this may not be possible, but wondered. Any ideas?]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/150183</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/150183</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:54:54 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-04-14T12:54:54</pubDateParsed><title>System tray Icon fun</title></item><item><author>c242</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/139618</comments><description><![CDATA[Is there any way to get a media-player widget to autoplay a stream from a given url via script ?]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/139618</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/139618</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 6:13:11 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-04-11T06:13:11-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Autoplay DXPlayer via script ?</title></item><item><author>rayz5518</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/149331</comments><description><![CDATA[I have dxplayer playing an mp3 stream quite nicely via a 'Play URL' button.  My question is - how can I set a URL to play via script?]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/149331</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/149331</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 2:52:28 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-04-05T14:52:28-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>DXPlayer - Play URL</title></item><item><author>rayz5518</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/149189</comments><description><![CDATA[I am using the DesktopX Edit Control in a form. One form field is a password so I only want '*******' to show - not the actual characters. There doesn't seem to any property to set on the control to make this so. Any ideas?]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/149189</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/149189</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 6:18:37 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-04-05T06:18:37-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>How can I make a password field?</title></item><item><author>gaby75</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/148570</comments><description><![CDATA[hello. I have 2 objects in a widget. but I need that object1 is always above (with the top ) of object 2. I have to seek in Documentation, but…  a link or an idea. thank you very much.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/148570</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/148570</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 4:51:26 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-04-03T04:51:26-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Z-order when several objects.</title></item><item><author>gaby75</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/148217</comments><description><![CDATA[hello. always with my web browser    on much of Internet sites, the links are "target_blank" and they open new windows's IE. I dont want that. I dont want to open a new window. I have sought on the web and I have found  ppDisp =  your webbrowser  ---> my web browser is wiki_Browser Cancel =   True  Well in a script of my webbrowser's activeX -->script--> event wizard  --> Control_NewWindow2  I have that   Sub  Control_NewWindow2(ppDisp, Cancel)   End Sub   I do  Sub  Control_NewW...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/148217</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/148217</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 3:26:01 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-03-29T03:26:01-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>I dont want to open a new window's IE</title></item><item><author>gaby75</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/147799</comments><description><![CDATA[hello. I dont find. How to use 2 keys with the method Control_OnKeyPress(Key) I need crtl+C   Sub  Control_OnKeyPress(Key) 	  If  Key =    Ctrl+c    Then           DesktopX.ScriptObject("wiki_browser")...... 	 End If  Thank you.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/147799</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/147799</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 6:31:36 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-03-23T06:31:36-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Control_OnKeyPress(Key)</title></item><item><author>gaby75</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/147613</comments><description><![CDATA[Hello. In a webbrowser (activeX). I don't arrive has to open the print dialogbox. I have tested plusior scripts for a few weeks, but I don't see any more what making.  I use execwb  maybe: DesktopX.ScriptObject("wiki_Browser").Control.ExecWB .... or document.Control.ExecWB .....  I cannot any more what test.  thank you.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/147613</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/147613</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 2:40:09 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-03-19T14:40:09-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>to open print dialogbox.</title></item><item><author>_Martin_</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/108926</comments><description><![CDATA[  I'm concerned about Desktop Gadgets. This could and should be a critical tool for developers to sell their applications. As it transpires I think it's falling short of its potential.  I submitted a gadget about 4 weeks ago and heard nothing; it's just sat in moderation. I appreciate that Stardock have been busy with GalCiv 2, and that moderation needs to be done carefully. However, this is an incredibly simple gadget which should have flown through.  I have DeskNotes 2 really which is a di...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/108926</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/108926</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2007 6:12:36 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-03-11T18:12:36-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Desktop Gadgets</title></item><item><author>atcomputer</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/145728</comments><description><![CDATA[hi,       this is my requirement. how can i do that?  I need to assign picture path to Image control.  yes,  there is a "picture property" in Microsoft forms 2.0 Image control (ActiveX control). but it is not working.   can u suggest me which control is better? and also is it working in license version. becauz i don't have license version of DesktopX software.   i require for,  I have a personal use of desktopX software. i need to make object. Object should have image control as a activeX ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/145728</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/145728</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 9:24:17 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-02-28T09:24:17-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>problem in assign picture path to Microsoft form 2.0 Image control(ActiveX Control)</title></item></channel></rss>