This section contains information about scripting elements
used with Windows Sidebar, a hosting platform for Sidebar Gadgets
delivered in Microsoft Windows Vista.
System.Contact
The System.Contact object type exposes properties
associated with a contact.
Note Objects of type
System.Contact can only be
accessed through the
Contacts Collection.
System.ContactManager
Exposes a collection of System.Contact objects.
Note Objects of type System.Contact can only be
accessed through the Contacts Collection.
System.Debug
Exposes a method for use in debugging Sidebar gadget script.
System.Diagnostics.EventLog
Returns the contents of the specified Event Viewer event log.
System.Environment
Exposes methods and properties used to determine current user session machine characteristics.
System.Gadget
Defines methods, events, and properties that are used to specify gadget configuration options in the Sidebar environment.
System.Gadget.Flyout
Used in a Sidebar gadget to specify flyout prompt properties.
System.Gadget.Settings
Checks to see if there are stored settings for a gadget, such as settings that are saved from an earlier session of a particular gadget instance.
System.Gadget.Settings.ClosingEvent
Defines properties and methods to identify and specify cancellation handlers for the gadget settings process.
System.Gadget.Sidebar
Exposes members associated with Sidebar docking.
System.Gadget.SideShow
Exposes properties, methods and events for managing Sidebar gadget behavior on SideShow devices.
System.Machine
Exposes properties and collections that identify the computer's processor and memory characteristics.
System.Machine.CPU
Exposes properties associated with a CPU.
System.Machine.PowerStatus
Exposes properties and events for determining and managing power status.
System.MessageStore
Exposes a collection of System.MessageStoreFolder object types.
System.MessageStoreFolder
Exposes a collection of System.MessageStoreMessage object types.
System.MessageStoreMessage
Exposes properties associated with messages.
System.Network.Wireless
The object properties and events enable a gadget to detect wireless network interface settings on the Windows system that the gadget is running on.
System.Shell
Enables a Sidebar gadget to use properties and objects from the Windows shell.
System.Shell.Folder
Enables a Sidebar gadget to mimic Windows Explorer file management operations, such as copying, moving, and obtaining item information within folders.
System.Shell.Item
Exposes properties and methods associated with Windows shell items.
System.Shell.RecycleBin
Enables a Sidebar gadget to determine the Recycle Bin behaviors and settings, for example, file count and folder count.
System.ShellDrive
Enables a Sidebar gadget to access properties and methods associated with an instance of a drive object to use in a Sidebar gadget script. The object is created with the System.Shell.drive method. Drive characteristics of the retrieved object, for example, type of drive or volume label, can be determined.
System.Sound
Enables a gadget to determine sound characteristics such as volume and the location that a sound file should be played from.
System.Time
Exposes members associated with system time characteristics.
System.Time.timeZone
Exposes members associated with time zone characteristics.