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Widget in a background

Hi,

I am developing widget which displays some information at the screen. The idea is that this widget should work in a background and when some interesting program is about to start it displays alert about this. So far I was able to find only one possibility to create this - using full-screen mode with pass-thru video, but in doc there is a mention that it is not supported on all platforms.

Are there any other ways to implement this functionality?

And whether is it possible to run my widget in this full-screen mode with pass-thru video and do any others widgets will be able to work simultaneously?

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  • QUOTE (harimati@... @ Mar 27 2011, 02:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Hi,

    I am developing widget which displays some information at the screen. The idea is that this widget should work in a background and when some interesting program is about to start it displays alert about this.

    Sounds like you're describing broadcast interactivity, which isn't available yet to developers.

    QUOTE (harimati@... @ Mar 27 2011, 02:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    So far I was able to find only one possibility to create this - using full-screen mode with pass-thru video, but in doc there is a mention that it is not supported on all platforms.

    I'm currently gathering information about vendor support for this. Which vendors were you wondering about?

    QUOTE (harimati@... @ Mar 27 2011, 02:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Are there any other ways to implement this functionality?

    No

    QUOTE (harimati@... @ Mar 27 2011, 02:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    And whether is it possible to run my widget in this full-screen mode with pass-thru video and do any others widgets will be able to work simultaneously?

    No, there is no widget-to-widget communication.
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