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Welcome to the Google Desktop SDK.
This SDK lets you create gadgets and indexing plug-ins for Google Desktop.
You can also integrate Google Desktop search into your own applications.
Documentation for using this SDK is online at
http://desktop.google.com/dev/.
Don't miss the
Release Notes.
The rest of this page describes the contents of the Google Desktop SDK.
Path Under api |
Description |
samples/ |
Complete examples of using the Gadget and Search APIs
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tools/ |
Miscellaneous tool-related files, including:
designer_en.exe
- The Gadget Designer application,
an IDE that helps you create a gadget
and design its UI
designer-1.0.zip
- The 1.0 version of the Gadget Designer,
which is compatible with
older versions of Google Desktop (pre 5.5).
gdpconsole.exe
- The Debug Console application,
which can help you debug desktop gadgets
sidebar_no_except_filter.reg
- A registry edit that's useful
if you're developing a gadget that uses native code.
Double-clicking
sidebar_no_except_filter.reg
sets up a registry entry
that tells Sidebar not to catch exceptions,
so that you can more easily debug your native or hybrid gadget.
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misc/ |
API definition files (IDL) and event schemas (XML) |