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Announcing the WebCam Vista Sidebar Gadget

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I wanted some more proof that my .NET Sidebar Gadget Creator works so I started a new .NET based UserControl from scratch. Guess what, it does work. After I wrote the code for the WebCamControl in .NET, I fired up the .NET Sidebar Gadget Creator, went through the wizard to create the gadget files and it worked the 1st time in the Sidebar. It literally took me about 1 minute to get it up and running (not counting the code for the actual WebCam stuff).

Here's a screenshot:

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Here's a link to download the gadget:

 Please note that this has only been tested locally on my machine using a LifeCam VX-6000. Your webcam may or may not work. If it does, let me know. If it doesn't...I guess let me know that too :-)

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  • Anonymous
    August 14, 2007
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    August 14, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    August 15, 2007
    Hey Mark. Not working for me and my HP dv2000 Laptop the error message : System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException(0x80070057) not valid arguments on DirectShowLib.DsError.ThrowExceptionForHR(int 32 hr) on WebCamControl.WebCamControl.CaptureVideo() Regards from Bogota - Colombia

  • Anonymous
    August 16, 2007
    jkpelaez: One thing I noticed is that if you have another application using the camera, it won't work. DirectShow only seems to like it when 1 application uses it and will return errors when another application (e.g. the gadget) tries to stream the camera data. Is that the case with you possible?

  • Anonymous
    August 16, 2007
    Mark, No other application looked like usign my web cam at that moment, however I reset my computer, try again and now is working like a charm. Could you send me or publish the code for the web cam stuff?, Thanks in advance. Regards from Bogota - Colombia

  • Anonymous
    August 16, 2007
    works nicely with logitech quickcam epress. Thanks!!

  • Anonymous
    August 18, 2007
    I have no idea what I'm doing -- but seems to work w/ my ancient Intel USB Video Camera III.

  • Anonymous
    August 24, 2007
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    August 25, 2007
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    August 28, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    August 30, 2007
    per gli amanti deella sidebar e dei relativi gadgets vi giro un post di Mark dove segnala il rilascio

  • Anonymous
    September 26, 2007
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    September 27, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    October 07, 2007
    the thing works on my new hp laptop hp dv 9000 built in web cam.  the laptop has dual turion dl-64, (2.3 ghz x2=4.6), 3 gigs of ram, 240 gb hd, man its sweet

  • Anonymous
    October 10, 2007
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    October 20, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    November 02, 2007
    Its about time some one's has made one but it does not work and i have the LifeCam VX-6000 and tryed rebooting my PC but have had no luck. If you could tell me how to activate it it would be most kind of you. Thank you?

  • Anonymous
    November 06, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    November 09, 2007
    Where did the link to download this go?

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    November 10, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    November 23, 2007
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    November 23, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    December 03, 2007
    I'm having a problem about this web cam on HP Pavillion 9000 laptop, and i need to know how to acitivate it, everytime when i want to use it during Msn Messenger and i wanted to talk to my friends, they can't see me, please help me out!

  • Anonymous
    December 06, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    December 25, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    December 25, 2007
    Hi Mark. Works perfectly on my dv6500. Great Work!

  • Anonymous
    January 03, 2008
    It doesn't want to work with my HP Pavilion dv9000 (64-bit Vista)

  • Anonymous
    January 06, 2008
    works like a charm with my logitech deluxe for notebook. keep up the good work ;)

  • Anonymous
    January 19, 2008
    Hi i love this it works with mine

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    January 27, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    February 12, 2008
    Works well with my Dell Built-In camera. Good work Mark!

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    March 21, 2008
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    April 25, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    May 01, 2008
    Works fine with an EyeToy camera :)

  • Anonymous
    May 07, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    May 21, 2008
    Thanks Working with VideoCAM GE111 with driver 2.0

  • Anonymous
    June 01, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    June 23, 2008
    You´re a genious, thank you !!!

  • Anonymous
    August 04, 2008
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    August 10, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    September 01, 2008
    it works perfectly with my dv6000 very nice

  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2008
    Works great with my super-old USB 3Com HomeConnect camera. Good job!

  • Anonymous
    October 14, 2008
    Hey it works very nice. I have it pointing at my doorway of my cube so no one can sneak up on me. Thanks!

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    November 06, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    November 07, 2008
    Works on my MacBook Pro running Vista. Is there supposed to be a 'Settings' option ? All I could do is turn it off, didn't seem to want to undock, and no right click menu. Also is there a way to take a snapshot & save it ?

  • Anonymous
    December 19, 2008
    It seems to work fine on my HP Pavilion dv6120ca notebook. Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    January 31, 2009
    Works on my Dell Inspiron 1318 Notebook with Vista Home Prem SP1

  • Anonymous
    February 25, 2009
    hey it doesnt work with my dell xps m1330

  • Anonymous
    September 11, 2009
    Doesn't work with the cam in my Gateway LT3103u

  • Anonymous
    June 08, 2011
    Sounds like a nice gadget. Didn't work on my VX 1000 however. Urecoverable error of some sort. I have a screen shot of the error if you want it. gfrlaser@yahoo.com

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    July 18, 2011
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  • Anonymous
    November 27, 2011
    It is work on my laptop Acer TravelMate 6291! It's cool!

  • Anonymous
    December 14, 2011
    It also works on my other newer model Acer Aspire 8930G-944G64BN too. s7.directupload.net/.../xtahp6iu.jpg

  • Anonymous
    March 29, 2012
    Any where to get this now that the gadget gallery is retired by microsoft?

  • Anonymous
    June 04, 2012
    Mark Schmidt's WebCam_1.0.gadget http://rghost.ru/38481694

  • Anonymous
    June 15, 2012
    file has been deleted...  Try again please!

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    December 08, 2012
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