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On my Window XP desktop I always had the Webcam of my favorite vacation spot and may favorite stock chart. Active Desktop was the technology providing this. Now that I switched to Window 7, Active Desktop is no longer supported and I tried to find a Windows gadget with similar functionality. There are a couple of gadgets which fulfilled my requirement approximately but not exactly. So I decided to create my own with the following advantages:

• It is free (excep you donate :-)(
• The aspect ratio of the gadget adapts to the picture it shows
• I can be enlarged using the flyout feature in Windows 7
• The refresh period can be configured
• My gadget is pure JavaScript, i.e. yoou can use easily adapt it to your needs
• My JavaScript code makes use of my Log4VB which allows you to troubleshoot the gadget more easily

The LivePicture Gadget works perfect with Windows 7 as you can use the flyout feature (button ) to enlarge the picture. It works with Vista as well but here you need to detach the gadget from the sidebar to enlarge the picture.

The LivePicture gadget can be downloaded using this link. After opening the file the gadget appears on your desktop immediately.
 

Directly after the installation the gadget shows a default picture. Use the gadget options to either choose another predefined live picture from the list or enter the URL of your favorite Webcam directly in the field below. The link should directly refer to a picture on a web site, which you can copy by right-clicking your mouse.

If you like my LivePicture Gadget feel free to donate it via Paypal :-) You don't need to register to Paypal in order to do that!

• Sometimes the aspect ratio of the gadget doesn't fit with the aspect ratio of the picture This problems can be fixed by opening the options dialog once more.

Date	Version	Description
11.10.2009	1.0.0	First rollout at www.klemid.de.