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Convert GADGET to WIDGET

Can you convert GADGET to WIDGET?
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Is it possible to convert GADGET to WIDGET?
No - not a direct conversion.

The db's pair (.widget) is a different platform (Yahoo Widgets/Konfabulator or Mac Dashboard widgets). There's no converter - they use different runtimes/APIs; a gadget would have to be rewritten as a widget by hand.

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Converting GADGET to WIDGET

A .GADGET file and a .WIDGET file hold different kinds of data, so there is no direct way to turn one into the other.

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About these formats

.GADGET Windows Desktop Gadget package

A .gadget file is a Windows Desktop Gadget - a small HTML/JavaScript mini-app for the Vista or Windows 7 desktop, packaged as a ZIP archive. Microsoft removed the gadget platform in Windows…

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.WIDGET Yahoo! Widget file

A .WIDGET file is associated with Yahoo! Widget, a executable file.

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