windows-desktop-gadgets

What is the process of converting win32 application (a small popup window actually) to win7 gadget? Do I need to convert my exe to activex component, can I still use TForm ? it would be nice to have support for both Win7 + Vista. The Windows Vista/7 gadgets are essentially mini-HTML applications. The user interface is composed of pages containing regular HTML, CSS ,images and potentially ActiveX controls . So the only way to use your win32 application into a gadget is convert the application to a Activex Control. You can read these articles Activex Building ActiveX Controls with Delphi (This

I have never programmed a gadget for Vista or Seven, but I would like to try to make one. But where do I start? I have tried to search around on google and msdn, but I haven't managed to find anything useful. Either very, very old stuff (Vista beta stuff), already made gadgets or differences between gadgets in Vista and Seven. But that doesn't help me, since I don't have a clue how to make a gadget in the first place... I haven't even managed to find out what they are written in... So, could anyone help me out with a kick start? Where do I start? What do I need to know? What are they written