void ClearAndAddFreshItems()
{
// reset everything and start fresh with new layout
firstTime = true;
itemRotate = 0;
IGoogleDesktopDisplayPluginHelper helper = (IGoogleDesktopDisplayPluginHelper)this;
// we are not going to show any details if we are in the NoWrap layout, instead
// we use the 'pinning' feature where user can pin items to stay on top of the
// content list
GoogleDesktopDisplayContentFlags contentFlags =
GoogleDesktopDisplayContentFlags.GDD_CONTENT_FLAG_HAVE_DETAILS;
if (contentLayout ==
GoogleDesktopDisplayContentItemLayout.GDD_CONTENT_ITEM_LAYOUT_NOWRAP_ITEMS)
{
contentFlags = GoogleDesktopDisplayContentFlags.GDD_CONTENT_FLAG_PINNABLE;
}
helper.SetFlags(GoogleDesktopDisplayPluginFlags.GDD_PLUGIN_FLAG_NONE, contentFlags);
// since we are going to show items with a new layout, remove all old ones
helper.RemoveAllContentItems();
ChangeItems(false);
}
void Initialize()
{
// initialize variables
totalItemsCreatedCount = 0;
contentLayout = GoogleDesktopDisplayContentItemLayout.GDD_CONTENT_ITEM_LAYOUT_EMAIL;
totalItemsCreatedCount = 0;
showImages = true;
isDirty = false;
// Load our icons
contentIcon1 = ImageConverter.ImageToIpicture(new Icon(
Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream(
"GoogleDesktopDisplayCSharpSample.ico1.ico")).ToBitmap());
contentIcon2 = ImageConverter.ImageToIpicture(new Icon(
Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream(
"GoogleDesktopDisplayCSharpSample.ico2.ico")).ToBitmap());
Stream stream = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream(
"GoogleDesktopDisplayCSharpSample.plugin.ico");
Bitmap smallImage = new Icon(stream, 16, 16).ToBitmap();
stream.Seek(0, System.IO.SeekOrigin.Begin);
Bitmap largeImage = new Icon(stream, 32, 32).ToBitmap();
// Set plugin information
IGoogleDesktopDisplayPluginHelper helper = (IGoogleDesktopDisplayPluginHelper)this;
helper.about_text = aboutStr;
helper.SetIcons(ImageConverter.ImageToIpicture(smallImage),
ImageConverter.ImageToIpicture(largeImage));
UpdateTitle();
}
/// <summary>
/// Create content items and add to the display
/// </summary>
/// <param name="refreshOnly">true if the item counter should not be
/// incremented, false if it should be incremented
/// </param>
void ChangeItems(bool refreshOnly)
{
// add content to display.
int maxItems = (firstTime) ? 1 : 1;
firstTime = false;
IGoogleDesktopDisplayPluginHelper pluginHelper =
(IGoogleDesktopDisplayPluginHelper)this;
// Here we show absolute time for items in email layout
GoogleDesktopDisplayContentItemFlags itemFlags =
GoogleDesktopDisplayContentItemFlags.GDD_CONTENT_ITEM_FLAG_NONE;
if (contentLayout ==
GoogleDesktopDisplayContentItemLayout.GDD_CONTENT_ITEM_LAYOUT_EMAIL)
{
itemFlags =
GoogleDesktopDisplayContentItemFlags.GDD_CONTENT_ITEM_FLAG_TIME_ABSOLUTE;
}
for (int j = 0, i = itemStart + itemRotate; j < maxItems; ++j, ++i)
{
// create a new item
SamplePluginContentItem curItem = new SamplePluginContentItem();
IGoogleDesktopDisplayContentItemHelper itemHelper =
(IGoogleDesktopDisplayContentItemHelper)curItem;
// the strings to display, different format for odd and even numbered items
String heading = "Line " + i + " line " + i + " line " + i;
String source = "Google";
String snippet =
"Google doodles with the idea to create noodles to sell on Froogle.";
stdole.IPicture image = null;
if (showImages)
{
// use different images for odd and even numbered items
bool oddNumberedItem = ((i % 2) == 1);
image = (oddNumberedItem) ? contentIcon1 : contentIcon2;
}
DateTime timeCreated = DateTime.UtcNow;
// Show the item in the sidebar and optionally in the notifier window
// if the sidebar was auto-hidden.
GoogleDesktopContentItemDisplayOptions options =
GoogleDesktopContentItemDisplayOptions.GDD_ITEM_DISPLAY_IN_SIDEBAR |
GoogleDesktopContentItemDisplayOptions.GDD_ITEM_DISPLAY_AS_NOTIFICATION_IF_SIDEBAR_HIDDEN;
pluginHelper.AddContentItem(curItem, options);
// do the actual setting of properties
itemHelper.heading = heading;
itemHelper.tooltip = heading;
itemHelper.source = source;
itemHelper.time_created = timeCreated;
itemHelper.snippet = snippet;
itemHelper.flags = itemFlags;
itemHelper.image = image;
itemHelper.layout = contentLayout;
}
if (!refreshOnly)
{
// increment item counter since we are asked to add new content
itemRotate = (itemRotate + maxItems) % itemRotateMax;
totalItemsCreatedCount += maxItems;
}
// if we are in minimized mode, update the title with latest info.
// displaySite will be null until plugin is fully initialized.
if (displaySite != null && displaySite.display_state ==
GoogleDesktopDisplayTileDisplayState.GDD_TILE_DISPLAY_STATE_MINIMIZED)
{
UpdateTitle();
}
}
