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The Opera Widget manager application

  1. Introduction
  2. Windows Mobile
    1. Installation instructions
  3. S60
    1. Installation instructions
  4. Running widgets on the device
  5. Resources

Introduction

The Opera Widget manager is a standalone application allowing you to organize and run widgets independently of the browser. The manager integrates with Opera’s distribution channel for widgets – widgets.opera.com – and responds to files with a .wgt extension.

Screenshot of the Widget manager on S60 Screenshot of the Widget manager on Windows Mobile
Figure 1: The Opera Widget manager application on different platforms

The Widget manager application for Windows Mobile and a developer version of the application for the S60 platform are both included in the Opera Widgets SDK.

Windows Mobile

The Windows Mobile Widget manager gives you one-click access to your favourite widgets. The Windows Mobile Widget manager is available as an add-on download to the Opera Mobile browser for Windows Mobile. It can be downloaded from http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/download

The Windows Mobile Widget manager includes the following widgets by default: Twitter, Mystatus, Google Translate, Geoquiz and Bubbles. It links to an updated version of the Opera Widgets website, where more widgets can be downloaded.

Note that this manager depends on the browser component already being installed.

Installation instructions

  1. Either: Download the Windows Mobile Widget manager package using the browser on your phone.
  2. Or: Locate the installation file in the util/manager folder in the SDK package.
  3. Send it to your phone using ActiveSync.
  4. Locate the .cab file on your device. Double-click it to start the installation.
  5. Run the installation. The Widget manager is now available in your application list.

There are more detailed Windows Mobile instructions available.

S60

The Widget manager brings widgets to the S60 platform at the touch of a button. The build does not include the Opera browser component – the build has been made available so that developers can test and build Opera Widgets even before our product hits the market.

The application has been tested on the following handsets:

Several new features have been added in this update. These include:

Installation instructions

  1. Either: Download the S60 Widget manager package using the browser on your phone.
  2. Or: Locate the installation file in the util/manager folder in the SDK package.
  3. Send the file to your device using bluetooth. This will open a dialogue as seen in Figure 3.
  4. Run the installation. The Widget manager will now be available in your application grid.

Installing the manager Information about the installation package The running manager
Figure 2: Installing on S60

Running widgets on the device

To run widgets on your device, do the following:

  1. Create the widget and test it in the Widget Emulator.
  2. Zip the contents of the widget directory and give it a ”.wgt” extension.
  3. Send it to your device, using Bluetooth, IR or ActiveSync over USB.
  4. Locate the package on the device and double click the file to view your widget in action.

You can also visit widgets.opera.com using your phone’s browser to download more widgets.

Resources