I have an iMate Momento photo frame, which only supports glance content. Unfortunatly most of the cooler sideshow gadgets out there require interaction to work well, not just glance content, so I decided to develop my own to meet my own specific needs.
These have been tested on my frame for months without problem, but there is no installer for them, and they are hard coded to what I wanted to display. I need to make them work off registry entries at some point, and include setup screens, but never quite got round to it.
The source code is included in each bundle, so you can tweak it to your own needs if you like. None of this may be redistributed for commercial purposes without prior permission, but otherwise feel free to use it.
BBC News Glance
This shows the BBC News UK headlines, rotating every 5 seconds. It will pull a new list of headlines either every 15 minutes, or as frequently as the RSS feed says to reload, whichever is less. For some reason, it doesn't quite seem to go through in order when on the photo frame, although it does on the PC. Odd. Still useful though.
To install, you must put the code in C:\Program Files\MillieSoft\NewsGlanceSideShow, because it's hard coded to register the executable and icon from that folder. You then register it as a sideshow gadget by running the following command in that folder;
NewsGlanceSideShow register
to unregister it, you simply run the following command in that folder;
NewsGlanceSideShow unregister
After registering, you need to select the sideshow devices to use it on in the sideshow control panel.
Weather Glance
This shows the weather in Reading, UK from the AccuWeather RSS feed. Yea, I know that's quite limited in it's appeal. That's why I have included the source code. It will rotate through the forecasts (now, today and tomorrow) on a 5 second interval, updating every 15 minutes or less if the feed settings are for less.
To install, you must put the code in C:\Program Files\MillieSoft\WeatherGlanceSideShow , because it's hard coded to register the executable and icon from that folder. You then register it as a sideshow gadget by running the following command in that folder;
WeatherGlanceSideShow register
to unregister it, you simply run the following command in that folder;
WeatherGlanceSideShow unregister
After registering, you need to select the sideshow devices to use it on in th e sideshow control panel.