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> Desktop Notes, Having a little notepad embedded on desktop.

biggles2008
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post 28 Jun, 2008 - 05:28 AM
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Hi again.

Today i will be showing you how to have a notepad embedded on your desktop.

YOU WILL NEED:
Notepad (Ironically)
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A Computer would make it easier.

This Desktop Notepad is basically HTML using the <Form> tag.

Okay lets begin:

1)Open Notepad: Start>All Programs>Accessories>Notepad.
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Now here is the most imporant part, getting the code right:

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<body bgcolor="#000000">
<center><form method="post" action="">
<textarea name="comments" cols="100" rows="35">

</textarea>
</form>
</center>
</body>


Lets disect it:
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<body bgcolor="#000000">
Is basically the background colour of your desktop not the notepad.

CODE
<center>  </center>
aligns your text area in the center.

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<form method="post" action="">
<textarea name="comments" cols="100" rows="35">

</textarea>
</form>
Is the text area. You can change the size of your text area on your desktop by changing the "Cols=" and the "Rows=" Colums the width and Rows the height.

Save the code as: <whatevername.html> e.g notepad.html
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Now the last section, embedding it. (Not as hard as it sounds)

Go to your desktop>Right Click>Properties>Desktop(tab)>Browse> And locate the HTML file> Apply

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Edit to your needs (size wise)

Thanks for reading.
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post 28 Jun, 2008 - 06:26 PM
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Nice Post but...

This only works on Windows XP and anything lower, not Windows Vista.

Still nice post.
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biggles2008
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post 1 Jul, 2008 - 06:26 PM
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Thank You, Sorry i did not state that not Vista Compatible:

Lesson 2: Dont Get Vista happy.gif
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post 25 Jul, 2008 - 07:10 AM
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Nice!
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