How to write browser plugin to interact with a webservice

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Hi there,
I am developing a web application(framework 2.0) which needs a gadget(say weather report or Time display) to appear always on the web page. For this I thought to write a Web service. But this WebService needs to be called from a Browser plug-in so that application doesn't directly interact with Service.Can you guys suggest me any other means to implement this gadget and links on how to create a browser plugin and use it in application.

Regards,
Naresh.

Posted 2-Dec-10 1:30am

S.M.Naresh

Updated 2-Dec-10 2:31am

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Ed Guzman · Answer 1 · 2010-12-02T01:37:00

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The simplest way is to create a User Control and to place it within a master page.
Use this master page, if you want to display this control.
Inside this control you can write the functionality to reload data using, say, AJAX.
There are so many simple solutions for your issue.
You don't need to complicate it.

Good luck.

Posted 2-Dec-10 1:37am

Ed Guzman

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S.M.Naresh 2-Dec-10 7:47am

Hi Guzman,
This is fine.But for a hosted application, we may not modify the code,so implementing a plugin would be better without disturbing the code.Your comments about this please..

Ed Guzman 2-Dec-10 14:09pm

Why should you modify the code? I am confused. Are you writing an application or a gadget that other application will use?

S.M.Naresh 3-Dec-10 0:21am

Hi Guzman,Now my requirement changed.Sorry for this but I need to create a Desktop Gadget(say showing time) using a Webservice. To implement this a plugin is required.This plugin interfaces webservice and the Gadget.How to do this and how to write a custom plugin for this.