Flash in Vista Sidebar Gadgets

I already tried looking EVERYWHERE..in a nutshell, I'm in
charge of working with Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget Development for
the forthcoming release (next year). I have the basic gadget
"down'; it works as long as you do NOTHING even remotely "uncool"
in your HTML ->
http://microsoftgadgets.com/Sidebar/DevelopmentOverview.aspx
The next step was to try getting FLASH in there (afterall, I
am a devoted Flash Developer). Unfortunately, the inclusion of the
object / param tags was enough to kill a gadget and make FAIL in
the current Vista Sidebar. Perhaps I'm just doing something
wrong...is anyone out there working on this? Maybe I'll get really
lucky; does anyone have an example of a Flash Gadget?
Thanks in advance,
Matt Pedersen
Sr. Interactive Developer
PublishingDynamics

Anyone?
MP

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Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 20:22:23 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
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