An application that runs stand alone in a desktop or laptop computer. Contrast with "Web-based application," which requires the Web browser to run.
Questions tagged [desktop-application]
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Qt Quick 2 vs HTML5 for desktop touch application
We are a startup based in India with an application built on Qt Quick, which is deployed in HD touch devices in retail stores. The application runs more like a web-app rather than a desktop app. But we have serious hiring problems and fear of future…

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Convert Natural Language Questions to SQL Queries
I want to convert Natural Language questions to SQL queries using opennlp Java library, i.e.
Who won women figure skating in Sochi?
should be converted to
select name from winners where event='skating_woman'
Anybody know which classes will be…

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Libgdx Window Resizing: Keeping Aspect Ratio
I'm currently making a game using the Libgdx library, and have currently hit a small hurdle.
I've disabled the ability to resize currently, in my Main.java class in the desktop project.
LwjglApplicationConfiguration cfg = new…

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Which EventBus is preferable for new Desktop Applications?
For several years we use org.bushe.swing.event.EventBus for mainly swing desktop applications. The API is really consistent, and easy to use. But now new requirements have arrised and its desired, that some EventSubscribers should get prefered over…

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Windows 8 Desktop App: Open tabtip.exe to secondary keyboard (for numeric textbox)
We're working on a desktop WPF app that runs on Windows 7 tablets and are adding some Surface Pro units with windows 8 to the mix.
We noticed immediately that the little keyboard icon no longer displays when a TextBox receives focus. We solved it…

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Embedding The Dart VM In A Desktop Graphical Stand - Alone Application
So I am writing a cross-platform (so far plans for Windows and Ubuntu) application for both the web and desktop.
This application
is expected to at times be moderately graphically intensive and perform a substantial amount of file IO. I am writing…

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Create application for web & desktop
I want to create one application and it should work on both desktop (without internet connection) and in the web. The applications should be the same (I mean UI and code) and work on both web and desktop (or maybe with a little difference)
As server…

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libgdx SpriteBatch UnsatisfiedLinkError desktop
I am getting UnsatisfiedLinkError in a LibGdx project, when trying to run a desktop standalone version of it. Note, this problem doesn't occur if I simply run a desktop version directly without building a standalone jar for it, only if I build a…

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Record UI elements for TestFX
There is an existing JavaFX based application, which I should write automated tests for. I just started to use TestFX(version 4.0.13-alpha) and looking for advice, how to record and identify UI objects of application.
I tried following code to…

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Preventing screen recording apps
If I have a website that contains paid videos and I want to prevent authorized / unauthorized users from downloading the video, we can make it as difficult as we can but we still cannot 100% prevent stealing videos.
A user still can record screen…

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When to use react with electron
I plan on making a desktop only app. I don't have any intent to deploy it to a web server. Think something like VS code.
Im used to just "throwing" react at any problem that has the term "web application" in it. It streamlines so much its almost…
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VSTS CI CD for desktop apps
How can I achieve CD (Continuous Delivery) for winform applications in VSTS (Visual Studio Team Services)? Currently this is what I have in my Visual Studio Solution file
1) A winform project
2) A Windows setup and Deployment project
So every time I…

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Can CouchDB actually be used for a desktop application?
I'm hoping someone can validate or correct my conclusions here.
I'm looking into writing a small side project. I want to create a desktop application for taking notes that will synchronise to a web-server so that multiple installations can be kept…

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How to call a method after user control is visible
I have created a Windows application in C# with two user controls.
When the form loads first user control is loaded(and shown)and when I click Next I load second user control.
Now I want a method from this user control to be called once the user…

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Mac: stream a video file as webcam to applications (similar to CamTwist)
I am trying to program a feature, similar to that of CamTwist, with which a video file (on hard disk) can be broadcasted to other applications as video input.
However, I am not sure where to begin..googling did not help much either.
a little…

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