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An application that runs stand alone in a desktop or laptop computer. Contrast with "Web-based application," which requires the Web browser to run.

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Java swing "children" windows

Sorry for really simple question, but I wasnt able to find anything in the net, probably because I dont know the right terms to look for. When you have a desktop application, there are many so called children windows: one for options, one for…
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Are there any Java kernel/desktop applications?

On Windows/Linux platform,I as a common computer user,could not nearly find any software written in Java. The two operating system(Windows and Linux) are written with C. The two web browsers(IE and firefox) are written with C++. The two web…
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Self Updating Application

I have a general question for the group. I am about to start a large project for my team that, I suspect, we will be doing as a desktop application (I am generally a web guy in my application outlook but I am open to change.) My big concern is that…
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Java standalone application in n systems without manual installation?

I've done a java application for a hospital. The application is an ERP software. The application is to be installed in around n systems. But installing the same application in all these systems is a bit difficult and it requires a lot of time. Even…
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How to access controls that is in the panel in c#

I use a panel in c# winforms and fill the panel with the no of picture box using loop For example, panel name is panal foreach (string s in fileNames) { PictureBox pbox = new new PictureBox(); pBox.Image = Image.FromFile(s); …
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Upload files from folders and sub-folders to webapp

Goal: Allow user to select a folder, then find all files recursively that matches a file pattern and transfer(POST) to my web server In essence just a more advanced upload dialog... Standard web technology (we're using plupload) doesn't support…
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How to detect if Linux OS uses KDE or Gnome environment

I need to programatically determine which window manager is running, on Linux. Pseudocode for how it would be used: if(WindowManagerOfOS.isKDE()){ do.anyThing(); } How can I do this? Is it even possible?
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How to approach desktop application development with web and mobile apps in mind?

I've been tasked with the requirement to produce a desktop application with a 'sexy'** look and feel. I intend to use WPF to achieve this. One of the requirements is that the desktop application will later expand to an ASP.NET MVC web application,…
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Is JavaFX a choice for Dynamic GUI for desktop or standalone applications?

I want to make Dynamic UI for a desktop application. I am planning to make it in JavaFX. Is it a good choice? Second thing I want to know is that is it possible to have UI by JavaFx and behind the scene major work in done by pure java? I am totally…
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Interact with other desktop-applications in windows using C# winforms

I was wondering if its possible to interact with other programs someone with my program. For example clicking a button on another program etc. etc. I'm not sure if this is even possible but if it is could someone provide a little sample code in…
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Java desktop development framework similar to Android?

I've recently dived head-first into developing Android apps in Java. It's all very new to me as my experience is in web development with PHP. But I need to adapt pretty quickly to a desktop environment as well (i.e. Windows). To ease the learning…
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What frameworks to use for java Desktop applications

I am not familiar with any of the leading frameworks of java but still i managed to develop a desktop application. These days people are talking about spring, strut, hibernate etc.. I want to know how many of kind frameworks exists there and which…
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Transitioning from the Swing Application Framework (JSR 296)

A few years ago JSR 296 introduced a framework to create desktop applications in Swing. NetBeans provided tight integration with the reference implementation. I drank the Kool-Aid(r) and created a number of programs from simple single panel…
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Single instance of a Java desktop application with argument passing

I'd like only a single instance of my Java Swing application to run at a time. If a second instance is opened, I would like it to pass its arguments to the instance already running. How can I do this using a nice, clean Java API? (I'd prefer not to…
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Electron: Maximize Window on Start

I'm creating a electron app and am trying to allow it to open so that it is maximized on start. Is there a function of some kind that you put in the main.js to maximize the window? Thanks!
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