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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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Close Electron app on click event

I have looked at the documentation for Electron regarding the 'frameless-window', but I just can't seem to make a button of my own work to close the application... Any help would be appreciated! Thanks! const electron =…
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How to sync PC desktop mail client to an Exchange Activesync server?

I've got a situation where I want to connect to an email server whose only exposed service for mail/calendar is Activesync (it's an Exchange server). The only web interface exposed is "OWA light" which is horrific. I'd like to figure out a way to…
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AWTPermission Exception while implementing Automatic update desktop application using java web start

I am working in a Desktop application that provides Online Backup of data. In my application i am trying to implement automatic software update feature. For this i am using java web start. I have done the following process for using java web…
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Create App installer for windows - Electron (electron-packager, electron-builder)

Can someone help me with the following queries. Whats the difference between the two? electron-packager and electron-builder. I have used both. And both of them creates a .exe file. But the one created with builder can be used independently(requires…
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Creating shortcut in startup folder using Inno setup

I'm developing a java application that i want to run on startup. I used launch4j to create .exe file and Inno setup to generate installer. Is there any way to create a shortcut in the startup folder using Inno setup ??
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Windows 10 tray menu behind taskbar

I have an application with an icon in the system tray. When you right click the tray icon it shows a menu where the user can select an action. I have found that if I have a full screen application running and then use alt + esc to get to the tray…
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Ninject with Windows Application

I want to use Ninject in my Windows application and I want to know if there is best practices that I can do; strategies to find a balance between performance and maintenance. The problem with Windows application and Web application is that in Web…
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How to create and maintain a multi-language project?

I am planning to make a multi-language application in C# and was wondering what is the best way to handle the follow: The container for the languages; Best approaches to read/change once initiated/requested; As the program grows so does the…
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Why are web applications more popular than local applications?

I ask this because at work I am supposed to develop a web-application that is used in an intranet, by two people. It's an application that should keep some states in a workflow. So I have to keep data in a session and have to care about…
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Warning convertPointToBase is deprecated

In my OS X application, I am getting a warning(below) in the console when my web view loads certain webpages, but all webpages do not generate this warning on load, which seems strange to me, as it seems like the contents of the web view should have…
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Java: Checking if PC is idle

This is a rather tricky question as I have found no information online. Basically, I wish to know how to check if a computer is idle in Java. I wish a program to only work if the computer is in active use but if it is idle then to not. The only way…
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How to query user's language choice in innosetup script?

How to know what language user have selected to install setup in innosetup ? Im using innosetup 5.3 to package my application, its an multilingual application and so it would be useful if i knew what language user has selected to install the…
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How to open the user's preferred mail application on Linux?

I wrote a simple native GUI script with python-gtk. Now I want to give the user a button to send an email with an attachment. The script runs on Linux desktops. Is there a way to open the user's preferred mail application and attach a file?
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Open source site-specific browser

Here is what I want to do, very simply: I want to put a URL into a Mozilla Prism (or some alternative), then be provided with an icon on my desktop that when I click it a window opens and the page is displayed. The process for this instance of…
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What's the best way to store/retrieve data for a desktop without using a database?

i have a question about storing data for a desktop application, if i'm to deployed an application without a MS SQL database, how could i facilitate the retrieving/storing of data. I know i can also serializes the data objects into a file (such as…
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