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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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Chrome without the chrome?

I'm developing a desktop application which is completely written in javascript + web services. I'd like to host it in a chromeless web browser. So basically just a window. I don't want the URL bar, I don't want the big blue bar, etc. I just want a…
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Generic way to extract text from a Java Application

I need to extract all text from all windows open on desktop. With windows application it is relatively easy to get this working i.e. using SendMessage + WM_GETTEXT. But this technique does not work with Java applications. Is there a way to extract…
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Good way of communicating between web and desktop app

I want my web app (running in a browser) to, at some point, communicate (bidirectionally) with a desktop app (in Windows), the client has installed in its computer. What's an elegant and modular and simple way of doing this (with Java and C#)? Not…
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Detect first time user in java app

I want my java desktop application to know if the user is running it for the first time on that pc. Since the jar-file might be shared between users i don't want to write to a file inside the jar-file. There are obviously a lot of ways to do this…
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Creating a website link with a custom icon on users desktop

I would like to make it possible for our unsavvy website users to create a desktop link to our website with a custom icon (our website icon). Naturally, there is the drag-and-drop option, but this doesn't allow a custom icon (as far as I know). I…
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SVG in Titanium Desktop?

I'm running the 1.1.0 SDK of Titanium Desktop and only my SVG text elements are rendered properly. SVG methods such as getBBox() give error messages. The application works well outside the Titanium environment - that is: Chrome, Firefox, Safari.…
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.NET MAUI - Auto update desktop application

I have been developing a MAUI Blazor Hybrid Desktop Application for Windows. I want to configure automatic/self-updates for that application. I have followed the publish via Visual Studio Code Instructions. Official doc link Followed the steps as…
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What is the standard way to handle twitter API keys in GPL'd desktop applications?

While developing an desktop application that needs to access twitter API , one must somehow pass the API key (application specific consumer key and consumer secret ) for the application to the user. Twitter's API TOS states that the application's…
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jpa on a Desktop SWING Application

I'm developping a mono user desktop application using SWING. I had a little experience with this kind of application on which i used the java.sql api and figured out that it wasn't confortable at all ... In my new application i'm trying to use JPA…
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How can I remove windows title bar or customize it in compose desktop?

I want to remove windows default title bar so I can create my own that matches my application. I searched around but couldn't find anything. Thanks
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How to integrate MySQL server with electron app's package for windows?

I created a retail/POS desktop application with electron for my client, I used MySQL for database. Now I want to create a package for windows but the problem is that a user have to install MySQL server manually in his/her system to run the…
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Set Icon For Overall Application Windows In JavaFX

I've been working on a big Java Desktop Application using the JavaFX SDK 11.0.2. In my application, I have many different Stage(s) for different set of functions. Now, I want to set icons on each and every window that opens in my application. While…
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Case of the confounding key press caper

Background Developing a rudimentary, open-source keyboard and mouse on-screen display desktop application for screen casting, called KmCaster: The application uses the JNativeHook library to receive global keyboard and mouse events, because Swing's…
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Authentication with firestore for c# desktop app

I have prepared desktop application which is using firestore database and to get an access to it I have used GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS. According to the documentation, I was not able to introduce rules for this type of authentication but I…
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Create Java Desktop Notification

The requirement is to create a desktop notification which can register a click-event. I cannot use web-sockets or any browser notifications. I am unable to use Tray-Icons and SystemTray because they cannot register Click-Events on DISPLAY MESSAGE.…
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