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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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What information do you request when resolving an issue on a client's box using a desktop app?

We write a Windows desktop application that is installed on a few thousand computers that we have no access to. When one of these users reports a bug, even if the description is quite thorough, there is other information which may be helpful. We…
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Building Cross Platform app - recommendation

I need to build a fairly simple app but it needs to work on both PC and Mac. It also needs to be redistributable on a disc or usb drive as a standalone desktop app. Initially I thought AIR would be perfect for this (it ticks all the API…
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How to use C libraries to create GNOME app in JavaScript

I am a beginner in GNOME desktop application development so I am trying to learn about it as much as possible. I have read various tutorials present on developer.gnome.org written for JavaScript. I know that through GObject Introspection I can…
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Programatically access (your own) iCloud data from a desktop or from a server?

I want to access and manipulate, FROM A SERVER OR FROM MY DESKTOP MACHINE, my iPhone's iCloud data programmatically. For example... http://www.phonesheriff.com/investigator.html Does anyone know if it is possible? Is there any API or mechanism by…
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QScrollArea with dynamically changing contents

I have a QScrollArea with some buttons in it, like shown on the picture. The idea of the layout is: 1. The left and right button should be used for scrolling the buttons when they are too wide 2.The numbers of buttons in the scroll area can be…
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Is Perl a good option for writing platform independent desktop applications?

Is Perl a good option for writing (possibly and partially) platform independent desktop applications? I know there are interesting widget libraries like GTK2 Perl and wxWidgets but I'm not familiar with development on Windows. Is it possible to…
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How and where to store master password for a Java desktop application

I am working on a small java desktop application that stores users passwords on a .db file. When the user creates a new database, the user must create a master password for that database, in order to access any facebook or twitter passwords that…
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Can I create a Windows Form app using ASP.NET?

I am very new to ASP.NET. I just found something interesting when I try to create an ASP.NET application. I created a button, and wrote the following code in a click event handler: protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { Form…
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Can I run run an android application as a standalone desktop application without an emulator?

Is it possible to develop an android application aimed at mobile devices and also use the same code to execute on windows, linux or osx as a standalone java desktop application without using an emulator? I.e. to have the look and feel of a…
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Get notified when internet is connected or disconnected

I have a desktop application in WPF and C# developed under the .Net 4.0 Client Framework that has to show or hide some data according to if internet is available or not on the PC. This means I have to be able to detect as soon as possible if the…
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Usability and Accessibility for Desktop Applications

I am about to start developing a desktop application, and I am interested in making the application both usable and accessible for end users. Can anyone suggest online resources that offer guidance for developing usable desktop applications? In…
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Can C++ be used to interact with running applications?

I'm looking to mess around with C++ and build some kind of desktop application that can interact with other windows. Something like a window tiling manager (e.g. minimizing current windows, snapping windows into a grid etc). Is this possible to do…
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Assigning folder permissions to "ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES" group

It seems Win 8 has a new user group "ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES". This group seems to have Read permissions on all folders by default. However my requirement is to set some specific ACLs on a folder created by me. This group has no permissions on my…
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Facebook Desktop Application

So I'm trying to program a simple desktop application to login into someone's facebook. Right now that's my only objective, just log into facebook. I'm coding in Ruby and am using shoes GUI toolkit. Here's the code I have so far: Shoes.app do …
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Which DataSource for application used both in standalone and webapp context (Java 7, Tomcat 7)?

I build an application which has a standalone "core" layer, that is also used to build a webapp (it is a Maven multi-module project, with a 'core' module, and a 'webapp' module, that has a dependency to the 'core' module). It uses a MySQL database.…
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