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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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Is there a special method to remove a shortcut from a desktop?

I created a shortcut (.lnk) file on the desktop using the IShellLink interface similar to the code described at the bottom of this page. So my assumption was that to remove this shortcut I could simply call DeleteFile on the .lnk file, but…
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What's Java Hybrid - Applet + Application?

And how can I write one? From comments to my reply, this followed: "What we had in the old days - An Applet and Application - is not available anymore." And a rebuttal: Rubbish. It [An Applet and Application] is called an hybrid, and is alive…
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Java communication fails through web proxy using Apache HttpClient

I have a desktop client that sends data to a web server and I can't seem to get through the proxy server. Update: I am getting a 407 HTTP error when trying to communicate through the proxy. When downloading information from my web server, everything…
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Is it possible writing a cross-platform desktop application with XHTML, CSS and JavaScript?

Is it possible writing a cross-platform desktop application with XHTML (or HTML), CSS and JavaScript? If the answer is yes, how to run this application? Should I run it with a browser like Firefox? Note: Currently Windows supports HTML Application.
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How to configure hibernate in standalone (Swing) application in eclipse?

i usually use hibernate with spring in web applications so i use DI and maven for configuration, now i want to use hibernate in desktop/swing application that doesn't use maven or spring, and i was wondering about the following: What jars do i need…
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Python Desktop Applications

I'm using wxPython since about 2 years for several small scientific programs which I distribute to many Colleagues. I like wxPython and I'm already very familiar with it but there are few things which drive me crazy (not because of wxPython,…
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Limitations of Java desktop applications?

I come from a C/C++ background and now do a lot of C# stuff. Lately I have become interested in doing some projects in Java since playing around with the Android SDK. I know that Java apps run in a sandbox that can limit their access to the…
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Web app or Desktop app, which is easier to monetize?

If it's possible to implement an idea as a desktop app and as a web app, which way would you go? I'm a little biased here, as as a user I tend to prefer desktop apps over web apps, for the ability to access information quickly: no need to open a…
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Best way to package a headless browser?

I am working on a desktop software for a client and I was thinking for the UI, I would use standard web technologies like HTML5+JS and was planning to simply package in a headless version of a modern browser like Chrome/Firefox with my software. For…
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Agile different methodologies

I know very little about Agile but I wonder if there is any difference in methodology between mobile applications and desktop/web applications?
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Getting a permanent access token for facebook application with credentials

Can i get a permanent access token for my facebook application , using user's credentials (email, password). As i have seen in many application like yahoo messenger ,windows live , nimbuzz for mobile and other, they just ask for username and…
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NHibernate / Castle.ActiveRecord ; Session-Management ; WinForms

my first real (not test) NHibernate/Castle.ActiveRecord project is developing quickly. I am working with NHibernate/Castle.ActiveRecord about one month now but still have not a real idea how to handle Sessions in my WindowsForms application. The…
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What defines coords.accuracy in the Geolocation API when not using a positioning sensor?

I'm trying out Geolocation API with HTML5 and it seems the results are more accurate than it reports: geolocation.coords.latitude shows ~correct latitude geolocation.coords.longitude shows ~correct longitude geolocation.address.street +…
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Deploying Rails as a desktop application

I just start RoR development for two weeks, It's pretty amazing programming language so far. It's impressing me so much so that I'm start to thinking about change the programming language of my client's project from PHP to RoR. But what I want to…
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How to share device State information from electron

We have developed a desktop application using electron and angular, bundled using electron-builder. The problem we are facing is regarding SSO, we have achieved SSO by attaching 'debugger' on 'webContents' of a 'BrowserWindow', it's working for the…
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