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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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Windows Application vs Web Application development

Just trying to get a more thorough understanding of the major differences between windows(desktop) application and web application development. All my knowledge and experience has been as a web application developer, with c# and the .net framework.…
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Package html, js, css as a desktop app

I have a online tool where you can make presentations and then either preview them right online or download them for use later in a presentation. This have been done in flash. An xml is created for the presentation and then flash is using it to…
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Advertise in WPF application?

Is that possible? I know that services like Google Ads prohibit advertising in desktop applications. Is there a service that supports the WPF/.NET?
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Are web applications more portable than desktop applications?

I often hear people praising web applications (as opposed to desktop apps) for their portability. Indeed, making a desktop application available on multiple operating systems is difficult. However, I'd think web-applications have to deal with…
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Something like unity but for C++ programmers

is there anything similar to unity but with the difference that instead of javascript I can use C++?
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HTML/CSS/JS in desktop applications

I've read about XSS vulnerability in desktop applications like Skype and ICQ. I wonder why they choose to use html in this kind of applications that can also be written without any html. Is there a simple reason? Does someone know if Skype uses html…
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Right-to-left UI Guidelines?

I'm looking into RTL support for a proprietary UI framework (for a desktop app), and I'm wondering: are there guidelines as to how the widget rendering has to change? I'm looking for a list of things like: checkbox labels are on the left of the…
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webRTC java desktop attach media tracks and consume them correctly

I'm trying to build a peer2peer audio transmission between two java apps, using this webRTC Java native interface implementation, and using a simple nodejs server with sockets to do the signaling, I could establish a connection although I couldn't…
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Build/Release flow on VSTS with MSI deployed desktop app using configuration transforms

We are in the process of implementing a DevOps strategy for our client deployed desktop app (winforms). Until now, we used SlowCheetah to do our config transforms (ex: select QA from config manager, app.QA.config is automatically swapped in, do the…
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How to stop a timer during hibernate/ sleep mode in C# winform application?

I have an application which does a specific task after some time (controlled by a timer). But whenever I start PC after hibernate that application runs. This means that timer keeps running during hibernation for atleast one tick. How can I avoid…
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How to bundle a third party binary with Electron?

I am still new to the electron ecosystem and desktop development in general but what I wish to do is to interface with a third party, open source application that comes bundled in with my software. First, I am unsure on what the package options to…
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HTML, JS, and CSS Desktop applications

Recently I stumbled upon Adobe's 'Brackets' code editor, which is apparently built using the standard web languages. As a keen web developer, I have taken quite a bit of interest into how this has been done, and am wondering how on earth it can be…
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desktop application with gnome-terminal: relative paths to script and icon

I am using gnome-terminal to create a clickable desktop application. The application should be downloaded in a zip folder, with a sub-directory bin containing my myapp.desktop. I would like to have a different directory somedir in my zip file…
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Serilog GUI for desktop

Serilog is a logging library that has Sinks (adapters) to many log viewing/analysis services (like Glimpse or Loggly). That is cool but all of them require browser to see the logs. Is there a ready GUI control for desktop applications (using…
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How can I set WPF window size is 25 percent of relative monitor screen

I have a WPF window and How can I set WPF window size is 25 percent of relative monitor screen.How can I set these properties.
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