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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's is the Better option for multi-platform environment

In my company we want to make a desktop software, but we want to create the better experience in the most common platforms (Windows(XP/VISTA/7), Linux and MacOs (And iOS) and several smartphones (android, webOS, windows mobile) We have studied 3…
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saving running instance in netbeans

I've created a application in Netbeans IDE 6.9. I want to save my running application. I actually select various things in my applications. I want that if I run my application again then those things should be selected. I want to save the running…
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upload docs and web pages using drag and drop interface using python desktop app

i have desktop interface in python which uses drag and drop and where users can login. right now if i drop a file it will be stored in local directory. now what i want is, i want to upload user dropeed file to remote web server. can anybody help me…
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Difference between web and desktop applications in database access

i have a bit theoretical question. When creating web applications, there is difference to desktop applications with working and active connection to database. So im curious if there is some solution, which can provide more desktop-like access to…
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How do you detect another desktop application if it's installed or even running in MeteorJS?

What I'm trying to achieve is after a user logs into the MeteorJS web application, to have it first check if a desktop text editor application is installed. If it is, then secondly have Meteor check whether the text editor is running or not, and if…
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What is the correct @Scope for Components in Spring Boot desktop/CLI applications?

I've already written a couple of Spring Boot application (at the moment, one for web, one using JavaFX and a handful CLI applications). While all work as expected, I currently struggle with one particular concept of desktop or command line…
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Killing Libgdx process without kiling the entire application

I am working on a 2D-3D Game on Java, with the help of Libgdx for the 3D Part. By now, I have menus and the 2D game written purely on Java, and I want to do the 3D part with Libgdx. So I have managed to start a libgdx application (for desktop) and…
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R Shiny as Windows Desktop App Creates Text File With Warning

I am a statistics student and I have created an app in R Shiny, went through all the steps described as per http://blog.analytixware.com/2014/03/packaging-your-shiny-app-as-windows.html and encounter the following issue: chrome portable does open,…
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Advanced migration between Databases using Python, SQLAlchemy, and Alembic

--- UPDATED to be more clear --- I have quite the task ahead of me, and I am hoping Alembic and SQLAlchemy can do what I need. I want to develop a desktop application that helps migrate data from one SQLite database to a completely different model…
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Using Electron Code in Browser

I want to create a cross-platform app in Desktop and Web Browser with electron and each of these have a separate database, SqLite for Desktop and MySQL for Web. is logically possible to code once for both of them?
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What should be the authentication flow for desktop apps (electronjs)?

I have a web application (service). It have several routes for auth: Register: (post) /auth/register Login: (post) /auth/login Google oAuth2 API: (get) /auth/google Google oAuth has flow: (get) /auth/google -> (redirect to) google oauth service…
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Getting Icons for File Extensions in Adobe Air

I'm working on an Adobe Air Desktop App ATM. My question is how to get the icon for a given file extension, but without actually loading up a file of such type. I had the idea to just create a blank file for the extension and then delete it once i…
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Can I deploy Qt as a "system library" on Windows?

I am new to Qt, I installed Qt 5.6 and Microsoft compiler (I have Visual studio 2015 community). It works. I am focused on QML desktop applications on Windows 7/8/10. I can't find informations about how to deploy Qt dlls once: if I make many…
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PHP GTK on how to use

I have no knowledge on desktop applications, but I have a project in our school desktop application and only I know is to make websites using php, javascript, css and etc. I heard about PHP GTK and I already read many articles and tutorial for…
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Securing SQL Server connect string on unattended desktop application

We have applications running on Windows 7 Pro Servers in the field. They may be unattended and therefore insecure. They connect to Sql server in Azure. We are trying to figure out a way to secure the connection string, which currently is in plain…
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