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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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which .net components does my application need?

I built a vb.net desktop application. it works beautifuuly on my pc. I created an installer and gave it to a co-worker to run. The program does not work. Question: How can I figure out which .net components i need to provide along with my…
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Writing Program for desktop that can switch to web

I am being asked to write a desktop application in .net and MSSQL for record keeping. I do have to build forms for keeping records printed in 15 pages or more related to single person. I am fine with seperating data layer and presentation layer.…
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libGdx not correctly displaying the color of a selected pixel

I am trying to have my program recognize when it has clicked a continent. To do this, I have used: new Color(texture.getTextureData().consumePixmap().getPixel(x, y)); with x and y corresponding to the mouse's respective coordinates. This is the…
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Using AIR to add desktop GUIs

Suppose I develop an application with the logic as a CLI program that can be compiled to various platforms. To add a GUI, I could develop native versions separately for each platform or I could use a cross-platform tool like Tcl/Tk, wxLua, or PyGTK.…
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Configuration storage for a desktop application

What are the benefits of choosing either: a file in the user's home directory, e.g. ~/.myapp/config using the user's gconf database I already know a couple of things; storing data in the user's gconf database makes it a little harder for the user…
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What is the best tool to make a CD-ROM Demo Application?

I have to make an application that will do the following: Open a video file embedded in the application Open some pdf files, preferably embedded in the application, but if it will have to open externally, it's no problem. Work in fullscreen on the…
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Use Deskshell to create an .exe with a sqlite backend?

So I convert an online php/mysql website to an offline javascript client side website/app. Which works in Google chrome. when I import the database data into the sqlite. And now I like to make an executable (.exe) and I stumble upon Deskshell.…
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Create h2 database with Spring Boot if it not exists, then don't delete. Desktop application

I am writing a desktop applicaiton, which requires language dictationary. I want my application to create h2 database only when user first time run my application, and then load translations into db from .xdxf dictationary. After a quick looking…
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Automatically save canvas png to local file system

I am a web developer and I have never built anything for Desktop. I am working on a new project where I'm doing some canvas rendering in real time. It works just fine in low-res but I want to do it in high-res and save every frame as a PNG file on…
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Getting installed software from webpage

How does google pack knows what applications are installed on your system? alt text http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/7548/googlepack.png
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Java libGdx: FreeTypeFontGenerator is not working (Black screen)

I added in a custom font Aller_light.ttf and when I try to run the program with the font drawn with no errors the screen is black, so I'm not sure if its rendering somewhere else off screen or its not rendering at all. If you could give your 2 cents…
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Can a desktop app write to command line using javascript?

Say I use NW.js to get a native html/css/javascript app working. How would I use javascript to edit the folder contents of directories on the user system when they drag and drop in a folder, to read and write in files? And then write to command line…
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libgio: get_connected_drives() returns an empty list

I'm linking to libgio and using the VolumeMonitor class to retrieve the current mounted volumes. When i call get_connected_drives, it should return a list of drives (usb mass storage, cd drives) but it returns an empty list. I made certain that i…
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Task T.IsCancelled = false; How can I make this true?

I have this asynchronous method : private static async Task Initializ( ) { /*Do Stuff Here*/ } I want to be able to monitor the task that results from calling this function : Task T = Class.Initialize( ); if (T.IsCancelled){ /*Do Stuff Here*/…
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Is it posible to save file with the desired name I choose

Hi all i will have some file name to be saved with the name i choose . Like when i click on save on my form i will show a save dialog option and on the file name of that window i would like to have the filename of my own like some or other name and…
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