An application that runs stand alone in a desktop or laptop computer. Contrast with "Web-based application," which requires the Web browser to run.
Questions tagged [desktop-application]
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Can one open another application within a javaFX frame?
I am currently working on a desktop application in which one can generate a responsive website for documentation (java-doc like) by providing nothing more than a simple word document.
I currently have a prototype working in which I select for…

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VB: Email sending with SMTP is failing
I'm adding an email sender in my app, so i used this:
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Dim oMail As New SmtpMail("TryIt")
Dim oSmtp As New SmtpClient()
oMail.From = "app-NHK@hotmail.com" ' From
oMail.To = "NHKomaiha@hotmail.com" ' To
oMail.Subject =…

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How to share a folder in a asp.net web application with a win form client?
In this asp.net web application, users can upload files to the server through a web interface. All the uploaded files are save in a server side folder. If I want to create a new win form desktop client (actually, its a WPF application) which can be…

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create electron atom application via hardware information
I need to create a desktop application.
Since lately I 've been using constantly javascript for my mobile html5 apps I was thinkning of using electron atom (former Atom Shell) to develop the desktop one.
The problem is that my client needs to be…

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Open iTunes review page with a deep link from website
Open iTunes desktop (mac/windows) application review page with a link It's that possible?
itmss:// I understand it is iTunes deep link to open the app from a browser. In this question, the URL given works, but shows an old page in which you can not…

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VB Folder: Access Denied (with admin rights)
i'm using VB.NET language on windows 10 with VS 2015
I'm trying to make a directory then copy a file from my app's resources folder to that directory
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Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim…

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Build UserControl to display both text and image dynamically
I am building a quiz redistributable desktop application. Questions can be text or image or both.
Someone suggested i build a text and image dynamic user control to display the questions. I have searched all round but cant find any tutorial that…

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Add images and Text to my quiz application (C# Desktop)
I have Quiz web application which the admin can add a question; this can be text and images . The options can also be text and images as seen below.
I have been asked to reproduce this in a redistributable desktop application using c#.
I am finding…

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How to add signing Request Headers in Get Request for Cryptsy using C# HttpClient
I have written a program for withdrawing coins from the Cryptsy.com. This program first converts the all parameters to the HMAC SHA512 and then this data has to be sent as signing information for Authentication. This signed data is required to be…

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Can we develop desktop app with Electron to monitor the remote windows service
I was planning to write a desktop app which will monitor the remote and local windows service status, read remote log files and display in the app.
I did search but didn't find any useful information regarding such.
Is this possible to achieve…

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Keep me logged in option in facebook desktop login flow not working
I must use facebook integration within desktop app on OSX. I've used part of facebook sdk for ios and modified all ui elements to properly work on desktop.
I'm presenting facebook dialogs within webView, display is set to popup, and redirect url is…

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How to get application usage time?
I need to get all the other applications usage time. I can get which window is active now using GetForegroundWindow. But how can I get notified when the window goes inactive. We cant check repeatedly whether the window is active or not. I dont need…

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How can I determine whether I am connected to WiFi or a cellular network wpf?
I am working with a WPF app for tablets with Windows 8.1. The app connects to SAP. In the settings I have to implement an option for synchronisation to only occur over a WiFi network.
How can I determine if the tablet is connected to WiFi or a…

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Remote Debug desktop app visual studio 2015
I used to develop and remote debug one device creating Windows Store Apps with VS 2013 for Windows.
Now I am using a Microsoft VS Community 2015 (v 14..) and I created a Windows Desktop App using WPF,
but I cant remote debug anymore but only running…

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Hide/Show desktop Items using c#
I use the following program for Hide/Show desktop Items using c#. It was working Fine.
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string lpClassName, string…

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