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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No module named httplib2 but httplib2 installed
im installed httplib2 using pip but when i write this code its give me error
No module named httplib2
why ?
the code
import httplib2
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup, SoupStrainer
http = httplib2.Http()
status, response =…

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MySql Select Statement Failing
I am connecting to a MySql server. The MySql server is version 5.1.36. I am using Java SE with Eclipse Link for my JPA.
I have noticed that when I construct my class, I have to setup my SQL statement as
"SELECT EMP.Index, EMP.Name FROM EMP" instead…

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HTML/CSS/JS desktop application runtime for RHEL6
I have a software user interface built with node-webkit, which works great for most platforms. However, on RedHat Linux 6 OS Chromium is not supported, and node.js requires some hacky methods that I shouldn't be allowed to automate for other…

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How to make request from web to nw.js app?
I'm developing an application in nw.js and also I do have a website. I need to do something on nw app when an action is done in the website. Can we make requests to nw app from website ? Or is there any better way to do this ?

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How create custom user interface for Windows?
There are many applications for Windows these days that don't use native windows controls, don't have standard window frames and generally look different. What are some recommended techniques for creating such interfaces?

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Copy first file for multiple folders to some another location
I have about 1000 folders on my hard drive. Each folder contains about 100 .jpg files. Now I need to copy from each folder "page (1).jpg" file in to some specific folder(each folder contain "page (1).jpg" file). And one more thing... On the end,…

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Make better resolution desktop icon via java web start on windows
I have set it up so that running my java web start application creates a desktop icon. On Linux this icon is beautiful, just as I designed it including transparency. On Windows however ( tested on 7 and 8 ), the image is down-scaled, blocky and…

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Lazy loading JPA entities in a desktop application
Although I am fairly experienced in applying JPA to a a web application, I am now facing a challenge in applying it to a desktop application. I could use some pointers!
I working on a JavaFX-based solution, and I'm facing an issue with lazy loading…

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Another option instead for MS Access Table
I have a desktop form application that currently uses and Microsoft Access MDB file to store the data. If the users computer does not have access installed on their computer they have to download the MS Access Runtime to run the application or they…

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IBOutlet for NSTextField in NSTitlebarAccessoryView
In my document based application, I have added a Label (NSTextField) to my document's window's titlebar using the new API for 10.10 :
I call this from my main NSViewController that I have controlling the main view that comes with the window for…

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Error When Exporting Crystal Report
An unhandled exception of type System.AccessViolationException occurred in System.Windows.Forms.dll
Additional information: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.

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How to use C++/C# code to control skype on PC?
I searched on the interest, it said the Skype4com already stopped working in 2014, and only Skype URIs are official supported.
However, Skype URIs seems only support web browser.
Is there anyway to control Skype in C++/C# on PC?

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NodeJS desktop app without server?
I am trying to learn nodejs, I was overwhelmed by the amount of modules and I cannot put myself to choosing which way I will go.
But first, there are still some things I'm still unsure of that I think will greatly affect how I will proceed with my…

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JAVA-I don't want clicking on my app make other apps lose focus
Wow, what a stupid question you might say. But is it possible? I have a mouse move event in a Jpanel and it works even when the application is not in focus, now can I have something like that for the clicking event or something similar. And most…

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Java desktop apps
Are there any professional Java desktop applications in use? I'm asking this because I started to study Java and would like to know it's possibilities and/or domains in which java is used.

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