I'm planning to have a desktop app interact with some .ASP or .ASPX pages on a server. I've only done a little bit with .asp pages and I'm thinking I'd just Post or Get a URL with some variables: MySite.com/Functions.asp?FunctionName=?Paramater1=somevalue?Parameter2=... I'm wondering if there is any better way to go about this? Am I ...
Hello In my current project we have to develop a good looking desktop based application in java. Currently, we have a very basic desktop application written in swing and team does not have good swing knowledge. Can we create a very good looking UI in swing? Should we use JavaFX for creating the desktop application? What are other a...
Which one would be faster - a local web app gui made with something like qooxdoo or a desktop app? How much speed difference would there be expected? I would prefer creating a web app which could in the future be shared than creating a desktop gui which is specialized on certain gui toolkits. ...
Hi everyone, I've been researching about building desktop application with JavaFX framework. Does anyone have any good or bad experience that can tell us? Is Oracle committed to JavaFX? Thanks. ...
I'm pretty familiar with using Adobe Flex & AS3, and compared with writing apps in JS/HTML I think it's very cool. However, since AIR is essentially a non-browser version of Flex with benefits like local storage, it seems to be competing as a cross-platform desktop application platform... and in that space it's much less mature than more...
I'm currently developing a desktop application in java, which stores user data such as bookmarks for ftp-servers. When deciding how to save these informations, I ended up using xml, simply because I like the way xpath works. I was thinking about json too, which seems more lightweight. What is your preferred way to store data in java des...
I am trying to build an error handler for my desktop application. The code Is in the class ZipCM.ErrorManager listed below. What I am finding is that the outputted file is not giving me the correct info for the StackTrace. Here is how I am trying to use it: Try '... Some stuff here! Catch ex As Exception Dim ob...
hi, I am trying to develop a web application(Using ASP.NET and c#) that uses a specific database hosted on web server. I will have another desktop application that will use a local database. Both databases have same structure and data at start up. Then databases will change when users add data to web application and an employee adds dat...
I know that you can create a separate console application, however, I am in the final stages of testing and my application does not have an interface. Is there a way to simply open a console and interact with that inside the desktop application? This would be in a test method. (I am using C#, in Visual Studio 2008). Thanks, badPanda ...
I need to capture whats currently shown in my app and save it as a image, is a flash app running locally, without apache, just a flash app with AS3, is it possible? Ive seen many solutions googling but all need a webserver and this app is running as a desktop app. Thanks in advance. ...
I have been reading that direct access to a SQL Server database over the Internet is insecure, so I am wondering what intermediary I can and should use between the client and the server. What are the best practices in terms of security and performance? ...
I'm a web developer right now and I do that professionally. (PHP/MySQL/JavaScript) (Java/MySQL/Javascript) (RoR) I make some scripts and sell them too. Now I'd like to add desktop application development to my repertoire. What languages/frameworks would suit me? I would ideally like to learn and get ready to code a few software and se...
Hi there, I mainly developing JEE and now I'm in a situation where I need to write a small native Java app. But tbh I'm a little bit lost, which frameworks (SWING, SWT, etc.) are outthere? Is some rapid dev also possible with one of these? Maybe someone could provide me some links or share his experiences. Thanks! ...
Hi there. I can spawn a browser from my Java thick client using java.awt.Desktop. Apprarently, I can also spawn a browser from my .NET client using System.Diagnostics.Process.Start My question is, is there a way in both Java / .NET to set a cookie when spawning the browser process? It doesn't look like there is - possibly due to secur...
In a desktop application that uses MVC, what object should be responsible for switching from one view to another? A controller at the next highest level of abstraction? (Conceptual question not particular to language/platform.) ...
At a conceptual level (not platform/framework specific), how should components like toolbars and menus (and the commands they contain) be implemented in a desktop application that uses the MVC pattern, with minimum coupling & maximum code reuse? ...
Hello everyone, I would like to know a way to actually make the status bar that is provided by netbeans when you create a desktop application work, but I don't really understand how. I am including the code below so everyone can understand what I mean and where to find it in netbeans. // status bar initialization - message timeout,...
I was wondering if there were any desktop application for trying out XML-RPC calls which would show me the response. Web based applications are also welcome. Thanks ...
Hello! I want to know what's the best technology to develop desktop applications considering this: It's to run only in Windows. I do not need to connect to a DB or to the web The final application has to be run from a .bat file I'd like to avoid installing additional frameworks like .NET, I'd like the application to run on a basic win...
Created one windows applcation. now i would like to give licence for it by keeping expiry date. am planning to keep expiry date in registries. the porblem is.. how can i get the actaul date. ie; when user changes the system date also- this should not change.(i meran expiry date.) Am looking for logics to acheive this..!! ...