desktop-application

What to use when building a desktop application?

I'm making desktop application for my own use. I can't decide on whcih language/toolkit/framework to use. I would like a good User experience and a not so bad Performance. The choices in my mind are: wxPython Titanium Adobe AIR any other suggestions that would fit -- EDIT I would also like it to be cross-platform Experience, I'v...

Crop a picture in C# with the use of rectangle box

I want to crop a pic in c#. As in most photo editing softwares i want to use the rectangle box which can be resize and move with mouse(as in most image editing softwares). plz also tell that how it is possible that the pic inside the rectangle is bright while outside is darker. following pic give the some idea........ http://img3.im...

Developing a new application with .NET?

I have to develop a basic "line of business" application with the usual functionality like orders, stock control, sales, reports, etc. I will use WPF to develop this application to run on Windows but I want to develop it "open" so I can do a Windows Forms application using the same structure (maybe to run over Mono) or even a Silverligh...

programatically using Hardware Random number generator

I'm working on a desktop application and would love to use any hardware random number generators that happen to be available, though I dont want the user to have to do any confusing setup to use it. its Java/Clojure based so something in the java world would be nice though I'm willing to work with just about anything. Know of any program...

Coming from web development, how do I approach desktop app usability/design?

When developing a desktop application that has several groups of equally important data and operations, how do you tackle the user interface design? Most of the web-based apps I've developed have a simple home page with links to each service the app offers. Most of those pages contain lists of items in a database which you can drill dow...

autorun methods

hi all, I have developed a small desktop application in c#(using windows forms). For this project I need mysql, MySql.Data.dll and some property files... I am ready with my project but I need to burn it on a disk(with Autorun express). when I run that cd It should ask me to check whether the system has mysql installed in it or not...

Framework for (HTML + JS) Desktop Client

Hello, I plan to write a Desktop Client for Windows and Mac. It will be powered by web techniques (HTML + JS). Therefore it shall run on a WebKit engine on the user's desktop. Recently, I saw an interesting approach for this issue: Appcelerator I love its basic concept, but I don't want be dependent on their services. Instead I want to...

How to access controls that is in the panel in c#

I use a panel in c# winforms and fill the panel with the no of picture box using loop. like this eg panel name is panal foreach (string s in fileNames) { PictureBox pbox = new new PictureBox(); pBox.Image = Image.FromFile(s); pbox.Location = new point(10,15); . . . . this.panal.Controls.Add(pB...

Jdesktop or Qt for better Desktop application

I will make a desktop application. I searched on web which one is better. Can someone say positive and negative sides of these components. ...

Block all urls on windows desktop using win32 API

Hello, I am trying to develop one application which can block all urls using win32 api on windows desktop application. So is there any api or any procedure doing programmatically so that i can block all urls? ...

How to Develop Windows Applications

2 parts of the question I want to Develop Software for Windows (especially 7) What Language and knowledge Do i Need to know ? What Software should i use to develop them ? Please answer the question w.r.t both stand alone binaries and perhaps the .NET arena too. Does one need to code really deep or are there softwares that enable me ...

How to mix java swing and java fx in swing application?

i am developing a java swing application but i want to also use java fx with swing is there any resource for that told how to do that? ...

How can be edit all the source code in Desktop application?

I write desktop application using Jdesktop. After I run my code, computer generates private void initComponents() function under the source code. I can not edit this function. But i need to change something. So what can i do? ...

Desktop application help framework

Consider the requirements for embedding help in a Java desktop application (or applet): Single source for content (such as AsciiDoc) to generate high quality PDF manuals1 Hooks for context-sensitive help Robust, simple, and well documented API (under an hour to learn) Small footprint (a sub-100K Java archive)2 Integrate as a docked MDI...

to run application automatically after CAB file installation in windows desktop , VC++

Hello I am creating a cab file .After installing cab file its upload exe file to the destination path whatever i given . But is it possible for run that application automatically after CAB file installation . ...

Dev Platform of choice for Windows and OS X desktop apps

I'm about to write a small desktop app that should run on Windows and Mac OS X mainly. The choices I have so far are: I usually use Java + Swing for this type of stuff, but this app should be really tiny (about 1Mb) and I don't want to embed the ~26mb JRE on the Windows version or ask users to have it installed. I have good experience...

database in desktop application using swing

I am making a desktop application in java and using MSAccess in data base. I want that if i run the setup of the application the database should be created on client machine because there can be different client using the application and how can i create the setup? is there any tools available for this free of cost? please explain me in ...

How to decide GUI Framework for desktop application project

I am working on a new small utility desktop application but I am not really able to choose the GUI framework to use. I have worked on both JAVA,C# and C++, so language is not really a constraint. My criteria are:- A very well designed architecture, something like QT. It's better if it follows typical C++ design methodologies. Layout ma...

Simile Timeline

I'm sure many will know of Simile Timeline (http://www.simile-widgets.org/timeline/), the JavaScript-based widget for embedding interactive timelines into web sites. Timeline is open source software and is licensed under the BSD license. How would I go about using Similie Timeline in a Java desktop application that has no Internet acce...

Core Data quesition.

Hi there, I'm trying to write two applications (iphone and desktop) to achieve what's been described in the following link: core-data-is-it-possible-to-build-a-desktop-app-to-create-the-data-model-for-an Ok. So I've created a very simple desktop app the has a single entity named Client with a string attribute field called name. I've ...