We have a desktop application run on a few thousand client computers. We want to move from framework 2.0 to 3.5, but are concerned with the impact on clients. I understand that 3.0 and 3.5 are additions to the framework, and that they install service packs to 2.0; what I want to know specifically: When a client upgrades to the latest...
Several sites, including this one, are using OpenID to authenticate their users. And of course, OpenID is a good solution to manage user accounts, simply by linking them to their OpenID account. But are there similar solutions that could be used for desktop applications? I know there's CardSpace, where you create a custom ID card to con...
Hi, I am about to start developing a desktop application, and I am interested in making the application both usable and accessible for end users. Can anyone suggest online resources that offer guidance for developing usable desktop applications? In particular, I would be interested in learning about how to test desktop applications f...
What can I use as WYSIWYM editor for desktop application (preferably .NET/WinForms)? I need functions as paragraphs, headings 1, 2, 3, (un)ordered lists, strong and no other formating (restrictive). Editor wymeditor.org is bad for me purpose because I can paste anything to it from clipboard. I prefer no webbrowser/javascript editor integ...
Question is about providing auditing (who used the application, when) and securing (who can launch the application - no fine grain control or data security) a desktop application developed you. What would you prefer? Have an authentication mechanism built into your application If using this option, we have to include user and passwo...
The current application that I'm working on is a Client - Server C# application and work very well on a network. Now I'm thinking if it can run over the internet. The question is how to do this? How can I start the Server on my computer and in what circumstances so that every Client over the internet to connect to? What software I need t...
I am developing a windows desktop client/server application in .NET where the client application connects to SQL Server Express 2005 via the SQL native client and a connection string. The client then executes SQL over the connection on the database directly (no stored procedures). How can I configure SQL Server (or windows) security in...
What applications can you make with the programming language Ruby? Can you name a few commercial/famous ones written only in Ruby? What I'd really like to know is can you just learn Ruby instead of C/C++ to make commercial software e.g web server, photoshop, desktop applications, even an operating system etc. Except Ruby on Rails whic...
Possible Duplicates: What is the easiest language to start with? What programming language should I choose for an independent study language? Well as the title says what language is good for a beginner and for a hobby? I'll probably be making some games or desktop apps with a gui most likely. I'll be working in Windows and Li...
Is it possible to develop an android application aimed at mobile devices and also use the same code to execute on windows, linux or osx as a standalone java desktop application without using an emulator? I.e. to have the look and feel of a conventional java application running standalone? ...
I have an old Win32 application that I'm considering having someone port to an environment that's more flexible and easier to maintain. The foremost requirement is the new version, like the Win32 version, must install and run without major headaches on Windows machines. In other words, almost all WinXP or later machines should be abl...
I recently found a movie organizer application which fetches its data from the IMDB database? Does IMDB provide an API for this, or any third party APIs available? ...
I'm developing a desktop application using Java. I want to put an icon (with a contextual menu) on the system tray (called Menu Extras in Mac Os). Java 6 comes with support for doing this in Windows and Linux, but it doesn't work in Mac Os. I have seen some applications doing what I want in all three operating systems (e.g. DropBox), bu...
Hi i'm developing a small prototype of a desktop application using Qt and Python because i would like to distribute it in a multiplatform way. A friend of mine is annoying me on messenger because he claims that there are not known cool mainstream desktop apps developed with Qt and python technologies so, what i am doing, is just an exerc...
I have been pondering about this for a few days, and I'm surprised this hasn't been done yet or isn't very popular. What I would like to see was a way to run a PHP application inside a desktop application. For example, the application would need its own mini webserver that doesn't handle requests, but allows PHP to be run. Sometimes I ...
hi! i'm new to creating desktop applications. I've a working site in php with mysql support. I want to convert this site into a desktop application. Is Adobe AIR or Adobe Flex better? can i use php as such in both AIR and Flex? or should i convert them to xml or something which it uses? ...
On Windows/Linux platform,I as a common computer user,could not nearly find any software written in Java. The two operating system(Windows and Linux) are written with C. The two web browsers(IE and firefox) are written with C++. The two web server(IIS and Apache) are written with C++. Most database management system are written with C/...
I want to create a window based application in C# so that we can run it without installing the application into each and every system. It need to connect that application through database as well. I want to create this application so that it can be run directly through pendrive and can write into database as well. I know how to work w...
I'm interested in getting started w/ developing Python based applications for a desktop environment and have a few (seemingly simple) questions: What is the best method for developing GUI applications? I've seen several frameworks but the indexes I've found are a bit convoluted and mix (what seem to be) legacy packages. In your opinion...
How to change the Windows Application's default icon with other one in C# desktop application. I am trying to change it in Setup Project but it is not. I want to show my own icon with Application's shortcut rather then windows default icon ...