I am working on a program that acts as a launcher for other programs. It is possible that there could be 20+ windows displayed when started. I would like someway of specifying which workspace the program opens on, while it is already possible to start the program on a certain workspace, I need a list of the available workspaces in my lau...
I've always been of the opinion an internal development group should really only be building/maintaining three applications. An internal composite/pluggable/extendable application. The company website. (Optional) A mobile version of #1 for field employees. I'm a consultant, and everywhere I go, my clients have dozens of one-off appli...
Hi, I used to see that a program could embed a calendar right into the desktop, and the calendar is interactive, all 'show desktop' operations including will not hide it. I wonder how I can achieve that? Thank you. ...
Is it possible to create an application that allows you to interact with the files/folder in any folder (including desktop) graphically? IE: The program would allow you to create a graphical object that allows you to drag and drop folders/files on to it. The object would remain in the folder/desktop and basically be another folder with...
Most of the desktop application development I do is in Swing, and I'm curious to hear people's thoughts on using JavaFX and/or Adobe Flex for building desktop applications. Have you had success building desktop apps with these? Or would you stick with Swing for now and use tools to help make Swing development more productive? ...
Hello all what is the best way to implement AA mechanism ( authorization and Authentication ) in java desktop app , i have accounting application that needs AA mechanism ...
Along with all buzz talks about the wonderful Bumptop desktop environment, Im getting this question now. What is the relation with Physics and Bumptop techniques. Basically, I am interested in learning the techniques/algorithms followed in this desktop environment. For example, Collision Detection -- is used when one icon is about to c...
My wife complains that I have too many icons on the Windows XP-Pro desktop. I like to be able to quickly drop a file onto the icon for application I want to have open it. And I like to follow a link to open often-used deeply nested folders rather than navigate there. Thus, I have over 100 icons on the desktop. (We share the same user...
It looks like I cannot use Desktop.open() on PDF files regardless of location. Here's a small test program: package com.example.bugs; import java.awt.Desktop; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; public class DesktopOpenBug { static public void main(String[] args) { try { Desktop desktop = null; ...
This question has been asked for other languages, and even for those other languages, I have found their answers lacking in how to exactly do it, cleanly (no messed up screen repaints, etc..). Is it possible to draw onto the Windows Desktop from C#? I am looking for an example if possible. ...
Hi everyone, I'm doing a theatrical performance, and I need a program that can read images from a folder and display them full screen on one of the computer's VGA outputs, in a predetermined order. All it needs to do is start with the first image, and when a key is pressed (space bar, right arrow), smoothly cross-fade to the next image....
I want to make simple java program that will insert some text into current cursor position. That cursor position can be in any text editor, for example notepad. Is this possible? ...
It is possible to for Desktop.open(File f) to reference a file located within a JAR? I tried using ClassLoader.getResource(String s), converting it to a URI, then creating a File from it. But this results in IllegalArgumentException: URI is not hierarchical. URL url = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().getResource(...); System.out.prin...
My question is pretty straightforward: What are the features of an application that force the developer to exploit OSGI-like system? What are the cases, when such a utility is unneeded? ...
Is there a .NET/Python library that supports Bluetooth passkey authentication? I'd like to create a Windows desktop application that would scan for Bluetooth devices and interact with them. So in case of .NET it is .NET Desktop. What .NET/Python lib should I use (preferably the one that supports passkey authentication along with a no-a...
I'm not much of a programmer, PHP is where I'm comfortable. And sometimes I find that I need to do things, such as arrange files or rename files on a mass scale on my computer. And I think I could do this with PHP but I can't of course. So I was curious, is there a way I could run PHP files as kind of exe files. I'll probably get fla...
In response to this question, I'm sure many people would object that PHP isn't the best choice for desktop programming, and would recommend something like Ruby or Python instead. I thought it would be interesting to have a discussion on why. Aside from arguments about whether PHP is a good language overall, what are your criteria for a ...
I don't know if this question has any sense, but this is what my boss want. I work in a company with an intranet web. In my department we have developed an application wich connects to a Bussiness Object server and executes and prints reports. This is a regular client/server app with our own user/password manintenance to log in. My b...
I know how to create the basic controls in Swing, but coming to industry standard application development, I lack the skills to do them. I am designing a small Java Swing application. Instead of creating a JFrame for each purpose, I would like to create controls, display them, hide them (whenever necessary), everything in just one windo...
Hello all im coming from unix / server / c++ /java background with no GUI experience i need to build windows GUI application , i need to build it fast i was told that the .net family is the exact thing for such job . but there is VB.net and c# what should i choose what is faster and better for such job ? what will be easier for none...