customize xp active desktop future using c#
i would like to customize active desktop application through c#. where can find the useful resources ...
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use qt and django to create desktop apps
Hi guys, I had this idea of creating desktop apps using django. The principe being: - Write the django app, and use something like cherrypy to serve it. - Write a Qt app in C++ to access it and this by using QtWebview (webkit) I'd like to "bundle" this in a single app. The lighter, the better :) So here are my questions and if you have...
Pin WPF window on the desktop in Windows 7
I want to pin a WPF window on the desktop (it should be a desktop gadget). I know you can do this by setting the parent handle of the WPF window to the handle of the "progman" window. But this does not prevent the hiding of the WPF window when "Windows + D" is pressed. There must be another way do to this. The new desktop gadgets in W...
Cannot drag window in remote desktop.
When I use remote desktop to access my windows 2008 server from windows vista I cannot re size or drag any windows in the RDP session. I can RDP in and maximize windows and minimize just fine buy I cannot re size or move a window. Any help I cannot find anything on Google. ...
ubuntu server vs desktop edition
I have a dilemma of selecting between ubuntu edition for development server. I have seen that ubuntu server dosen't have a GUI(though can be installed later). My question : is there any specific difference in desktop and server edition that will help in development of web app? ...
Running a desktiop application inside an AIR application
Is it possible to run a desktop application inside an Adobe AIR application and also whether it is able to detect events on screen over desktop application in AIR application. For example, Flex Builder or eclipse IDE should run inside an AIR application and whatever mouse detects or key stroke events should be noted by the AIR applicati...
Change workarea size of Linux desktop
I'm trying to write a taskbar/panel for Linux (like fbpanel or pypanel) using GTK# and am a little hung up. I've created a Gtk.Window to act as the panel and positioned/resized it appropriately. I've also set its WindowTypeHint to Dock so that it remains on top of other windows. So far it 'looks' like a panel. However, if the panel i...
Converting "User Shell Folders" registry value
The following registry key contains many system default folder locations. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders The value for the path of the All Users desktop, which is found there, is as follows: XP or earlier : [%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop] Vista or later: [%PUBLIC%\Desktop] Wherea...
Advantages of Using Linux as primary developer desktop
I want to get some input on some of the advantages of why developers should and need to use Linux as their primary development desktop on a daily basic as opposed to using Windows. This is particulary helpful when your Dev, QA, and Production environments are Linux. The current analogy that I keep coming back to is. If I build my demo...
Is there such a thing as a dektop application event aggregator, similar to that used in Prism?
The event aggregator in Prism is great, and allows loosely coupled communication between modules within a composite application. Does such a thing exist that allows the same thing to happen between standalone applications running on a user's desktop? I could imagine developing a solution that uses WCF with TCP binding and running inside...
web based native app
How does one create a native app (windows, mac, or linux) that has the similar characteristics of a web app? I'm looking at 'dynamic' updates every time the app is launched by getting the code to run elsewhere (similar to rich web apps with javascript). It must retain the native gui however, with the behaviors/conventions expected in the...
WPF Books in 2010
I'm looking to learn WPF, and I'd like to get a book to help in the process. Most of the popular questions on SO regarding actual books are from 2008, and I wanted to see if recommendations for books had changed at all. WPF Unleashed, which seems to be the most popular recommendation, was published in 2006, which is quite a while ago, w...
Creating a Linux Desktop Envoriment
Suppose I want to create my own desktop envoriment for Linux, without X. Like Google with the Android did. Where do I start? Is it actually a normal application that just draws stuff, and starts after the kernel boot? And how does it draw it? Using OpenGL or is there something more generic? And graphics drivers, how is it going? You shou...
Draw OpenGL on the windows desktop without a window
I've seen things like this and I was wondering if this was possible, say I run my application and it will show the render on whatever is below it. So basically, rendering on the screen without a window. Possible or a lie? Note: Want to do this on windows and in c++. ...
Getting targetFeedReadOnly error in simple YouTube search query
Hello im beginner in the YT api , i trying to query YT api with search query from c++ http client with post request the request string looks like this : http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos?max-results=10&orderby=published&q=Skinny%20puppy&start-index=1&v=2 no headers and no autontication has bean made and the e...
How to write applications that modifies the Windows UI?
Hi, I have this programming question that's been bothering me for some time now. I'm wondering how is it possible to write applications that change the Windows UI? More precisely how could you write an application that modifies the Windows Taskbar or the Windows Desktop? I'm really interested in this topic but cannot find a lot of infor...
how use Oauth on a desktop application
The long QUEST to get an access token app gets a request token from twitter user clicks a button on the ap app opens a twitter page, user types username/password twitter gives user a PIN user use this PIN in the application GREAT, finally app exchange the request token for an access token Questions: This token belongs to who? I mea...
Gnome Desktop Icons Alignment
Hi all. It has been a long time since I started to compare the gnome desktop to the windows desktop. But since I began to use linux, I realized that the "gnome way" to align the icons on Desktop is not that nice for me. And comparing to Windows's way, windows is better for me. (remember, for me). I'd like to know if anyone has some tip ...
what is the recommended way of running a embedded web server within a desktop app (say wsgi server with pyqt)
The desktop app should start the web server on launch and should shut it down on close. Assuming that the desktop is the only client allowed to connect to the web server, what is the best way to write this? Both the web server and the desktop run in a blocking loop of their own. So, should I be using threads or multiprocessing? ...
Click-Once Update Deletes User Created Desktop Icon
In some, but not all, of our click-once applications when the user copies the icon to the desktop the icon will be deleted when the user updates the application. What causes this and how do I prevent it from happening? ...