As a developer I had a slew of shortcuts and applications used daily. Visual Studio 6, 2003, 2005, 2008, SQL Client tools, WinMerge, Notepad++, Synergy, VMware (and lots and lots of VMs, multiple browsers, and on top of all that about 20 shortcuts to important directories, servers, test environments etc... The Vista start menu is a lif...
I need to write a program that, when minimized, lives in the System Tray, and I'll use Java 6's SystemTray API to do that. How can I make that application comes to the foreground when the user presses some hotkey? For example, the app is running but minimized. When the user presses CTRL-SHIFT-Y or something (or, like Google Desktop's ...
How do you make a Java desktop application modular? How should the modules be classified? ...
I have this code: #define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0500 #include <cstdlib> #include <iostream> #include <windows.h> using namespace std; int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { Sleep(500); HDESK hOriginalThread; HDESK hOriginalInput; hOriginalThread = GetThreadDesktop(GetCurrentThreadId()); hOriginalInput = OpenInputDesktop(0, FA...
I'd like to do some custom drawing to my windows desktop such that it appears to replace the desktop background (wallpaper). My first try was to get a DC for the desktop's listview and draw to it: IntPtr desktopDC = GetWindowDC(desktopListView); Graphics g = Graphics.FromHwnd(desktopDC); <-- fails on out of memory error I then tried t...
I have this code: #define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0500 #include <cstdlib> #include <iostream> #include <windows.h> using namespace std; int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { HDESK hOriginalThread; HDESK hOriginalInput; hOriginalThread = GetThreadDesktop(GetCurrentThreadId()); hOriginalInput = OpenInputDesktop(0, FALSE, DESKTOP_SWI...
Is it possible to take focus from another program to respond to an event, but then once the response has been handled, switch back to the previous program and restore the cursor where it was? This sounds like a weird question, but think of it along the lines of User is typing in a text box in Program A. A window for Program B pops up ...
Hello, can somebody recommend me good affordable IP KVM? Like Adder. Or some articles evaluating such KVMs? My project: Provide remote support to Linux (Fedora) based software that runs on X, but without any window-manager. I know that there is Gnome vino, but it is buggy and it does not meet my needs for other reasons. I would ...
Background We need to develop a specialised CMS (internal use only) to support a technical writing team producing specialised long-form content for web (i.e. text with pictures, interactive features). To protect the writers from the nitty-gritty of web development (and to improve output consistency) we'd like to augment a regular WSIWYG...
I am working on a CRUD application using .NET and I have about 10 or so dialogs I must implement. The user will enter information on one dialog and be sent to another dialog depending on the information being passed. This application basically mirrors what Spring MVC and JSF do when passing information between JSP pages. Is there a de...
Hi Where can I find documentation about WDS, specifically, using SQL queries from C# to query WDS? Are there any resources listing the columns that can be queried from the SystemIndex? Additionally, I want the query to return the "context" i.e. just like the WDS client does with a few lines from the document where the search terms are f...
Hi, I would like to write a small Windows application which changes the desktop wallpaper based on photographs retrieved from a web service ? How should I go about this ? Which language / technology would this be the quickest to code in ? ...
I want to provide the user with a scaled-down screenshot of their desktop in my application. Is there a way to take a screenshot of the current user's Windows desktop? I'm writing in C#, but if there's a better solution in another language, I'm open to it. To clarify, I need a screenshot of the Windows Desktop - that's the wallpaper a...
I need my application installer set the program to auto-startup for all users. Then each individual user should be able to modify this option without affecting others. Currently I write to HKLM/../Run with installer, which acomplishes the first task. But then I can't disable autorun for current user, because deleting th HKLM/../Run entr...
I'm looking for an off-the-shelf license system for desktop software. After some research on the net -- and of course here on StackOverflow -- I haven't found one the suits our needs. I have a couple of must-have features and some would-be-nice features: Must have: Encrypted unlock key Possibility to automate the unlock key generat...
Hi, I am trying to get a very small desktop app built - something that can be downloaded by people very quickly. I am trying to decide whether i shd build it in .net or java. I know Java will be cross platform, but I want to know if a lot of Windows users do not have JRE installed on their computers, in which case I am told they will ne...
On WinXP if you right click the desktop, and select View, and select 'Show Desktop Icons', the icons are hidden. Do you know the reg key that stores this value? And maybe more important, how did you know that or find the value? ...
I am looking for a way to embed ads to my desktop APIs. There are planty solutions out there for web sites which stream ads from Ad Networks. However, I didn't find one which will allow to get a similar ad content to the app. Does any one have any experience with this? Thanks!! ...
Hi guys, I had posted a question a few days ago and thanks a lot to those who already responded. I am reposting the question because it seemed like I needed to clarify our requirements. So here it goes in more detail. I am trying to get a very small desktop app built - something that can be downloaded by people very quickly. I am tryin...
Hi guys, I am trying to build a desktop app. The biggest requirement is that it should be as miniscule as possible. For Windows users, is it better to build it in .NET or WinAPI? I am not from software background so pardon me if this is a non-sensical question, but I have heard that with .NET, there is a chance that some Windows users ma...