I have the adminpak.msi installed so that I can use the Remote Desktop MMC to connect to all of my servers. As I add a server, it goes to the bottom of the list of available servers. I can't find out how to re-order them into more logical groupings, or at least alphabetical. Any ideas? ...
Hi all, I've found a way to create virtual desktops with c#. Now I was wondering if we can take a screenshot of a particular desktop and if so how ? Thanks in advance Blizz ...
Is there any way besides Shoes to develop and distribute cross-platform GUI desktop applications written in Ruby? I come to believe that general bugginess of _why's applications is exceptionally crippling in case of Shoes, and anything more complex than a two-button form is a pain to maintain. RubyGTK, wxRuby, etc seem to be promising,...
I have a desktop application . The functionality is complete, but user interface requires a lot of work. I am looking for UI tools.My current operating system is Windows and application is required to run on both Windows and Linux. Can you guys recommend any? The software is customized file management application for a specific client,...
Wondering if it is possible to replace the desktop (ie. icons, wallpaper) with a WPF Window, Frame or something that I can interact with using WPF and C#? I also don't want it to hide when Show Desktop is clicked. I'm guessing I'll need to use some Win32 APIs or something? Anyone have any examples, or can anyone point me in the right di...
Can I use Silverlight to build cross-platform desktop widgets? ...
I want to minimise my application, take a screenshot of the current desktop and return my application back to its original state. This has been working fine under windows XP, however under testing on different Vista machines the minimise time of 200 milliseconds is no longer valid. Is there a way to ask the operating system when it has...
In Java 5, is there a default way to pass a URL to the system and have it launch the application associated with it? For example http:// links would usually open IE or Firefox, but things like itms:// should open iTunes. If possible I would rather not use Runtime.exec() to start some external process directly, because this would be plat...
I am working on a Windows desktop app (C++) that has an embedded Internet Explorer page. I'm working on the html page that is displayed in the There is not a back button control, so one of the requests is that links clicked on in the page should open the link in a browser window. It can open the link in the users default browser or in IE...
Hi guys, I need to run an application on a virtual Xorg desktop (let say desktop #2) and control it via another app running on the root desktop (desktop #1). That would include screen capture and mouse movements. So basically I capture the application window from desktop #2, scrape it and then click on buttons via my app on desktop #1. ...
I'm wondering what strategies people are using to handle the creation and editing of an entity in a master-detail setup. (Our app is an internet-enabled desktop app.) Here's how we currently handle this: a form is created in a popup for the entity that needs to be edited, which we give a copy of the object. When the user clicks the "Can...
Hi, I have quite a few years experience of developing PHP web applications, and have recently started to delve into Python as well. Recently I've been interested in getting into desktop applications as well, but have absolutely no experience in that area. I've seen very little written about PHP-gtk and wonder whether it's really a good ...
In Linux, can one set a custom icon for a folder/directory as it appears in a desktop/file manager? For example for Windows Explorer one can set a custom icon in the folder's desktop.ini file? If so, is there a common mechanism or API function to do this (that is perhaps common among distros/desktops/file managers)? I would like to do...
I'd like to play animations on the Windows desktop without relying on 3rd-party products such as StarDock DeskScapes or Windows DreamScene. What APIs should I look into? ...
I am a mostly self taught programmer. When I learn a new language it usually goes like this: Buy a book (or books) on a language. Read said book(s). Look up more confusing/interesting aspects on the web. Actually use that language for something (using the web, and book as reference) Web programming provides plenty of possibilities fo...
I seem to be having a problem getting the icon for a Java Web Start program to appear on the Mac desktop, or under "Applications". The icon's and menu's are created and work properly under windows XP and Vista, is there something different that must be done for Macs? On the Mac there aren't output any errors, it prompts me with the ques...
How can I change the desktop wallpaper using C# Code? ...
I think this will work only on an English language Windows installation: System.getProperty("user.home") + "/Desktop"; How can I make this work for non English Windows? ...
It seems like there is a lot of online information regarding switching between views in Cocoa Touch, but not that many in "desktop" Cocoa. For an app I am creating, I am wondering the pros/cons of the methods (and please list the methods if you could), and which one people personally use/suggest. I don't think that using an invisible b...
Hi, I am going to design Java Desktop Application. While I was design web application, I got plenty of choice, e.g. Spring, Strut etc. However, for Java Desktop (which is new to me), I don't find any. Is that Eclipse RCP a Java Desktop Framework, which works like Spring mvc in Web apps? I wonder, can I use Spring to enjoy the benefit o...