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Reuse MVC4 codebase / deploy MVC4 as standalone desktop application?
We have an MVC4 application that we would also need to distribute as a standalone (no network connectivity) desktop application. Rather than rebuild the HTML/JS front-end we would like to reuse that ...
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Automatically delete files after they expire
I've got this idea for some time and I was wondering if anyone has seen such a feature/app in any operating system and if you haven't, what do you think about it. Where do you think I should begin?
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which version of Windows should use I to develop an app
I need to develop a Windows application which can be installed on any version of Windows from XP through 7.
Which version of Windows should I use for application development. I'll be using ...
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How to run an applet like a desktop application without installing entire JDK?
I want to make a desktop application- an analog-clock with the option of setting alarms using java. For rendering all the graphics and the button features, a Swing applet is the answer.
But the ...
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Is it possible to check that MS word file is hand written or auto generated by using some converter?
I got one project with some requirements.
Basically my client provide data entry work. In that he converts image files(scan copy of articles, forms etc) to document file (MS word) by typing ...
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How to best distribute client specific configuration settings
I'm writing a WinForms desktop application which will be shipped out to several different clients and am wondering what the best way to implement a user configuration file is. Normally I would use the ...
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Can web technologies, like PHP, HTML, and CSS, be used for desktop development? [closed]
I have to develop an application for a gas agency where a database will store consumer numbers, names, addresses, and date delivered for a town with nearly 20,000 people. I only know PHP, MySQL, CSS, ...
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Desktop framework with rich HTML/CSS interface and strange 'desktop native language support'
I'm not sure if what I'm after even exists or if it doe's im looking for the wrong thing.
I'm after a framework/application/SDK that allows me to build a desktop application with a ...
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What is the best strategy for licensing a desktop application using a web service, when all I need to know is when people use the product?
Our company's main application is a desktop program that is used at warehouses and written in C# and Windows Presentation Forms.
The next thing we want to be able to do is track when customers open ...
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API for building rich clients in Perl
Is there an API/framework for building rich client apps in Perl?
If 1. is no, why do you think that is?
What would it take to enable rich client development on various windowing platforms (MSFT, X11, ...
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Writing a desktop application for progammer from PHP background
I have a client who wants a tool for him to be able to upload his products, enter orders, and keep track of customer details. There are quite a few highly customised requests, which is why he wants ...
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Is shipping a Clojure desktop app realistic?
I'm currently shipping a desktop Java application. It is a plain old Java 5 Java / Swing app and so far everything worked nicely. Java 5 was targetted because some users were on OS X version / ...
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How do I store the OAuth v1 consumer key and secret for an open source desktop Twitter client without revealing it to the user?
I want to make a thick-client, desktop, open source twitter client. I happen to be using .NET as my language and Twitterizer as my OAuth/Twitter wrapper, and my app will likely be released as open ...
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Can we create desktop application with Ruby?
I know the Ruby on Rails framework is only for web development and not suitable for desktop application development. But if a ruby programmer wants to develop a desktop application, is it suitable and ...
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Books about Windows Os Programming [closed]
I'm trying to develop a desktop application which is similar to CCleaner.
But I'm having problems with R&D resources...
I can't find good books about Windows Operating System Programming
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