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how to make call from pc using local landline phone services
how to make call from pc using local landline phone services I have a desktop application of address diary, developed in C# .Net. I want to make call from software throw land line phone service, in my...
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- 21 Aug at 11:27
How to use Google Maps API in Visual C# Forms Application?
How to use Google Maps API in Visual C# Forms Application? I have decided to design a desktop forms application in Visual C# 2012 which will download google map images within user specified coordinate...
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- 12 Apr at 15:37
How to fit Windows Form to any screen resolution?
How to fit Windows Form to any screen resolution? I work on VS 2008 with C#. This below code does not work for me. My form was designed in 1024 x 768 resolution. Our clients laptop is in 1366 x 768 re...
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- 20 Dec at 00:59
Which icon sizes should my Windows application's icon include?
Which icon sizes should my Windows application's icon include? I have a Windows application which will run in Windows XP and newer (i.e. Vista/7). According to the [Vista UI Guidelines](http://msdn.mi...
How do I detect a Lock This Computer command from a WPF application?
How do I detect a Lock This Computer command from a WPF application? Would prefer an answer in C#, .Net 3.5 using WPF (Windows Forms also okay) I have an application that is essentially a toolbar wind...
How to make an auto-complete textbox in a winforms desktop application
How to make an auto-complete textbox in a winforms desktop application I have a list of words. The list contains about 100-200 text strings (it's names of metro stations actually). I want to make an a...
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- 7 Jan at 20:31
Framework for (HTML + JS) Desktop Client
Framework for (HTML + JS) Desktop Client I plan to write a Desktop Client for Windows and Mac. It will be powered by web techniques (HTML + JS). Therefore it shall run on a WebKit engine on the user's...
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- 9 Aug at 22:33
Drawing on the desktop background as wallpaper replacement (Windows/C#)
Drawing on the desktop background as wallpaper replacement (Windows/C#) I'm trying to make an application that needs to draw on the desktop, behind the icons so it appears to replace the desktop wallp...
Can Windows containers be hosted on Linux?
Can Windows containers be hosted on Linux? Is it possible to run Windows containers on Linux? The scenario is based on an application written in (old net) and the that wants to run this with Docker ne...
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- 15 Mar at 14:28
Examples of quering the msn weather api using ajax or jquery
Examples of quering the msn weather api using ajax or jquery I am having trouble finding a simple example that demonstrates how to query the msn or yahoo weather api using ajax or jquery. I want to un...
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- 29 Sep at 20:33
UWP on desktop closed by top X button - no event
UWP on desktop closed by top X button - no event An UWP app which runs on desktop can be closed from the top X button but it doesn't have any event for it. It is known that on phones and tablets an ap...
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- 28 Jan at 08:36
login to remote using "mstsc /admin" with password
login to remote using "mstsc /admin" with password I want to use `mstsc /admin` to login to a server silently. My batch file reads the code as But it ask me to enter password. Can anyone help me to sk...
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- 23 Jan at 14:17
How to develop Desktop Apps using HTML/CSS/JavaScript?
How to develop Desktop Apps using HTML/CSS/JavaScript? First, I'm not interested in doing this professionally. I am a web developer, a coworker of mine recently left for Spotify and said he will be wo...
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- 11 Nov at 21:11
Locating data volumes in Docker Desktop (Windows)
Locating data volumes in Docker Desktop (Windows) I'm trying to learn docker at the moment and I'm getting confused about where data volumes actually exist. I'm using . (Windows 10) In the docs they s...
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- 8 Mar at 10:8
How to deserialize json string to object list in c# dot
How to deserialize json string to object list in c# dot I am working with the following JSON string ``` { "transactions": [ { "paymentcharge":"0.0", "amount":352, "id":13418, "shippingcharge"...
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- 18 Feb at 10:41
Windows gadget in WPF - show while "Show desktop" is activated
Windows gadget in WPF - show while "Show desktop" is activated I'm trying to create a "gadget" like application using WPF. The goal is to get the same behavior as a normal Windows 7 gadget: - - - - - ...
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- 23 May at 11:54
Cross platform desktop development with HTML5 GUI
Cross platform desktop development with HTML5 GUI Short story: is there a way to write a desktop application with a GUI in HTML5 and core in a cross-platform language like python (or even C#/Mono)? Lo...
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- 25 Mar at 09:19
What's the difference between SpecialFolder.Desktop and SpecialFolder.DesktopDirectory?
What's the difference between SpecialFolder.Desktop and SpecialFolder.DesktopDirectory? I'm confused about the differences between these two special folders. Here's a code snippet that writes the outp...
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- 10 Apr at 14:56
Deserialize JSON Dictionary with StringComparer
Deserialize JSON Dictionary with StringComparer I'm trying to serialize/deserialize a dictionary, the problem is that I create the dictionary with a `StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase` comparer. Here i...
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- 25 Sep at 20:18
Are Cortana APIs available for desktop applications?
Are Cortana APIs available for desktop applications? I want to develop a Windows application on Windows 10 using the new Cortana engine. Unfortunately as far as I know, it seems to be available only o...
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- 11 Aug at 21:16
Read log file being used by another process
Read log file being used by another process I want to press a button on my GUI and read in the seclog.log file (symantec AV log) from a remote machine and display the contents of the log to a rich tex...
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- 23 May at 12:25
How do I change my Windows desktop wallpaper programmatically?
How do I change my Windows desktop wallpaper programmatically? I'd wish to set a wallpaper for Windows XP using C#. I've developed the code so it perfectly works in Windows 7, but apparently it's not ...
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- 14 Nov at 03:23
Error while creating app package with "fullTrustProcess" pointing to a executable
Error while creating app package with "fullTrustProcess" pointing to a executable I am trying to deploy the sample application for bridging AppServices with a UWP application. The sample runs and buil...
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- 28 Sep at 12:46
What's the best way to watchdog a desktop application?
What's the best way to watchdog a desktop application? I need some way to monitor a desktop application and restart it if it dies. Initially I assumed the best way would be to monitor/restart the proc...
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- 22 Jun at 15:21
Screen capture with C# and Remote Desktop problems
Screen capture with C# and Remote Desktop problems I have a C sharp console application that captures a screenshot of a MS Word document several times. It works great, but when I place this applicatio...
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- 3 Feb at 14:6