Desktop Apps

Slow Eddie

Glad to hear it. I was thinking I was alone and the industry had moved on from me.

I feel bette now.

Slow Eddie

Displaying my ignorance, I have no idea what one is, how to create one, or what it might be used for, in a commercial sense. :sigh:

Can't know or learn everything

theoldfool

I have a console program (I refuse to call programs/applications "apps") that downloads spreadsheets from Sharepoint at night. No GUI. They are used to feed a desktop program that tracks/reports quotes. IMO, Office addins are not for the faint of heart.

>64 If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.

Greg Utas

Here[^] is a description. One of the project types in VS is "console application". It uses no "Windows" stuff (e.g. mouse input, graphics, menus). Just like *nix systems or a Windows command prompt window. Not as user friendly or sexy, but appropriate if you don't want to support a GUI on multiple platforms or if your code is intended for systems that may not support anything other than console applications.

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Mike Hankey

I'm rewriting an winforms app I wrote several years ago in wpf. I've not been able to devote a lot of time to it though.

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Gary R Wheeler

I do. We build commercial ink-jet printing systems, and the 'control panel' for the machine is a desktop application. In our older products they were built using C++ and MFC. Current products are built using C# and WPF. I also write them at home. I have one I've been working on for a while that will hopefully turn into an article here at CP.

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Maximilien

we do. engineering apps.

CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair

Nelek

I was doing them until I got moved to another department due to restructuration... Now... I don't even code anymore :(( (only in private projects)

M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

Nelek

One of my last console app was a data format translator called from two different desktop apps. One in our hands, other one not. Due to politics (the other app was an external third party) it was easier to make it this way instead of a DLL. No need to hand out anything, just a table with possible parameters and the valid values. They just called the app with a couple of parameters and I read the args in my main to know what to do later on, once executed... exit. That would not be a good project for a desktop app. Another usage... background services or many other staff that doesn't necessarily need a GUI (none or very few interaction with the user).

M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

Daniel Pfeffer

I do. Various proprietary utilities to query properties of WD's Flash devices.

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Lost User

Yes ... I find no joy in "web development". BTW, the "desktop" includes x86, x64, ARM, PC's, tablets, HDMI TV's (display), Mobile, Hub, Hololens and XBox.

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Slow Eddie

What's the difference between a "console" program and a regular Desktop program? Is it more secure? BTW You are just a youngster, I'll be 72 next week,

Old age in not for sissies.

Slow Eddie

Good for you. I guess?

Uncle Ed

Slow Eddie

I used to work for a company that made an interface allowing Mini and Main frame computers to use the Laser printers just coming out then.

Old age aint for sissies - Hetty Lange

theoldfool

No GUI. In my case, it is the same crappy spaghetti code otherwise. Age? Wrongola. I have you by 15 years. But you are correct, not for sissies. "inside every old person is a young person wondering what the elephant happened!"

>64 If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.

Slow Eddie

You're a better person than I'll ever be. I just do custom accounting programs for the distribution industry. Once you get the hang of double entry bookkeping it's OK.

One never know for sure, do One? - Fats Waller

Slow Eddie

What on earth is "restructuration"?

Well Hello mister Soul I just dropped by for the reason- Neil Young.

Slow Eddie

Nice!

Not so alone in NOLA.

Slow Eddie

It's x86, x64 on PC's for me. But I'm just a simple guy.

all the girls walk by, dressed up for each other - Van Morrison.

Mike Hankey

Been 9 months totally remodeling a house we bought, been a major job.

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