Desktop Apps
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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
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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Glad to hear it. I was thinking I was alone and the industry had moved on from me.
I feel bette now.
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.
The less you need, the more you have. Why is there a "Highway to Hell" and only a "Stairway to Heaven"? A prediction of the expected traffic load? JaxCoder.com
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Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:
Way behind the times in NOLA
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.
Software Zen:
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Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:
Way behind the times in NOLA
we do. engineering apps.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:
Way behind the times in NOLA
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.
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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
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.
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Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:
Way behind the times in NOLA
I do. Various proprietary utilities to query properties of WD's Flash devices.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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Doesn't anyone do Desktop apps anymore?:confused:
Way behind the times in NOLA
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.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it. ― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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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.
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.
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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.
The less you need, the more you have. Why is there a "Highway to Hell" and only a "Stairway to Heaven"? A prediction of the expected traffic load? JaxCoder.com
Good for you. I guess?
Uncle Ed
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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.
Software Zen:
delete this;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
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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.
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.
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we do. engineering apps.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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
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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.
What on earth is "restructuration"?
Well Hello mister Soul I just dropped by for the reason- Neil Young.
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I do. Various proprietary utilities to query properties of WD's Flash devices.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
Nice!
Not so alone in NOLA.
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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.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it. ― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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.
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Good for you. I guess?
Uncle Ed
Been 9 months totally remodeling a house we bought, been a major job.
The less you need, the more you have. Why is there a "Highway to Hell" and only a "Stairway to Heaven"? A prediction of the expected traffic load? JaxCoder.com
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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.
I'm impressed! I hope to have your mental acuity and stamina when and if I ever get there. :-D
Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like you were. - Neil Young
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I'm impressed! I hope to have your mental acuity and stamina when and if I ever get there. :-D
Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like you were. - Neil Young
Not to worry, "only the good die young". :)
>64 If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Been 9 months totally remodeling a house we bought, been a major job.
The less you need, the more you have. Why is there a "Highway to Hell" and only a "Stairway to Heaven"? A prediction of the expected traffic load? JaxCoder.com
Tell me about it! In my 48 years of marriage I have remodeled 3 different homes, 2 in New Orleans and one in Charlotte, one of which I am living in as we speak. And I acted as the general contractor, using various subs to build oue "Dream" home, which I wish now that I had never left. All of this, of course while working 40 to 50 hours a week trying to build my business, and raising a family. :sigh: BTW: I got to meet Jimmy Page once. It was after Led Zepplin broke up. If you leave out the lead solo, I, like almost every other Guitar player of my era, can play "Stairway to Heaven". :rolleyes:
Never let your wife buy a house when you are not there to defend yourself.
