Build your own stand alone programs with DesktopX Pro
Wednesday, August 25, 2004 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
With the standard version of DesktopX you can build your own widgets and themes that others, who have DesktopX, can use.
But what about those people who don't have DesktopX installed? Relatives? Friends and family? Coworkers?
That's where DesktopX Pro comes into play. DesktopX Pro allows you to export your creation as a stand-alone program. Just a single .EXE file that requires no DLLs, no installation. If you've played Stardock's new game, The Political Machine, you've used a DesktopX Pro made object - the auto installer with it was generated with DesktopX Pro.
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DesktopX Pro is only $129 for non-commercial use (i.e. you're not going to sell what you make). And if you have Object Desktop, it's even less (less than $100). And if you're a commercial developer, it's only $499. Commercial developers can save weeks of time using DesktopX Pro to create their software. For instance, one could create a custom web browser with DesktopX Pro in a few hours. For small businesses, think of what could be created with it - branded calendars, animated characters on the desktop, branded sticky notes, and more.
Because what you create is truly stand alone (it should be said again: there are no extra files you have to include, the single .EXE can be zipped up and sent to friends and family) it makes it very easy to create things to be used by others.
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Reply #3 Wednesday, August 25, 2004 7:09 PM
If you have ODNT you can get DesktopX Pro for $99 and do that. Given what you can do, that's cheap.
One example: BrowserBob, which ONLY can make web browsers is over $300. DesktopX Pro can make custom web browsers and much more.
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Reply #6 Thursday, August 26, 2004 6:41 AM
joetheblow is looking for a way to buy the program when he starts working again...
Reply #7 Thursday, August 26, 2004 12:24 PM
DesktopX Professional LX is $99 if you have ODNT ($129 otherwise). This is the version licensed for non-commercial use. This would be ideal for the slideshow picture frames for your dad. You can't use it for commercial purposes though, so you couldn't sell your picture frame EXE's.
DesktopX Professional is licensed for commercial use ($399 if you have OD, $499 on its own). With this license, you could sell your dad the picture frame you made. Or make other content for sale, provided you're not realistically going to have more than 100K users.
There's also a special-bid DesktopX Enterprise available for commercial use if you expect to have more than 100K users and/or need to integrate custom ActiveX controls (like Bob's Blazing Blast Furnace Monitor).
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Reply #10 Thursday, August 26, 2004 2:25 PM
Thank you for the answers!
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Reply #1 Wednesday, August 25, 2004 3:40 PM