Build your own stand alone programs with DesktopX Pro

https://www.stardock.com/products/desktopx/proversions.asp
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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.

TURN these...

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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 #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Uh, I hoped, that would be possible with DesktopX itself. I wanted to give the slideshow picture frame to my father with his vacation pictures.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

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.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
oh, I wanted DX Pro so bad... I am going to have to wait some more, which sucks!
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I will definately be buying DesktopX Pro in the near future. I waited a long time for DesktopX to get to the point is at now.. very stable, and I really like the notion of what I will be able to do with the Pro version!!! Great product guys. You have created one hell of a product!! Can't wait to see what's next
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hey, I have a question: if you a Object Desktop subscriber and a WinCustomize subscriber, how much is DX Pro for commercial use then?
/me is looking for a way to buy the program when he starts working again...

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

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).

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well, $99 is too much for me just to make one little gift for my father. Would it be possible to install the free version of DesktopX on my fahters PC and then give him a widget version of the picture frame? (is there a free version of DesktopX?
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You can make widgets with the enhanced version and your dad can use them on his PC if he has the shareware DesktopX installed, yes.
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
That could be a solution for me. I just have to get him somehow to download and install DesktopX (he lives some thousand miles away and knows nothing of Computers).
Thank you for the answers!