I have some applications that I want to make portable (Mainly Maple - a symbolic algebra package). They currently run fine off of my flash drive with no modification, but they are writing to registry and using various dlls etc. Will a launcher using NSIS be enough to get this working at a simple level?
Will just deleting all the registry keys it makes at the end work?
In a launcher I found on these forums for CCleaner, the launcher also registers and unregisters all the dll files associated with the program - do I need to do this to make it portable?
In this section of code,
CheckRunning: Sleep 2000 FindProcDLL::FindProc "$PROGRAMEXECUTABLE" Pop $R0 StrCmp $R0 "1" CheckRunning TheEnd
How do you choose a value to sleep? What is that number? Is it 2000 seconds or cycles or what? Are we waiting for the program to properly load up? Does this code also detect when the program ends?
Finally, what does this do?
Function "GetParameters" Push $R0 Push $R1 Push $R2 StrCpy $R0 $CMDLINE 1 StrCpy $R1 '"' StrCpy $R2 1 StrCmp $R0 '"' loop StrCpy $R1 ' ' ; we're scanning for a space instead of a quote loop: StrCpy $R0 $CMDLINE 1 $R2 StrCmp $R0 $R1 loop2 StrCmp $R0 "\" "" "nofile" IntOp $2 $R2 + 1 nofile: StrCmp $R0 "" loop2 IntOp $R2 $R2 + 1 Goto loop loop2: IntOp $R0 $R2 - $2 IntOp $R0 $R0 - 4 StrCpy $R7 $CMDLINE $R0 $2 ; we save the filename loop2b: IntOp $R2 $R2 + 1 StrCpy $R0 $CMDLINE 1 $R2 StrCmp $R0 " " loop2b StrCpy $R0 $CMDLINE "" $R2 Pop $R2 Pop $R1 Exch $R0 FunctionEnd
Thanks a lot, I am keen to start creating launchers for a few simple/complex programs!
Rich
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Simple way: Use Lapwing
Harder way with launchers:
do I need to do this to make it portable?
Yes. You must make sure no DLLs are left on the computer.
How do you choose a value to sleep? What is that number? Is it 2000 seconds or cycles or what?
The number is in milliseconds, so that value is 2 seconds.
Are we waiting for the program to properly load up?
We are waiting for the program to do what it's supposed to.
Does this code also detect when the program ends?
Well,
Does, however the easier way is
Oh and that final function gets the parameters passed to the app:
e.g.: "C:\App.exe" -some_param
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R McCue
Cube Games
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How do you write a relative path in Lapwing? I have Lapwing in k:\system\lapwing, and maple is in k:\system\maple\bin.win\cwmaple.exe . I am writing the path for Lapwing as \..\maple\bin.win\cwmaple.exe . It picks up the icon but still comes up with an error...
relative paths are not supported at the moment. Look out for them in the next version along with a host of updates.
Yours
Steve Lamerton
The Liberta Project
Oh OK. How does Lapwing work - what does it actually do, and what limitations should I expect? Will it make any program portable?
You need to put the app in the Lapwing directory then use something like
/App/App.exe----
R McCue
Cube Games
People who didn't need people needed people around to know that they were
the kind of people who didn't need people.
(Maskerade)
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."