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do you want to rename the folder?
Also, it will do the same with PortableApps Backup.
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Ryan McCue
Person 1: Oh my god. You will never believe what just happened.
Person 2: What?
Person 1: I can't remember, I've forgotten.
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
so far for me I found no bug and it take easily any modification made to the theme,
i use it on both win xpsp2 and win 2000 at work.
If you could just add control of the fonts size and color, would give us way much more possibility for the backgrounds. Beside that everything is cool.continue the good work.
Use 32-bit PNG instead of JPG for the background image. Then you don't need a separate masking bitmap.
Signature automatically removed for being too awesome.
There is no GPLed or BSDed PNG library for Delphi. There is a Delphi library that's on SourceForge, but it uses a proprietary, non-commercial license that isn't OSI approved (so it shouldn't be on SourceForge).
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
Hello everyone I'm new here, but I'll make an introduction thread later.
Here's the theme I'm working on http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/jmh77/PortableApps%20Skins/HeavyE...
So there's no chance of getting png in here? That would simplify thing so much, and allow for semi-transparent areas of themes.
I was wondering is there a thread already for suggesting ideas for the skinning engine?
I'm working on updating the Heavy Equipment skin suite along with some other people. If you aren't familiar with it, it was a skin suite done by many members of the skinning community in 2000. The Community Skin project brought 20+ members of the skinning community together to make suites of skins. The first was Heavy Equipment, which remains the largest suite ever assembled.
A few people have now started updating those skins to modern versions of the apps and making ports of it to apps that weren't around back then.
I just discovered PortableApps and decided to make a Heavy Equipment theme for it. I am mostly done with what I can do currently, but am hoping that more can be added to the skinning engine of PortableApps before I release the theme. Like making the menu items multi-state buttons, etc...
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r62/jmh77/PortableApps%20Skins/HeavyE...
No PNGs, unfortunately.
PNG is the future of the internet (graphics wise, anyway).
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Ryan McCue
Person 1: Oh my god. You will never believe what just happened.
Person 2: What?
Person 1: I can't remember, I've forgotten.
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
are the way to go for skinning to
So obviuosly a theme picker option in the menu UI would be nice, but I'm sure that John has that on his list already. I noticed that some of my programs, like Thunderbird, Gimp, and Gaim have artifcating around the icons -- pixels that really ought to be transparent but are instead white. Is there anything that can be done to fix this?
Thanks!
Jonathan Kyrlach
Avid Portable Apps Fan
The icons depend on the Windows to be displayed (it's using standard calls). So, on pre-Windows XP, the alpha blending isn't done right. The solution is to, unfortunately, ditch the alpha transparent icons from the apps themselves.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
Finally I found a way to contribute to my favorite project... I'm a portable Apps fanatic, in fact, I almost only use portable Apps... But I'm not a programmer... so my 2 cents is this: http://www.mooload.com/new/file.php?file=files/240107/1169667908/Spanish...
I took the test.english-us.locale file, translated it and save it as test.spanish-la.locale, there you have a zip file containing the locale file plus a screenshot on how it looks.
I placed it on mooload because I don't have access to any server, so if someone can place it in a more stable place, many thanks.
Now you also have PAM translated into Latin American Spanish.
And thanks John and the development team for making my life easier and happier with the Portable Apps Suite.
If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,
and the bus is interrupted as a very last resort,
and the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort,
then the socket packet pocket has an error to report
http://portable.cubegames.net/Spanish.zip
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Ryan McCue
Person 1: Oh my god. You will never believe what just happened.
Person 2: What?
Person 1: I can't remember, I've forgotten.
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
Many Thanks!
If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,
and the bus is interrupted as a very last resort,
and the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort,
then the socket packet pocket has an error to report
This is my test.catala-es.locale
Update:
Here's my Czech localization
[FORM_MAIN]
ICON_DOCUMENTS=Dokumenty
ICON_MUSIC=Hudba
ICON_PICTURES=Obrázky
ICON_VIDEOS=Video
ICON_EXPLORE=Prozkoumat
ICON_BACKUP=Záloha
ICON_OPTIONS=Volby / Možnosti
ICON_HELP=Nápověda
ICON_SEARCH=Hledat
MENU_BACKUP=Provést zálohu
MENU_RESTORE=Obnovit ze zálohy
MENU_OPTIONS_SMALL_FONTS=Malé písmo
MENU_OPTIONS_LARGE_FONTS=Velké písmo
MENU_OPTIONS_ADD_APP=Instalovat novou aplikaci
MENU_OPTIONS_REMOVE_APP=Odebrat aplikaci
MENU_OPTIONS_REFRESH_ICONS=Znovunačíst ikony
MENU_OPTIONS_GET_APPS=Získat další aplikace
MENU_SEARCH_DRIVE=Prohledat tento disk
MENU_SEARCH_COMPUTER=Prohledat tento počítač
MENU_SEARCH_WEB=Hledat na webu
donde o en que parte descargo el pack (español) para el mozilla portable.
Mira aqui para ver la lista y como instalar las lenguas disponibles para mozilla portable
Salutos
~.Maurits
~.Maurits
Preview: Preview
Code:
Download locale file: Hungarian Locale File
[Hungarian used, sorry for the others...]
Én is próbáltam fordítani magyarra a menüt, a Dok. fájlok rövidítés ésszerűnek tűnik, de annyira nem tetszik... A Segítég helyett jobb lenne a Súgó, windowsos felhasználók jobban értenék, Új programok beszerzése... helyett pedig lehetne letöltést használni, és bennehagyni a PortableApps szót, mert csak erre az oldalra mutat a gomb. Próbáltalak elérni a honlapodon, de még nem tökéletes, légyszi a profilomat megnézni, benne van a honlapom címe, és az üzenőfalon vagy e-mailben hagyni egy üzenetet, mert szerintem jó lenne népszerűsíteni kis hazánkban is a PortableApps-eket. További minden jót!
[back to english]
I've written some suggestions to the hungarian translation. John, would it be possible to increase the width of the right panel's size with a local file? Because there are some words which has to abbreviated. Or you could add a tooltip if the word is longer than X characters.
Azért írtam Dok. fájlokat, mert a Dokumentumok felirat sajna nem fért ki, a Segítség gombra meg úgyis a Firefox-ot vagy a Mozillát indítja el a https://portableapps.com/support hivatkozással és ugyebár a support szó segítséget jelent...
Viszont az jó ötlet, hogy "Új programok beszerszése..." helyett valami mást írni, esetleg "Új Portableapp letöltése..." szerintem jó lenne.
Az, hogy melyik oldalamon regisztráltál, nem tudom, mert a mcclaud.atw.hu-s oldal egyenlőre csak teszt, egy blogoldal kialakításához, egyébként a mcclaud.tx.hu weboldalt használom jelenleg (ha megcsinálom a blogos oldalt, utánna megkapja a tx.hu-s átirányítást oda...).
Is the FolderIcons folder needed anymore with the introduction of the IconTheme folder?
Also, I hate to nag, but........
is there an E.T.A. for the next beta of PAM?
"Because they stand on a wall and say, 'Nothing is going to hurt you tonight. Not on my watch.'" (A Few Good Men)
Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.(Albert Einstein)
John - Thank you for all your hard work in producing some of the greatest portable software available. I always check this site for updates and will not ever ask when updates will be available. Again, thank you.
The theme feature is a great feature for the PAM. I will try to create several different themes, so check out the Beta Testing forum for a few. Keep up the good work John!
Kevin P.
The Newbie-Geek
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook
I have been using Portables for a couple of months. Really like it. I had installed the 1.0.2 Beta 2 fix to because I have Portable Opera 9.10 installed and it would not start from the menu. The 1.0.2 Beta 2 fixed this problem with the "- Working directory set to the path the app executable is in so not-quite-portable apps will work better" fix. Loaded 1.0.2 Beta 3 EXE file to try Themes. This version breaks the working directory fix. Is this supposed to be included in Beta 3?
Thanks,
RSinko
RSinko
beta 3 doesnt have the "working directory" feature. Only beta 2 has.
"What about Love?" - "Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate." - Al Pacino in The Devils Advocate
Issue with the menu regarding non-roman characters.
I tested out a localization file that I had recently made for the Japanese language, and the menu does not display Japanese characters, and yes, I do have Japanese support on XP.
I'd love to play with the source of this a bit, but I don't own Delphi. I remember there used to be a free personal edition for non-commercial development; does anyone know if that still exists?
Turbo Delphi Explorer
http://www.codegear.com/Default.aspx?tabid=144
For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know
"Because they stand on a wall and say, 'Nothing is going to hurt you tonight. Not on my watch.'" (A Few Good Men)
Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.(Albert Einstein)
Brand new user of portable apps, i submit you my translation for french language, if you notice anything wrong in it please, let me know so that i could correct it. Thanks
Afrikaans
[FORM_MAIN]
ICON_DOCUMENTS=Dokumente
ICON_MUSIC=Musiek
ICON_PICTURES=Prente
ICON_VIDEOS=Video
ICON_EXPLORE=Eksploreer
ICON_BACKUP=Rugsteun
ICON_OPTIONS=Opsies
ICON_HELP=Hulp
ICON_SEARCH=Soek
MENU_BACKUP=Rugsteun Lêers
MENU_RESTORE=Herstel Vanaf Rugsteun
MENU_OPTIONS_SMALL_FONTS=Klein Skrif
MENU_OPTIONS_LARGE_FONTS=Groot Skrif
MENU_OPTIONS_ADD_APP=Instaleer 'n Nuwe Program
MENU_OPTIONS_REMOVE_APP=Verwyder 'n Program
MENU_OPTIONS_REFRESH_ICONS=Verfris Program Lys
MENU_OPTIONS_GET_APPS=Kry Meer Programme...
MENU_SEARCH_DRIVE=Soek Hierdie Skuif
MENU_SEARCH_COMPUTER=Soek Hierdie Rekenaar
MENU_SEARCH_WEB=Soek Op Die Web
---
Mayhem, Chaos and Anarchy !!!
My job here is complete !
How about a "choose a theme" function that replaces the "copy and paste" method of switching themes? (i keep all of the themes i have in folders and switch them out often) Also, a "background refresh" feature would help with the needed closing of PortableApps Menu and reopening to see the new menu background. I would try this for myself, but i know very little about programming applications.
-Ummm... that's about it. Thanks!
OliverK> you don't live on a cow
IRC: It brings out the best in all of us...Especially when tired.
Idea sounds fantastic. I believe it shoulded be added in the next release, if it's not TOO hard.
Great idea! I think that, if someone releases this idea in another version, we should make it extract a "themename.paf.exe" 7-Zip file or something of the sort. It would simplify things greatly, and it would hopefully not be as hard as another method. Great idea roamer!
Kevin P.
The Newbie-Geek
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook
I made a new theme - http://up.servut.us/787
If you want the psd just email me rogerpe - gmail.com
Name up on the corner there, haha. BUt you kinda took almost ll except the App Locations background from one fo the Vista Themes. BUt the brick does look cool.
[FORM_MAIN]
ICON_DOCUMENTS=文件
ICON_MUSIC=音樂
ICON_PICTURES=圖檔
ICON_VIDEO=影片
ICON_EXPLORE=瀏覽檔案
ICON_BACKUP=備份
ICON_OPTIONS=選項
ICON_HELP=說明
ICON_SEARCH=搜尋
MENU_BACKUP=備份USB上的資料
MENU_RESTORE=由備份資料進行回存
MENU_OPTIONS_SMALL_FONTS=小字型
MENU_OPTIONS_LARGE_FONTS=大字型
MENU_OPTIONS_ADD_APP=安裝新的可攜式軟體
MENU_OPTIONS_REMOVE_APP=移除已有的可攜式軟體
MENU_OPTIONS_REFRESH_ICONS=重新整理選單
MENU_OPTIONS_GET_APPS=取得更多可攜式軟體...
MENU_SEARCH_DRIVE=USB隨身碟
MENU_SEARCH_COMPUTER=這台電腦
MENU_SEARCH_WEB=網頁
excelent, great idea skin and language.
salu2
I have found that if you click to quickly inside the menu that the menu dissapears.
[FORM_MAIN]
ICON_DOCUMENTS=Documentos
ICON_MUSIC=Músicas
ICON_PICTURES=Imagens
ICON_VIDEOS=Vídeos
ICON_EXPLORE=Explorar
ICON_BACKUP=Backup
ICON_OPTIONS=Opções
ICON_HELP=Ajuda
ICON_SEARCH=Pesquisar
MENU_BACKUP=Criar Backup
MENU_RESTORE=Restaurar Backup
MENU_OPTIONS_SMALL_FONTS=Caracteres Pequenos
MENU_OPTIONS_LARGE_FONTS=Caracteres Grandes
MENU_OPTIONS_ADD_APP=Adicionar Programas
MENU_OPTIONS_REMOVE_APP=Remover Programas
MENU_OPTIONS_REFRESH_ICONS=Atualizar ícones
MENU_OPTIONS_GET_APPS=Obter novas aplicações...
MENU_SEARCH_DRIVE=Pesquisar drive local
MENU_SEARCH_COMPUTER=Pesquisar computador local
MENU_SEARCH_WEB=Pesquisar na Web
Okay, I extracted the new menu in. Then, I extracted the theme sip folder- per instructions. I have no clue what I should be doing with this thing.
Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many bridges you can burn
Too many tables you can't turn
Don't wanna live my life in the real world
Could you be a little more descriptive as what you did and what you're trying to do and I'll try to help you out.
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Okay, to go back on myself a gazzillion times. Apperently I did not extract the folder to the proper place. However, I figured it out through trial and error.
This seems to be the way to go (if you screw up like I did):
Insure that you have a proper backup before proceeding. Do this manually be copying all your files or using the back-up device that came with the portable apps menu.
*Get into the Portable Apps Folder
*Double Click on the Portable Apps Menu folder to enter it.
*Go into App
*Default Data
*In the theme folder, copy in your new background
*Make sure it is titled background
*Start the Portable Apps menu to insure you’ve changed your background properly
Note that to change the backgrounds, replace it with file of the same name
Now that that crisis in averted, now a big question: How to I make the menu transparent so that I see through it when its "up".
I'm not a programmer, so I don't know if you could do this with a certain file or whatever, or if that's a "program thing"
Anyway, thanks for tolerating me through this.- (hey, if I ask enough dumb questions I'll graduate to stupid questions, and then I can help everyone with dumb questions, while seconding the stupid ones- LOL)I'm trying to be funny, really
Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many bridges you can burn
Too many tables you can't turn
Don't wanna live my life in the real world
menu source code compiles perfectly under delphi 2007.
I think you got a winner with the theme switcher. Here's mine:
http://www.geocities.com/mr.soup12/pamluancher/blackdragon.JPG
sorry if it disables this, I don't know html.
Just click and save it.
This is a geocitites account, so here's a few things:
hey- I got the little window right!
Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many bridges you can burn
Too many tables you can't turn
Don't wanna live my life in the real world
"There is a computer disease that anybody who works with computers knows about. It's a very serious disease and it interferes completely with the work. The trouble with computers is that you 'play' with them!" - Richard Feynman
"What about Love?" - "Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate." - Al Pacino in The Devils Advocate
In Beta 2, the working directory was correctly set when running apps, but it doesn't in this one. I read elsewhere that it was slated to be re-fixed in beta 4, yes?
In my case, the config files in DOSBox aren't loaded because the working directory is set to the root of the drive. I'm currently using Beta 2 until it's fixed.
Portable...
Firefox, Gaim, GIMP, AbiWord, VLC, 7zip.
Also: WinFrotz, FCEUltra, DOSBox, FSCapture, XVI32, Notepad++
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I've got Portable...
Firefox, Gaim, GIMP, AbiWord, VLC, 7zip, OpenOffice, FileZilla, KompoZer.
Also: WinFrotz, FCEUltra, DOSBox, FSCapture, XVI32, Notepad++
John(/Someone who knows how to code Delphi) if its not much to ask, could we get a build with white text on the left for darker themes? Until you finish the themeing engine
or is there an easy way to change the text color?
There's no way to change the text yet. But a lot of people have requested it, so hopefully we'll have some choice with that in the next release.
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I felt so different without a signature.
Hey, Patrick, you can find a signature at Famous Quotations. That's where I got mine.
"If there was a Genesis Flood, you would find billions of dead things buried in rock layers laid down by water all over the earth. And what do you find? Billions of dead things buried in rock layers laid down by water all over the earth."
Ken Ham
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook
I have maked a spanish translation, I think that it is good 4 Latin America and 4 Spain, you decide !
[FORM_MAIN]ICON_DOCUMENTS=Documentos
ICON_MUSIC=Música
ICON_PICTURES=Imágenes
ICON_VIDEO=Vídeos
ICON_EXPLORE=Explorar
ICON_BACKUP=Respaldo
ICON_OPTIONS=Opciones
ICON_HELP=Ayuda
ICON_SEARCH=Buscar
MENU_BACKUP=Crear respaldo
MENU_RESTORE=Restaurar respaldo
MENU_OPTIONS_SMALL_FONTS=Fuentes pequeñas
MENU_OPTIONS_LARGE_FONTS=Fuentes grandes
MENU_OPTIONS_ADD_APP=Añadir una aplicación
MENU_OPTIONS_REMOVE_APP=Quitar una aplicación
MENU_OPTIONS_REFRESH_ICONS=Actualizar iconos
MENU_OPTIONS_GET_APPS=Obtener más aplicaciones...
MENU_SEARCH_DRIVE=Buscar en esta unidad
MENU_SEARCH_COMPUTER=Buscar en este ordenador
MENU_SEARCH_WEB=Buscar en Internet
Download:
http://www.gigasize.com/get.php/1244696/test.spanishes.rar
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I have maded a Windows Vista based skin
Look here:
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/9336/capturazaxn5.png
Download here:
http://www.gigasize.com/get.php/1249626/evopsvpa.rar
PS: screenshot is in spanish but skin not.
Enjoy !
I would post it here as I think many users hate threads as long as this one and stop looking for new posts (I do).
"There is a computer disease that anybody who works with computers knows about. It's a very serious disease and it interferes completely with the work. The trouble with computers is that you 'play' with them!" - Richard Feynman
"What about Love?" - "Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate." - Al Pacino in The Devils Advocate
Wow, this app is amazing! I was sad the day I had to delete my U3 app (Vista doesn't support the chipset of my U3 thumb drive), but then I found this wonderful application.
The black theme looks excellent as well!
I just downloaded the file and extracted the files so it goes into the PortableAppsMenu folder, right? It saves files there, but also asks me for a password
"... respect, all good works are not done by only good folk. For here, at the end of all things, we shall do what needs to be done." --till next time, Jameson Stalanthas Yu -x-
Don't be an uberPr∅. They are stinky.
Skip it.
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I felt so different without a signature.
Weird that if I chose "yes to all" instead of individually yes'ing, it didn't ask for a password.
Though now I notice that there is minor artifacting in the mozilla icons, especially on the transparent film on a dark background, like the water theme from smithtech.
Maybe John can get better icons from mozilla? Filezilla, Clamwin icons looked fine, but Gimp has artifacting too.
On the other hand, I now can see that the link highlights of the apps was an actual box around the whole link, rather than just an underlining of the link.
"... respect, all good works are not done by only good folk. For here, at the end of all things, we shall do what needs to be done."
Don't be an uberPr∅. They are stinky.
The "Yes to All" choice works as well.
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PAM Beta 3:
A Dedicated Portable App executable is not showing up under PAM. Bug or "by design?"
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O/S = Windows XP, Home, Svc Pk 2
Machine = Toshiba Laptop Satellite
RAM = 512 MB
Processor = Intel 1.1 GHZ
Screen res = 1024 x 768
Color = 16bit Medium
DPI = 120
Screen = laptop LCD or, sometimes regular SCRT monitor plugged into the side of the laptop).
"STARTPortableApps.exe" = ver. 1.0.0.0
"PortableAppsMenu.exe" = ver. 1.0.2.4
""OpenOfficePortable.exe" = ver. 1.2.1.0
USB port = ver. 1.1 (unfortunately)
USB drive = KINGSTON DTI/2GB (Win 2000 - "Vista" model)
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Folks:
First, the Beta 3 seems to fix most of the problems encountered and raised here in the forum concerning the non-exitability of PAM by invoking the exit command through the "X" button; and, in general, the core, although somewhat a slow load on this machine and on this USB drive, seems to be -- in genral -- quite stable at this point.
I have two possible "bugs" to report and a question, going forward, with this version of PAM.
First, I am reporting that a "Portable App" executable file is failing to appear in PAM; second, I am unable to "click and drag" PAM to a new location on my Windows Desktop; and third, I have a subsidiary question regarding the wisdom (or lack of it) in using a batch file in one instance to bypass the PAM dedicated launcher file in launching a particular iteration of OOo's main program with certain OOo UNO command line switches.
My three points/questions are as follows:
1. The executable file, "OpenOfficePortable.exe", fails to appear in the PAM menu after installing OOo using the PAM install program;
2. Is PAM an "ordinary" Windows window or windows dialogbox (which, as I understand it, is also a "window" under Windows)? If so, I am unable to click the title bar area of PAM with a left-click of my mouse and drag PAM to a new location on my Windows Desktop; and
3. If, while PAM is running (or even if it is not running), I use a DOS batch file in my Portable Apps suite to launch the main program in OOo with an UNO switch in order to access, immediately upon launch of the OOo main program, the "Templates and Documents" dialogbox in OOo, so that I have access to anything and everything in the OOo suite, including my work files, am I setting myself up for trouble down the line in my work session? or Can one use or not use PAM as the program launcher at will regardless of whether PAM is running and has already been used to launch one or more apps in the assembled Portable Apps Suite one has assembled and installed under the PAM base installation? Wise or unwise to do so? or "Neutral?"
With respect to point "1.", I will note here that I do at present have one program included in the Portable Apps Suite I put together that is NOT a Portable Apps customized app but is a stanalone rolodex program called "cardfile" from the early Windows days in 1991, and before, that I have kept using and porting from Win version to Win version and from machine to machine over the past 18 years. The "cardfile.exe" program shows up immediately in PAM (although it is labelled as
"Microsoft(R)Windows(TM);" that is the official "product name" of the executable).
So, is OOo's "OpenOfficePortable.exe" not showing up in my PAM because of a bug or is PAM excluding that file's appearance by design? I have been using OOo for about a year and-a-half to two years now, and my understanding is that, when one launches any OOo sub-program, such as Writer, under OOo, the main program loads in any event but with the sub-program's UI displayed.
Point "2." is self explanatory. Either I am supposed to be able to click and drag PAM or I am not; if PAM is not clickable and draggable, please just tell me so
I don't otherwise think I have a buggy or misinstalled PAM.
Point "3." is more of a query regarding the behavior and purpose of this version of the PAM launcher executable. Is the ececutable simply a convenience launching function or, instead, is the launcher executable instantiating
the various apps in a certain relative way in RAM memory on the host machine such that, for proper functioning of the various apps, the launcher should in all instances be used to launch any and all Portable Apps programs?
[Note, I think the PAM suite is great and it would appear that it is "bye bye" time for lugging the laptop around and going through all the onerous airport security searches here in the U.S. when one never knows whether one's laptop, or a busted up piece of junk, is going to emerge from the X Ray machine and conveyor belt.]
Folder PATH listing for volume Local Disk of what I "think" are the relevant folders for raising the questions presented, together with version numbers of the executable files in use at the time this query was written:
(Pardon the margins here; the DOS Tree command printout to a notepad text file didn't come out spaced from the left-hand margin the way it was spaced in Notepad; but I think you should still be able to follow the directory and sub-directory relationships reasonable well notwithstanding the poor translation over from Notepad to the forum app.)
"[J_PORTABLE] = (root folder for the Portable Suite"
|I assembled for my own portable suite under the
|base Portable Application Menu installation)
|
\---[_PORTABLE]
| |
| | "STARTPortableApps.exe" (MENU Starter)
| | (ver. 1.0.0.0)
| |
| +---[Documents]
| |
| +---[INET ARCHIVES]
| |
| +---[PortableApps]
| | |
| | +---[7-ZipPortable]
| | |
| | +---[Cardfile]
| | |
| | | "Cardfile.exe" -- ".exe" appears in menu.
| | | (Not a "Portable App")
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| | +---[ClamWinPortable]
| | |
| | +---[FirefoxPortable]
| | |
| | +---[OpenOfficePortable] = ver.
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| | | "OpenOfficeBasePortable.exe" - appears
| | | "OpenOfficeCalcPortable.exe" - appears
| | | "OpenOfficeDrawPortable.exe" - appears
| | | "OpenOfficeImpressPortable.exe"appears
| | | "OpenOfficeMathPortable.exe" - appears
| | | "OpenOfficePortable.exe"------"NO SHOW!"[Moderator RM: Please don't add returns to the end of each line]
Don't have a clueMay be due to a bug whereby the last menu item disappeared from the list, however I doubt this. Also, please note that the AppInfo.ini is not yet used, however will be in the next version----
Ryan McCue.
Blog.
So all that Airbus-delay trouble over here in Europe is because of YOU!
Simeon.
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
#2 Is that what folks are talking about when they7 are talking about transparency?
Anyways, I wouldn't want to move the PAM. I suppose it's like moving the Windows Start toolbar by dragging it around, but to have one default location is good.
#3 I do have shortcuts to the Portable launchers for thunderbird and for PAM in my quicklaunch.
"... respect, all good works are not done by only good folk. For here, at the end of all things, we shall do what needs to be done."
Don't be an uberPr∅. They are stinky.
Transparency is when the background can be seen through the foreground.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparency_(optics) for more info.
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Ryan McCue.
Blog.
So all that Airbus-delay trouble over here in Europe is because of YOU!
Simeon.
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
I just never saw the context when I saw them in the threads, as to what folks wanted transparent or not, just that they didn't want it. The threads, as I casually glanced through them, didn't seem to specify. I figured it must have been on the menu, maybe, where the icons are on the left side, which is similar how I used it on my website, or rather, as transluceny.
I was probably also thinking also of the z-index.
"... respect, all good works are not done by only good folk. For here, at the end of all things, we shall do what needs to be done."
Don't be an uberPr∅. They are stinky.
lolz great this version of PAM is the best one so far. When will there be the eject function. i'v been waiting for that.
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Just wondering if there was anything in the works for password protection on future releases of PAM? I know there was a thread about this same topic earlier (last reply was Jan '07,) but it seems to have fizzled out since then.
It seems like the previous concern was about making the drive secure (encryption, etc.) or to protect by means of "security by obscurity." I'm not exactly sure what would be involved (I'm not a programmer by any means, only a lover of all things PAM,) but would it be possible to integrate security like that which is included on U3 drives? If the correct password is not entered, it unmounts the drive (protecting the directory) and closes out the menu (protecting the menu.)
Just wondering how feasible this would be... Please be gentle, this is my first post and I'm not super-tech-savvy.
-Steve
"We recognize the present is half as pleasant as our nostalgia for the past that we’ve presented, recast and reinvented, until it's how we meant it." -BNL
i have change the translation for the folder video, but it has no reaction in the menu.
the variable that i change:
ICON_VIDEOS=Video Center
is this a problem by me or in the menu?
EDIT: I think the filename "test.local" should be change to "speech.local" or "language.local", if the function to localisation rest in the menu
EDIT2: i have show in the source code of the menu, the variable for this icon is "ICON_VIDEO" without the "S" at the end. In your testfiles is it wrong (and in the german translations :)), so i think it should be change
Thats why the namechange of my video menu button never worked!!!
“Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts” - Richard P. Feynman
"What about Love?" - "Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate." - Al Pacino in The Devils Advocate
Question for the Beta Version:
Exists a localistaion for the Backup Tool of PortableApps too?
thread is for the menu part of portable apps suite, a backup tool update with localazation is most likely in the works, but I have no idea for sure.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
-Albert Einstein
OliverK> you don't live on a cow
IRC: It brings out the best in all of us...Especially when tired.
double post.
“Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts” - Richard P. Feynman
"What about Love?" - "Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate." - Al Pacino in The Devils Advocate
I've made 6 themes for this menu. You can download them at http://aojweb.110mb.com/portableapps/pamenu/patheme.zip. I've also included the black theme and the default(red and black) theme that were not made by me.
I guess you wouldn't really call them themes. Maybe skin colors? Meh...
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."
if its at the end of a 4 page topic.
There is a separate topic for posting menu themes so they are all in one list.
“Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts” - Richard P. Feynman
"What about Love?" - "Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate." - Al Pacino in The Devils Advocate
You read it and so did I
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Ryan McCue.
Blog.
So all that Airbus-delay trouble over here in Europe is because of YOU!
Simeon.
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
yes.
But who else???
“Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts” - Richard P. Feynman
"What about Love?" - "Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate." - Al Pacino in The Devils Advocate
I must have if I'm posting.
Yours
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Just didn't download it...(b/c dail-up is a pain in the butt and downloads take days)
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
-Albert Einstein
OliverK> you don't live on a cow
IRC: It brings out the best in all of us...Especially when tired.
See, this is why the "New" link on the "Recent Posts" page should at least take you to the last page, if not the last read post.
"... respect, all good works are not done by only good folk. For here, at the end of all things, we shall do what needs to be done."
Don't be an uberPr∅. They are stinky.
Hello,
Just wondering if you will implement the option to add a shortcut that opens PAM, and also the option to remove the system tray function for use on computers which dont allow adding system tray icons.
It's about time a greek translation kicked in... (couldn't find one here, hope I don't interfere with someone else's work)
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there is a problem with the menu:
http://www.mediafire.com/?5bvn3w1adme
why is this like this it looks well "crappy" (srry about that)
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if only i had a 1gb u3 flash drive :| then i would put twice the stuff on it.
Na na na, come on!
When I employ the sourcecode in delphi2006, it show Undeclared indentifier trayiconMenu yet. Why!!! Who kown why the error could happen?
need that delphi component for your compiler to compile it correctly. Maybe if John were to give a list of all components used it would be easier for us to compile it
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I have been getten the trayicomenu components. There is not error.
[En] After looking for all the proposed french tanslations in that topic, I've decided to post my own based on the Dirinfo's one.
But I think that would must be created web pages for each language gathering the tanslations of the launchers and of the menu where users can decide for the one which seems complete (with a vote for exemple). So it could be used as the "official" translation.
[Fr] Après avoir parcouru toute les traductions en français soumises dans ce topic, j'ai décidé de poster la mienne basée sur celle de Dirinfo.
Mais je pense qu'il faudrait créer des pages internet pour chaque langues regroupant les traductions des lanceurs et du menu où les utilisateurs pourront décider duquel leur parraît le plus achevé (par exemple par un vote). Ainsi, il pourra être utilisé en tant que traduction officielle.
Here it is (le voici):
[FORM_MAIN]
ICON_DOCUMENTS=Documents
ICON_MUSIC=Musique
ICON_PICTURES=Images
ICON_VIDEOS=Vidéos
ICON_EXPLORE=Explorer
ICON_BACKUP=Sauvegarder
ICON_OPTIONS=Options
ICON_HELP=Aide
ICON_SEARCH=Rechercher
MENU_BACKUP=Sauvegarder des fichiers
MENU_RESTORE=Restaurer une sauvegarde
MENU_OPTIONS_SMALL_FONTS=Petite police
MENU_OPTIONS_LARGE_FONTS=Grande police
MENU_OPTIONS_ADD_APP=Installer une application
MENU_OPTIONS_REMOVE_APP=Supprimer une application
MENU_OPTIONS_REFRESH_ICONS=Actualiser les icônes des applications
MENU_OPTIONS_GET_APPS=Obtenir de nouvelles applications...
MENU_SEARCH_DRIVE=Rechercher dans ce lecteur
MENU_SEARCH_COMPUTER=Rechercher dans cet ordinateur
MENU_SEARCH_WEB=Rechercher sur internet
[FORM_MAIN]
ICON_DOCUMENTS=Dokumenty
ICON_MUSIC=Hudba
ICON_PICTURES=Obrázky
ICON_VIDEOS=Video
ICON_EXPLORE=Prezerať
ICON_BACKUP=Záloha
ICON_OPTIONS=Možnosti
ICON_HELP=Pomoc
ICON_SEARCH=Hľadať
MENU_BACKUP=Zálohovať súbory
MENU_RESTORE=Obnoviť zo zálohy
MENU_OPTIONS_SMALL_FONTS=Malé písmo
MENU_OPTIONS_LARGE_FONTS=Veľké písmo
MENU_OPTIONS_ADD_APP=Pridať aplikáciu
MENU_OPTIONS_REMOVE_APP=Vymazať aplikáciu
MENU_OPTIONS_REFRESH_ICONS=Obnoviť ikony
MENU_OPTIONS_GET_APPS=Získať ďalšie aplikácie...
MENU_SEARCH_DRIVE=Hľadať na tomto disku
MENU_SEARCH_COMPUTER=Hľadať v počítači
MENU_SEARCH_WEB=Hľadať na internete
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