Hi everybody, I just created a program using borland delphi that when opened it starts both thunderbird portable and FreePOPs, if I run it with double-click it works fine but if I start it from the p.a. menu then it doesn't work, I mean it opens the program but it wont open thunderbird nor freepops. can somebody explain me why? thanks
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The current directory is not the same as the application directory you have to do somthing like Application.Directory + "/theFileIWant.txt" (I don't know delphi, that's a general example).
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I already done it, in fact if i double-click on it it works fine, it seems like the p.a. menu blocks the other 2 programs to run. it opens the window of the program i made...
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Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
-Sun-tzu, The Art of War. Strategic Assessments
Grab the beta of the platform. It fixes the working directory bug:
https://portableapps.com/node/8450
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thanks, it works fine now
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Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
-Sun-tzu, The Art of War. Strategic Assessments
Your signature below, those tags aren't gonna work. And I don't think any size or colour changing code will work in this forum.
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Cool Kids Don't Have Signatures. Umm... *shifty eyes*
Yes I noticed yhat the html-like code doesnt work
What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power in man, the will to power, power itself. What is bad? All that is born of weakness. What is happiness? The feeling that power is growing, that resistance is overcome.
-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Antichr
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Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
-Sun-tzu, The Art of War. Strategic Assessments