PortableApps.com is proud to announce that PortableApps.com Installer 2.0.7 has been released. The PortableApps.com Installer allows you to quickly package your portable apps in an easy-to-use installer without having to write or compile any code. This release adds full unicode compatibility for online installers. The PortableApps.com Format Specification and installer are now available for outside developers to use and can be used freely with free open source and freeware applications. Commercial use is available by contacting PortableApps.com.
PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 Beta 5 users who already have this app installed, simply click 'Check for Updates' in your PA.c Menu to update to the new version.
PortableApps.com Installer Features
The PortableApps.com Installer allows you to easily package your portable apps. It features:
- Proven NSIS installer core
- Excellent compression for distribution
- Easy configuration with no coding required
- Multilingual with 70 Languages and Full Unicode Support
- Optional sections
- Automatic integration with the PortableApps.com Platform
- Works from command line and Send To (just pass the portable app's main directory, e.g. X:\PortableApps\FileZillaPortable)
- Interactive mode to assist with missing entries
- Licensed for use with free open source and freeware
- Commercial use by contacting PortableApps.com
What's New in the Format and Installer?
This release adds full unicode compatibility for online installers.
This update of the PortableApps.com Installer allows software publishers to package their apps using our popular tools. Open source projects can use our installer (and all source is included and licensed under the GPL) and release their own PAF files. Freeware publishers can also use our installer with no special permission. Commercial publishers can contact us for permission (the licensing agreement is now ready).
Get Help Packaging for PortableApps.com
If you need help packaging your software in PortableApps.com Format or using the PortableApps.com Installer, just post a note to the Development Forum and we'll help you out.
PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format
PortableApps.com Installer is packaged, appropriately, as a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all settings. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Suite including the Menu and Backup Utility.
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The PortableApps.com Installer is available for immediate download from the PortableApps.com Installer homepage. Get it today!
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Comments
Thanks John
for not forgetting outdated apps in favor of new ones!
The top of this site is still
The top of this site is still referring to version 2.0.6.
Fixed
Thanks
Small suggestion !
I think that we should have to option to browse for the icon from the application that is being currently packaged or use the default one from PortableApps.com Installer.
The reason for this, is that I carry with me the most used portable applications with me just in case I run in to some one that dose not know about PortableApps.com, and when I open the folder all I see is red icons and it is a pain in the behind.
But by having the installer use the applications icon(s) would make it faster and easier to find.
Well I hope that this can be added to the new release PortableApps.com Installer.
Another utility
This sort of functionality will be being built into a new utility I've been working on. It's not really appropriate for inclusion in the Installer in its current form.
Cool!!
I can't wait to see what new tool you are working on!
All I have to say is keep up the good work!
Not Permitted
We don't permit PA.c Installer being built with anything but the official icon for the reasons stated below.
Bad Idea. We moved away from this for a reason...
The PA.c Installer will only use the official PA.c Installer icon. Much as the Firefox and Thunderbird installers use standard Windows installer icons. Otherwise the installer and the apps themselves wind up with the same icons which is confusing for end users in looking at the installers vs apps and when installing as the installer and the app show up exactly the same in the Windows 7 toolbar.
All the apps start with the AppID which means they will be in alphabetical order in your directory. That means finding Firefox Portable is dead easy because the file is FirefoxPortable...paf.exe.
Going forward all apps must use the PA.c Installer for icons. No additional option is needed.
I thought about asking a long time ago...
What if you have the basic icon, with a little PA flash drive to the side? Even in a 16 x 16, you'll see a little red slash on the side, indicating its an installer.
No
There's no reason to do it or to over-complicate it. It buys us nothing. The only possible reason to do it is to make installers easier to identify when looking at a directory which is completely negated by the fact that the spec requires the installer to start with the AppId, so they'll always be alphabetical and dead easy to find.
We don't need to create solutions for problems that don't exist.
appicon
I thought he meant appicon.ico (etc.). I see he didn't.