Hi,
I have been using portable applications for a while.
Now during my spare time i am trying to learn to make portable applications myself.
I have read the "Creating A Portable App: A Guerilla Field Guide" and understood some of it[i am new to this :)]. Downloaded the recommended software.
Now i am trying to make a portable klavaro ( http://klavaro.sourceforge.net/ ). It is a typing software.
I did manage to create initial package with a launcher.
However, every time i start the software, after the i see the "development test splash screen" it gives me a error message.
It says: "**ERROR**: couldn't find a data file at the data path: ..\share\klavaro\basic_lessons.txt aborting..
Except i checked several times under the aforementioned directory and the .txt file is there.
The exact directory is ...\App\Klavaro\share\klavaro\basic_lessons.txt
I can start the software by directly clicking on the "klavaro.exe", but when try to use the launcher, the above mentioned problem repeates.
I checked the forum, could not find a solution.
Thanks.
Can I recommend checking out the portableapps IRC channel.
Just went first time tonight and the people are really helpful.
Heres the link
#portableapps@irc.freenode.net
Hope that helps though I think you'll need an IRC Client to access it - You can use piodgin or X-Chat from here
EDIT: Heres another link just got from the people in the IRC room -
https://portableapps.com/support/chat
PortableApps.com Advocate
At launch code, insert the following code:
SetOutPath "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY"
so, something like :
This assumes that you at somepoint have done the following:
StrCpy "$PROGRAMDIRECTORY" "$EXEDIR\App\Klavaro\"
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