Not finding where I should post this, I decided it would land here.
Being somewhat new at making portable apps, I find some parts of the process somewhat tedious. Not that it's necessarily hard, but some of the tasks required are just plain annoying because of their redundancy (like creating folder structures).
Not that I complain, but I've always been one to say the boring stuff should be automated. So I made this extensive (though far from complete) script file. It creates the folder structure, makes the appinfo.ini file and the launcher.ini file. Most of the required functions for maybe 80% of the apps are scripted. It's a simple answer the questions type of thing.
If it helps any of you, feel free to use it. If you want to modify it, just make sure you post the mods so that others can benefit. And most of all, make sure the mods you make are actually simple and readable! (I know some programmers who take a wicked pleasure in over-complexifying stuff just to make others angry...)
so, here is the file I made https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1dmZoIlURfDaTNwdU9TdWhBMEk/view?usp=sh...
Hope you find it useful.
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There's a ZIP template with all the required folder structures here: https://portableapps.com/development
It's in the process of being updated with a generic PAL EXE that will allow basic portablization and have a commented launcher INI for easily following along.
There are also a couple different script utilities in the forums that attempt what you are doing, though they are similarly not complete.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
So far, all I've got left to do is make the language sections of the launcher.ini section and add the extension info to the appinfo.ini...
I could take a few hours and just bang these up if you think it would be helpful?
François