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Error in compiling launcher

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Submitted by supergrass on July 7, 2008 - 6:45pm

Please excuse my ignorance. I have read the portable apps guides and modified the sumatra app to make my portable app.

I was not sure where to place the applauncher nsi so I put it at the same level as the "app", "data" and "other" folders. In the App folder I have placed \App\AppInfo\appicon.ico. The NSIS compiler produced the following error:

Icon: "..\..\App\AppInfo\appicon.ico"
Error while loading icon from "..\..\App\AppInfo\appicon.ico": can't open file

Do I need to locate the NSI file elsewhere for it to be recognised?

[Theme] Zodiac Theme Bundle for 1.1 (a female theme ;-))

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Submitted by MrElchbau on July 7, 2008 - 11:24am

Now it's time for a zodiac sign theme.
I've used the signs name, polarity, element, planet, symbol, date and favorite color.
But there are many different informations, can't swear that everything is correct.

Name
Zodiac Theme Bundle
PAM-Version
PAM
Themes
12
Size
406 * 573 pix

Preview & Download

Greetings, MrE (The Scorpio King)

Problem

Submitted by phat minea on July 5, 2008 - 12:08am

Hello Mr or Miss now i used portable app and i want to install application that have extension (.exe) but not support. How do i install it? Thank u!

Changing the Logo

Submitted by maoanz on July 4, 2008 - 9:07am

Hi, I have downloaded a version of PAM on http://portableapps.xrx.ca/
which has more options.
I saw that the logo is slightly different from the original one.
I want to know if it's possible to change the logo easily or
we need to recompile the source code of PAM.
I have a look of the code, absolutely no idea what language it uses.
I saw in the other post, that it's written in Delphi, is it right?

Thanks

Portable Wallpaper Changer

Submitted by Isaac Waller on July 4, 2008 - 1:09am

This program changes your wallpaper to a bitmap. It is useful if you have it start up every time you plugin your flash drive.

Command line:
Change.exe (filename) OR /back
(filename) = A filename of a file to set your background to.
/back = Sets the background to what it was before you changed it last.

To have it start up every time you plugin your flash drive, you can use my other program USBStart (https://portableapps.com/node/14315).
1. Download "Change.exe" and place it in PortableApps\WallpaperChanger\App.
2. Add this to before #EJECT in your Autostart.ini file:

Removing Source folders

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Submitted by th3wildwolf on June 29, 2008 - 1:20pm

Is it safe to remove the source folders to save space?
What other things can be removed safely?

PS: If it is safe to remove, you should make the installer let the user choose if he wants it to be installed or not in order to save space on small drives because the majority of the users won't need to recompile the software.

Delphi advice from PAM Devs

Submitted by wraithdu on June 26, 2008 - 11:07am

So I think I want to start learning Delphi. This would be my first real programming language, though I'd say I'm moderately proficient in BATCH, NSIS, and AutoIt3. So I've got a few questions.

First, what flavor and version of Delphi do you use to build the PAM platform? Can you do all that in Turbo, or do you need the Pro version?

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