UPX + games = Good or Bad?
i'm making Doom Portable using Doom Legacy and FreeDoom and I wanted to know if upx'ing the files would affect game performance
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i'm making Doom Portable using Doom Legacy and FreeDoom and I wanted to know if upx'ing the files would affect game performance
is the license.txt in the source folder supposed to be the license of the app we're doing or the license of PortableApps.com?
Does anyone know where to find any open source alternatives to the following Microsoft binaries?
MSCOMCTL.OCX
MSINET.OCX
scrrun.dll
shdocvw.dll
VB6STKIT.DLL
What I want to know is what requirements does my app have to meet to get the PortableApps.com "seal of approval"? Not just app requirements (directory structure, etc.), but installer requirements (command line switches, etc.)? I know there are threads all over the place about this, but it'd be nice to have all the specifications in one place...
We really need formal documentation for this.
Possible to re-size Portable Apps Menu? The idea of portableapps is great but I would like to use them on a UMPC that has a 800x480 screen and I cannot see the top half of the Portable Apps Menu. Is there a solution (eg a startup ini file?)
ok, i'm wanting to make an app for PortableApps Developers to upx any given folder with the click of a button or two. what i need is a complete list of all file types that can be upx'd. i know i can just do *.* but when you have something that has a ton of small files it takes a while. the upx website doesn't list everything, and all i know of at the moment are .exe, .dll, .pyd, .irc, .dcp, .com, .sys, .pe. please either post a link to a complete list or post other file types you know are upxable, thanks.
My question is this, i am making an app portable that leaves its appdata in the
C:\Documents and Settings\****\local settings\application data folder, now when i try to get this to save in my data folder it always puts it in the C:\ instead of where i want it to go. What would i change in this part of my script:
!if "${REDIRECTUSERPROFILE}" = "TRUE"
IfFileExists "$DATADIR\UserProfile\*.*" +2
CreateDirectory "$DATADIR\UserProfile" ; create directory for portable user profile
Hello!
This time I've build in a new feature: you could change the theme size with just two (:-() clicks. First, click the swap button (the upper right one with the two arrows), then click the one thereunter with the check mark. The first click renames the files and folders, the second click refreshes the skin.
Hi all,
I'm just new to this forum and i would like to know where i can learn the needed info to start make my portable program?
IS there is any manual or help pages that i can learn from it?
Thanks
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