Portable App Development

With the release of the PortableApps.com Launcher version 2.1, the $Bits variable is set by PAL itself.
As such, setting this variable in Custom.nsh can be removed for the following applications, see applicable edits to the Custom.nsh files here:

This has been officially released on the Development Page

I'm testing a new style of PortableApps.com Application Template for use with the PortableApps.com Launcher and Installer. The old 2.4 release was just the barebones file structure but includes no example config files. This is of a complete template with config files and a default launcher along with a stub EXE so you can be sure it works by default.

Introduction:Often, somebody will make a post asking for help. I wrote up a guide real quick for this poster, here. After a suggestion by r-andom, I re-posted as a forum topic. If you have a suggestion for the guide, post here. If you need help portablizing, make a new post in the Portable App Development Forum. So, without much more text, I loose the gorilla. . .

If you've created an app that is currently posted as a Development Test and the following apply:

• it has been tested by folks and no bugs are found
• it conforms to the guidelines below
• you are willing to support it on an ongoing basis (at least 6 months)

The portable app development forum is for all development discussion related to portable apps. Feel free to ask questions on adapting the standard PortableApps NSIS-based launchers used with Portable Firefox, etc with other apps. Or with help working on any portable development project you wish. You'll find more portable apps developers here than anywhere else, so, for most questions, either someone will know outright or at least be able to point you in the right direction.