Portable App Development

I am using nsis and lazarus to create a gui ejector and appkiller script depending upon the ini file that the lazarus form spits out. I am as far as the "kill all" and the "eject" option, but I have hit a snag in the road. I need to have a list of all the installed applications. How can this be done through nsis. I was thinking something along the lines of:

ReadINIStr $0 "..\..\..\*Portable\App\AppInfo\AppInfo.ini" "Details" "AppId"
StrCpy $0 $0 + ".exe"
WriteINIStr "$EXEDIR\Data\Eject.ini" "AppsToKill$R0" "1" "$0"
${StrReplaceV4} $1 "portable.exe" ".exe" $0

After I create a *.paf.exe for the first time ( as described in this thread ), I now want to check this *.paf.exe on my local pc or in a virtual machine. Due to the Creation of the *.paf.exe I assume, that now exist some registry entries and/or some stuff in the file system. For this check I now start Regshot for the second time. But before I start Regshot, I think it's necessary to delete all registry entries and the stuff in the file system, which arise through the creation of the *.paf.exe.

Hi PA team,

As we are going to enjoy PA 2.0, currently in Beta release... but I think in new version of PA there must be some way to install/update Multiple Versions of Applications at user preferences, As I am a developer, so I have to check my app in multiple version of Firefox for final delivery... I work in Firefox 2.x, 3.x and now 4.x side by side.

And I don't think this should have side any effects...

Thanks
Ravi Bhushan
PA ID: Ravi.Bhushan

Application: Iron
Category: Internet
Description: SRWare Iron: the browser of the future - it's like Google Chrome, only without any privacy or security problems.

Download Iron Portable 9.0.600.2 Development Test 1 [17.3 MB download / 59.8 MB installed]

(MD5: f7fe2d771482d0de415c376ff681dfca)

Does anyone have a copy of the Ansi KillProc NSIS plugin they'd be willing to send my way? I need it so I can compile the Chrome/Iron launcher, but the usual download site is down for maintenance and I can't seem to find a mirror.

Thanks!

Hi, first, many compliments, portable apps are very cool

I'm trying to distribute a presentation written in html/js on a usb pen.

I'm doing this using firefox portable, and creating an autorun that launch firefox when the usb pen is connected.

On windows xp this autorun creates an entry in the autorun dialog with the text:

"Text written from me in autorun file"
Open with selected program

In windows vista I see:

"Text written from me in autorun file"
Pubblished by RARE IDEAS, LLC

I'm wondering if:

Further to my musings in the Evince Portable announcement comments, is it possible to implement multiple optional sections in the installer? This would be useful in cases where only specific languages are desired in a mulltilingual installer, or where an application by default offers multiple optional components (ie. Fonts & Clipart & Templates).

[EDIT: added "in a multilingual installer" to clarify what I meant]

Hello all,
I`m new here. Well that's not the reason why I`m posting this
I have an idea for the CubicExplorer.
My Company (i work as an engineer there) has many files in one folder with nearly identical names.
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1622/beispieli.jpg roundabout 300 folders in one.
Mostly we don t have to search anything, our problem is to find something. Mostly, the only difference between the file names is one number or one letter.

Here comes the (stolen)* idea.

Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins.

This portable version is based on 3.5.6 and .NET Framework 3.5 is required to make the application run.

Testing some apps in development test status arose a question for me: Where to point an App's Output folder by default - if applicable?

It seems to be handled differently until now. Some apps default for AppnamePortable\Data, some for "My Documents" on the host PC (many official apps), some for Documents including their designated section Pictures/Music/Video, some even somewhere in their App folder (obviously a design flaw).