Portable App Development

I saw this code somewhere
[Launch]
CommandLineArguments=-appdatapath"%PAL:DataDir%"

So does the program assume Pal:DataDir to be applicationdata of the computer..

I'm totally losing my mind.. Does moving a settings file/folder of any app from data dir to any location like %APPDATA% and back to data dir after closing the app make it portable or not??

Is there any possibility to change directory (application specific directory) before launching the application?

I'm writing a launcher for an application already installed on the system in use. As I often have to change the settings (a lot of registry values) I exported them as set to files and would like to import them and then start the application automatically. So my PortableApp is not a real portable one, it's just a tool helping me to manage the different configurations.

I've a Made a portable version of an app named "Orbit Downloader 4.0.0.3"..
I want this to go for development tests..
What do i next.. Pls point out..
Does it really take 6 months for an app to become an official portableapps.com version??

Someone requested gPodder and I was thinking about working on it but I have a question.

It is coded in python so there is a bunch of .py scripts. All the dependencies look like there included (including python). When ran it compiles the .py scripts. I was wondering when I package it should I include the compiled scripts package it as is?

Hi,
I'm newbie here. Could anybody please point out the error in my testing move:

I use JauntePE030AlphaNB19 trying to portalize a software. Everything works but in the end: (this software tranforms a document into .doc file and automatically calls Winword to open that .doc file.), when it comes to this "automatically calls Winword", error occurs and some msoffice install procesure occurs...

I find out that .doc is saved to folder like ".\jpe\user\apps...", not where I wanted it to be.

Is there anything I can do?

For a while i've been keeping a portable I2P package up to date mainly for my and friends. I think the structure is somewhat a mess and things aren't how they are supposed to be yet.

So, i'll post it here, hopefully get some feedback and make some additions and/or corrections to make it official portable app.

Download: [Link removed]

(Just unpack and start "StartPortableApps.exe", then start the launcher to start I2P)

Changelog 2010-11-20:

*Updated Java to v6u22
*Integrated iMule 1.4.5

Changelog 2010-11-16:

*Updated I2P to 0.8.1
*Updated I2Fox to 3.6.12

hello,

I have currently found how the language is transfered to the application, through the registry. How is this handled or is it even supported? thanks in advanced.

The key is located in "HKCU\Software\Arora-browser.org\Arora\LanguageManager" and the value is "en_US" by default

As a start I wanted to turn an executable Java JAR into a portable app. I've received permission from the creators, and the app itself is open source.

The JAR doesn't seem to create any registry settings. It creates a .SETTINGS file after the first use, and a .LOG after every puzzle you solve, and both of these files reside in the same directory as the JAR. For simplicity (or what I think is simplicity's sake), I assume one has Java Portable and Java Portable Launcher available (as if they were installed via the PA.c Menu).

DiffPDF(http://soft.rubypdf.com/software/diffpdf) is an open source and cross platform(Qt4) software, can compare two PDF files. It offers two comparison modes: Text and Appearance.
It was developed by Mark Summerfield(http://www.qtrac.eu/diffpdf.html), I just compiled it on Windows.It works on my Windows XP and Windows 7(64-bit).