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Discuss portable app development and modification of existing apps.

Portable .NET

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Submitted by onestoploser on October 31, 2008 - 11:00am

I've noticed that a lot of people have been requesting apps that are dependent on .NET framework. I found this on Sourceforge and was wondering if this could be integrated into the PA Suite. I don't know the licenses of .NET so I don't even know if this is legal, but I thought it would be worth checking out:

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Forgive me if this has been posted before, but I searched and didn't see it.

ConvertAll Portable: Custom Colors

Submitted by Bart.S on October 30, 2008 - 9:19am

Hi Travis,
I don't know if this is a bug, let's call this a missing feature Smile

You could choose Custom Colors in ConvertAll.

  • Options --> Set background color --> Add to Custom Colors or
  • Options --> Set text color --> Add to Custom Colors

These colors are saved in the Registry:

  • HKCU\Software\Trolltech\OrganizationDefaults\Qt\customColors

Your launcher doesn't save and restore this key, it only deletes the key. So the Custom Colors are lost at next launch.

Hide Internal/Original Splash Screen

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Submitted by tanisthalon on October 28, 2008 - 6:44pm

My mind has gone blank.

I vaguely remember discussing with John a few months ago on hiding the default Blender splash with the NSIS script. Unfortunately I no longer have my 2.46 file set anymore and cannot remember what I did or even which papp was used as reference for adding to my script.

Can someone please nudge me in the right direction so I can update Blender Portable 2.48 to 2.48a?

I will be leaving the console screen intact still as it is beneficial. I may need to look at a better icon though, as yet I have not had chance.

Command line parameter support for installers

Submitted by Craig.Prichard on October 26, 2008 - 7:29pm

Suggestion for PortableApps: allow the install/update program for all apps to take three (3) optional command line parameters:
- a "Wait for User Input" switch defaulted to Yes
- the path to the parent directory of the program defaulted to null
- an alternative Destination Folder for the install/update currently already defaulted

NSIS registry backup question

Submitted by prapper on October 25, 2008 - 1:13pm

OK, nOOb here, go easy... Smile

I've written a few launchers by modifying the 7-Zip code (as suggested for programs that just use the registry) and everything works great but I've run into a problem with local installs and portables from the same company existing together.

An example...

HKCU\Software\Company\Program1 (local install)
HKCU\Software\Company\Program2 (portable)

When Program2Portable is launched it renames "Company" to "Company-BackupByProgram2Portable", thereby temporarily removing the entries for locally installed Program1.

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