Portable App Development

Following on post https://portableapps.com/node/1141#comment-6250

here is the batch file to launch FreeMind using the commonfiles/java structure

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@echo off
..\CommonFiles\Java\bin\java -cp lib\freemind.jar;lib\ant\lib\jaxb-api.jar;lib\ant\lib\jaxb-impl.jar;lib\ant\lib\jaxb-libs.jar;lib\ant\lib\namespace.jar;lib\ant\lib\relaxngDatatype.jar;lib\ant\lib\xsdlib.jar;lib\ant\lib\jax-qname.jar;lib\ant\lib\sax.jar;lib\ant\lib\dom.jar freemind.main.FreeMind

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Hi,
does anyone know a way to set the APPDATA environment variable temporarily, i.e. during the run of a launcher?

It could be set via registry, but this would cause that other currently running applications would not find their data anymore. (At least I think)

Any ideas?

I have been using Google Sketchup for a while now, and I always wondered if it would be possible to make it portable. (To use at my workstation in the office).

As an experiment, I just copied the Sketchup folder from my C: Drive and pasted the copy into the "Portable Apps" folder on my USB drive.

When I started the portable apps launcher, lo and behold, Sketchup was there!

I ran it on 3 different machines, with positive results.

Which leads me to my next question: Does anyone know of any other popular applications that can be added in this way?

As the Convey Portable app is being developed, and an addon section is soon to come, I started thinking of some useful addons. One would be an autohotkey script to simulate the shell integration features in an installed version of 7-zip. This would be under SendTo and not actual shell integration. I can get it to work by opening the file manager, then selecting the proper task, but i'm wondering if there is a way to make it directly open the proper window, just like shell integration for the installed version would.

I have a feature request for the portable apps backup utility. Could an option be added to backup the data to an encrypted archive format please?

Is there anything significant in the Pidgin release what would warrant this being worked on and released by the Portable Apps team? Is there anything I can do to help?

Thanks for your great work,
George

Hi,

I'd like to run multiple programs at once, simultaneously with the startup of the portable apps menu ( I always forget SunBird portable and consequently my appointments ) so I tried a couple of things.

1) creating a .nsi file and
2) creating a .bat file.

i keep looking for menu updates, patiently, but i'm not seeing them anywhere really. is there somewhere else i should be looking?

the reason i am asking is that in the "PortableApps Menu 1.0.2 Beta 3 (Pre-Release 2)" (https://portableapps.com/node/4571) post (around the area of the source code) is this comment:

"...This should get us back on track to releasing menu updates monthly (at a minimum)..."

anyway, just trying to locate updates.

Borland Delphi 7 Personal Edition Portable

This programm can create a portable Delphi IDE and also a BartPE-Plugin.

The portable Delphi has all of it's orginal functions.

To create a portable Delphi, Delphi must be installed, you can download it here: http://www.borland.pl/downloads/delphi_7_personal/Delphi7_Personal.zip

To use Delphi 7 you have to register at http://www.codegear.com/Downloads/TrialandFreeVersions/Delphi/tabid/138/...

Download Delphi 7 Portable:

http://force.cold-blue.de/DelphiPortable.rar

I can only notice that freeware is the mainstay of portable apps scene. I have tried to make a couple apps with my personally owned software using my keys, but they never turn out well when I try to use them on my work PC.

Is this a valid issue to bring up or is the developement of non freeware a taboo issue? Thanks for any info.