Portable App Development

Updated info 2012-03-23 00:37

Updated information posted here

I am looking for some information. I am working on an app, I would like to know whether what I want to do requires a complete custom launcher, a custom.nsh file or if it can be done using the existing structure?

OK I will try to be clear as possible with my needs.

I have an ini file that will be in the Data\settings folder
In the ini there will be an entry FirstRun=Y

Hi everyone,

I have 2 questions for you....

1) Is there a way to define which Sevice Pack should be installed? I have this problem with Mari0Portable. The MinOS is currently at XP, but in fact it should be XP, SP3 (as noted in release notes and game forums).

2) I wanted to make an app with multiple icons. I used this:
[Control]
Icons=2
Start=AppNamePortable.exe
Start1=AppNamePortable.exe
Name1=AppName Portable
Start2=AppNamePortable2.exe
Name2=AppName Portable Other Part

Hope I'm in the right place, feel free to move.

GetQuotes no longer works because the default web site it scrapes quotes (yahoo) from has changed.

There is a new Quote.pm here

http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2012-February/043255.html

Follow the thread from the start to know what to do with it, there are also patches available.

I am working on a script and wanted to be able to move/overwrtie/sync files. Not able to find anything in NSIS manual did a Google search and found this script on the NullSoft site called MoveFileFolder.nsh. Going to give it a try, might be something we want to include in eitehr the next launcher or even in NSIS?

Hi everyone,

As the title implies, [RegistryCleanupIfEmpty] doesn't delete if default key is present. At least that's what I'm thinking.
part of my ini file:

[RegistryCleanupForce]
1=HKCU\Software\developer\gamename

[RegistryCleanupIfEmpty]
1=HKCU\Software\developer

It removes the "gamename" out of developer. The only key is the default with no value assigned. (every reg folder seems to have one like that)
But it doesn't remove the developer.

as the subject suggests i want to create a launcher for an application that is a commercial product. now i know i cant make the commercial application its self portable, but from my understanding, i can create a batch file that starts the app and make that portable.

I realize that many users prefer to keep the programs entirely separate from their OS, but there are a lot of programs in PA now that would benefit from portableapps allowing (a limited) windows integration.

I'd like to be able to use the 'add to context menu' features in a program or set a filetype to automatically open with a certain program with ease. Programs like Winmerge, 7zip, vlc, etc. come to mind.

I have made a cross-platform (Mac and Windows) portable app. It follows the PortableApps convention with the exception of an "Contents" folder that has Mac specific information. Would this mess up the portable application installer?

I'm attempting to create a portableapps launcher for a small program that is already portable, ie it can be run from anywhere and it makes no registry changes nor does it change any files/folders outside it's own folder.

In creating the portableapp, should the portableapps.com format specification be adhered to regarding storing the user settings and such in the 'Data' folder? Or is it enough to leave the program and let it run as-is in the 'App/AppName' folder?

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer

So I'm trying to deal with 3 XML settings files in JStock Portable that require a path. Here's the important stuff from all of them:

...\module\project.xml (the whole file)

<org.yccheok.jstock.gui.IndicatorProjectManager>
  <preferredOperatorIndicatorType>ModuleIndicator</preferredOperatorIndicatorType>
  <projects/>
  <directory>[%USERPROFILE%\.jstock\1.0.6\module should be written here]</directory>
</org.yccheok.jstock.gui.IndicatorProjectManager>