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Discuss portable app development and modification of existing apps.

Updating applications . . .

Submitted by xLostSoulx on February 27, 2008 - 4:41pm

I think that PortableApps, as awesome as it is, should get a updating applications feature. I think that if there is a new release that the application for the portable devices should automatically download and ask the user if s/he would like to upgrade.

This would be an easier feature to use so the user doesn't have to delete the folder, re-install it and it automatically does it itself.

I mean, it's not hard, but the luxuries of having it do the update itself is awesome and easy in my opinion.

Anyways, just thought I'd let you know what I thought.

FreeExtractor

Submitted by d_mon on February 27, 2008 - 3:17pm

Hi guys,
I found this on portablefreeware forum:
http://www.disoriented.com/FreeExtractor/
...looks like a useful little utility...

FreeExtractor is the easiest way to create self-extracting archives for Windows from existing ZIP files. It is an excellent open-source solution for packaging software programs and for distributing files to friends and colleagues over the Internet.

Application Structure Ideas (Krypton)

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Submitted by John Bentley on February 26, 2008 - 6:35am

I am currently writing an document management application. Everything will be stored in an Sqlite database. It is designed to support AES encryption. It is being written in JavaScript (wxJavaScript). Its name is Krypton.

However, I am still pondering this point. How can I detect if the encryption password is correct? I planned on using an MD5 and SHA1 hash to compare it to. Would that create any security vulnerabilities?

 
Are there any other things I should be concerned about?
 
Thank you.

need help, ALT 1.3 and 1.4

Submitted by ye14cV92 on February 23, 2008 - 7:18pm

info:https://portableapps.com/node/7126

ALT 1.3 (Application Launcher Template)
source:http://usb.smithtech.us/apps/launcherscripts/ApplicationLauncherTemplate...

>>>>>>>folder handling doesn't work.

i did this.

!define FOLDERSETTINGS "C:\test\"  ;insert folder paths separated by "||"

or

!define FOLDERSETTINGS "C:\test"  ;insert folder paths separated by "||"

ALT 1.4 (Application Launcher Template)
source:http://usb.smithtech.us/apps/launcherscripts/ApplicationLauncherTemplate...

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