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Portable App Development

Discuss portable app development and modification of existing apps.

What programming language should I use to code an application that runs on Flash Drive?

Submitted by rockdale on January 2, 2008 - 12:08pm

Hi, all:

Not sure is this the right forum for this post. I am quite new about "portable apps". so please forgive my ignorance.

I need to program an application (from scratch) that view/edit/save user's data. The application and data will be put on the flash drive and distributed to end user.

Suite Installation Problems

Submitted by crazymike703 on December 31, 2007 - 10:59pm

Okay first of all I am a n00b so try not to get frustrated with me. I'm trying to install the Suite Standard Edition on my 2GB Dane-Elec USB drive. The executable file opens and the program runs. I select the drive and click install and the progress windows pops up. After ten minutes there is still no progress.

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks in advance everyone!

Parameters?

Submitted by Edub on December 31, 2007 - 4:43am

How do I pass a parameter to an executable that appears on the PortableApps menu?

For instance, I am using Truecrypt and when I launch Trucrypt I want it to auto mount my favorite volume. In order to do this I need "truecrypt.exe /a". I have looked all over but I have not been able to find any documentation for PortableApps. Sorry if I'm missing it.

Thanks,

Edub

PA for OS X

Submitted by CJR on December 30, 2007 - 9:42pm

I own a couple of computers and I love using Portable Apps on my windows machines but it would be really great if there was a version for OS X. I have a few friends that also wish for an OS X version of Portable Apps. Of course it would be a completely separate platform with different apps but it would be a great future release.

Sub-Menu Folders

Submitted by meekle15 on December 30, 2007 - 2:03am

I would like to appologize in advance if I am duplicationg a topic. (ADD and Dial-up DO NOT go together!)

anywayz...

I would like to see Sub-menu folders added to the menu.

I have a few Apps installed and I keep the installers on my jumpdrive (PNY Atache) and often mistake the installers for the actual application. I would like to see a Group-menu or sub-foler menu similar to the "All Programs" selection on the Windows XP start Menu.

Doing so may also allow for grouping of programs such as anti-virus, installation, and Web-browsing applications.

Idea for Future PAM

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Submitted by Caehan on December 29, 2007 - 10:27am

Maybe there could be a check box, so that when it is checked the menu does not fade out? I know that you could just change the options in the config file, but this would make it accessible for day to day usage.

So whatcha think? Is this a good idea?

Pick a Renamer, Any Renamer

Submitted by Patrick Patience on December 29, 2007 - 2:27am

I was looking around for some batch file renamers, so you can rename multiple files at once very easily, and the three I liked were these:

Ant Renamer

Some of you may have heard of this. It's GPL'd. It's probably the simpler of the them. It's got an easy way to set many renaming rules, and the interface is pretty easy to grasp. There's some screenshots here to give you a basic idea.

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Metamorphose

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