Portable App Development

This has been driving me batty for about and hour...

Error: resolving install function "InitVariables" in install section "Main" (0)
Note: uninstall functions must begin with "un.", and install functions must not
Error - aborting creation process


If anyone has any ideas please share.

If I could talk with someone who's managed to create starters and get my stupid questions answered I'll write a Dummy Guide afterwards - a guide for those of us who cannot get it going with present information on forum etc etc.

By 'talk' I mean over msn. My msn is paedrigh -at- ardan-nights.org, add me if you feel up to the task (it will only take a couple of minutes).

There is a development IDE called ConTEXT that is already set up to be portable - it runs right from the directory it's installed and nowhere else.

Is there a way I can add this to the PortableApps menu?
I would love to be able to write the code to make the paf.exe installer, but unfortunately, I don't have much time. So, if the code is relatively short and sweet, please let me know how.

Thought these might prove useful to you.

The first, upax.bat UPXs everything within the current directory (and subdirectories) with the standard options used by John. You need to put both this and upx.exe in your path somewhere, like C:\WINDOWS\system32
The second, pangout.bat uses pngout to compress all .png files within the current directory (and subdirectories) and automatically answers yes to any questions.
The final, cleanup.bat is a companion for upax.bat and deletes all the backup files (.ex~, .dl~).

i was wondering if anyone was planing on making the portable apps menu customizable.

like color change and whatnot

thanks for reading

I am in need of some icons for various file types like images, videos, folders, etc. Where would some good ones be? I need them for a program I am almost done with (file manager).

I'm a application developer/ programmer. I'm always wanting to learn more about programming and stuffalong those lones. I find portable apps really interesting.

I was wondering where can i start, like tutorials or anyhing on where to start from scratch on dveloping my on portable app?

Thanks in advanced,sorry if this was answered in other forums, I'm still trying to find my way navigating here.

I'm new to the portableapps scene and I'm currently working on a portableapps version of Reach-a-Mail It's a lightweight portable email client if people are interested ill release it here.

Released Under Beta Testing - https://portableapps.com/node/8583

At factory.lego.com you can download program to work with Legos to make custom creations, which eventually you can buy just those blocks to make. I've downloaded the program and can run it from my usb key, but it always makes a folder in "My Documents" as the default place to save your models. I manually go to the folders on my usb key to save it.

I was just wondering if anyone else has tried to make this a portable app.

I have a program that I want to make portable. It's a game, and I know that it ahs at least 2 registry keys. I don't know enough about NSIS to make it myself, and I was just wondering if I could find someone who would be willing to process the files for me. Help would be appreciated.