Portable App Development

Hi, I have a lot of work for the moment, so I won't be working on that project till the end of june, so don't expect quick results.

I'm going to create a CD/DVD + USB key duo system for portable apps.
The principle is simple :
- You have program executable & program data on the CD/DVD-Rom.
- You have your documents & config on the key.
- You insert/plug your cd/key in whatever order you wish

Could anyone guide me on how to create a self extracting EXE from a folder, that will extract and run the exe/files from a windows temp folder?

I'm aware of how to do it in winrar, but not sure of the specific directory that should be used for temp storage (for use on PC's without admin privileges)

So basically i want one big compressed self extracting exe that extracts its contents to a temp folder, and autoruns a specified file.

Hi, for a future Portable App, I've decided I'd give a go at LilyPond. LilyPond is a Musical Notation program that is completely text based. You type in your song or score, or whatever it may be, in a text editor, or in LilyPad, a text editor bundled with LilyPond specifically for writing music in it. You save the file as whatever.ly and then either double click it, or drop it in the shortcut to "lilypond-windows.exe" and it will turn your text music into a PDF, and a Midi file if that is written in your score.

2.0.18.0
Added AppStopCMD
Added AppStopCMD working Directory
Added AppStopCMD argument
Rearranged advanced options

2.0.16.0
Moved advanced options
Added Version field to advanced options
Added temp files field to advanced options
Disabled buttons unless Shortcut Name and Application Path are populated
Changed default run folder for run only option, now uses same folder the setup is run from.
Shortcut Creator

Just thought I would share my convoluted menu system and themes ... Can't wait for the new PAM!

http://tinyurl.com/2ehdos

Would work better if

Documents/music/video and pictures links were from the device root and not relative paths - Could be compiled from source? I do not know how to do that.

PAs that use CommonFiles could have their paths edited (..\..\..\CommonFiles)(Can they?) At the moment I just have duplicates of Common Files ...

Ryan,

Hey, I've been trying to download your Portable RSS Owl to give it a try. I found the thread at RSSOwl Portable 1.2.3 but the link to your site seems to be having a problem.

Sorry for the new topic but the previous one was locked.

Thanks

I found Klonk's template to be so useful I decided to try my hand at it.
Mainly to help me learn NSIS better.
As of 1.3 it should be a fairly functional template.

History

ALT 1.4
-- Added function to replace drive letter in files with portable drive letter
ALT 1.3
-- Added file and folder handling

I am trying to compile a heavily modified script from this site and neither it nor the original script will compile. They throw this message:
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Invalid command: RealProgress::SetProgress
Error in script "C:\Documents and Settings\vuts\Desktop\NSISBackup\Other\EasyBackupSource\PortableAppsBackup.nsi" on line 267 -- aborting creation process


Full Story:

This is a theme i made for the Portable Apps Menu with the theme function. it's a replica of the windows vista start menu.

Update:

requires latest version of PAM mod by netdroid.

-add your own image to the little square at the top by making it 64 x 64 and naming it header.bmp and placing it into the folder where background.jpg and background_top.bmp are.
-bigger drive space slider.
-Segoe UI font
-New Theme.ini settings used.

Download

Developers,
Thanks for the great stuff. I have a couple of requests that maybe ya'll are able to put into portable apps. I hope this is the right place to ask for it.

1. Have OpenOffice default use VLC player on the drive that way everything runs purely off the stick.

2. If a file is opened from the drive have it open automatically with software from the drive instead of having to load OpenOffice and then open a file.

I don't know how hard this is because I'm not a programmer. But they would be nice features. Thanks.