Portable App Development

What is it for ?
The purpose of this discussion is to define guidelines for using JRE/GTK within the Portable Application Template as definied by Karl Loncarek here.

History
The original discussion starts here and here.

What are the first available guidelines ?

Directory structure

What is it used for? It doesn't seem to affect anything in the PortableApps menu, nor is it read from in the PAM source. It must serve a purpose though?

Hi all,

Is there a plugin for NSIS that lets it log into a remote FTP server and download/upload stuff? I think I have an idea...

Rick Smith // Paladin225

ASuite has an option to run apps when it starts. I'm hoping PAM will eventually have this option as well, so this suggestion is for both.
The option to run an app when the menu starts should also have a prompt option.
i.e. App xyz is set to autolaunch, would you like to launch it. Yes | NO

The PortableApps launchers already get the process id in order to monitor for the process close to do cleanup. The launchers also already support getting and passing arguments.
I would like to suggest that the launchers support a /exit argument which if received would use the same close process command that windows uses when shutting down.
This would allow menu apps like PAM/PStart/ASuite to close the applications when the menu is closed. Assuming the functionality will be added to PAM eventually.

Is it possible to add more than three Apps in AppLauncher?

I have convey, lost, and Notezilla... need to add KeePass and ASuite (just tested ASuite and I'm going to give it an opportunity since there is no new version of PAM yet... is not as pretty as PAM but at list I can organize my apps).

Application Manager Portable (AMP) (planning stage)

A Microsoft Word document about AMP is available for download here. A SourceForge.net project has been created, and the website is under development.

Current developers include:

• MIISIM
• Deuce
• rmccue
• simeon
• thibeaz
• InsideLine
• Have Some Patience

;original
DefaultDestination:
StrCpy $INSTDIR "\${SHORTNAME}"

in the above case if you run the exe it will setup an $INSTDIR like this:

\MyApp

which does not work by default - you have to "browse" to a folder first. it will install fine from the PortableApps Menu, but you can't just run the EXE from anywhere else without browsing.

;modified
DefaultDestination:
StrCpy $INSTDIR "$exedir\${SHORTNAME}"

in this modified code, it will install correctly under the PA Menu AND you can also run it from any location (without having to browse).

First of all, thank you so much for this community and this software. I love the concept of portable apps.

Now, for my question. I'd like to run the xampplite package (needing only apache, mysql, and php) from my local system with local access only. That is localhost alone with no external network access at all.

I've performed two modifications so far:

Building upon the great work that Klonk is doing with his Portable Application Template version 1.9.1 (found here: https://portableapps.com/node/6709), I took it one step further and make a full-blown launcher that can be configured just by editing an ini file.

If you have a few moments take a look at it here:
http://thebabineaus.com/software/PortaLaunch/PortaLaunch.rar