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Usage of Artwork (Specifically the PortableApps Logo)

Submitted by thornsoft on March 29, 2007 - 4:13pm

Is there a graphic library for those who would like to customize our installers to include the cute little (circle/arrow) PortableApps logo?
Is it permitted?
I would like to overlay the circle/arrow graphic onto my program's icon, to signify "My app's Installer".
I would expect that would be allowed, as it would help promote the PortableApps brand, while keeping mine intact. Is this ok, and are graphic files available?

Also, is there much point in going the extra mile here for the 7zip installers, with the new NSIS installers coming, or is that far enough in the future?
Thanks,

Environment Variables

Submitted by thornsoft on March 27, 2007 - 12:23pm

Newbie here,
I'm finalizing my U3 version, and figured I'd do PortableApps too. I'm not yet writing my script, but wanted to build the hooks into the main app first. With U3, I'm able to use Environment Strings to find path info, such as:
IShouldStoreMyDataHere := GetEnvironmentVariable('U3_APP_DATA_PATH');

Can I do this with NSIS? Or do I need it in conjunction with something else? Let me know if there is a sample app that does this. I looked through several, but maybe I didn't know what to look for.

Wanted: Compress/Encrypt with password but little user knowledge required

Submitted by TeddyBare on March 27, 2007 - 11:28am

I have written something for my company to help them secure documents on a USB stick. I'm getting on in years now, and never really progressed from the days of DOS batch scripts, so this is what I end up using, its not elegant, not clever, but it just about does what they want.

Today I found Portable Apps, and wondered if its something that I could use because its so much better than anything I'm likely to be able to create.

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