Portable App Development

I really didnt know how to search or what to search for so ill just ask. How do you make the self extracting paf.exe that all the portableapps come in? Is it like a program or something just really curious. Thanks.

[Moved to Portable App Development forum - JTH]

i must be missing something important in NSIS Var command.
Var
[/GLOBAL] var_name
Declare a user variable. Allowed characters for variables names: [a-z][A-Z][0-9] and '_'. All defined variables are global, even if defined in a section or a function. To make this clear, variables defined in a section or a function must use the /GLOBAL flag. The /GLOBAL flag is not required outside of sections and functions.

Var example

Function testVar
Var /GLOBAL example2

StrCpy $example "example value"

Yes, I've searched the forums. I gather that there's a lot of stuff to know about "NSIS scripts" and the Nullsoft install system to create a full-fledged Portable App. But look, I just want to have a single file (Autoruns) appear in my Portable Apps menu. It wasn't long ago that I could edit PStart's XML file to do this.

*edit* Check out the beta test thread: https://portableapps.com/node/5577

Hi everyone...

This is my first take on portableapps applications, so don't hesitate to comment on any mistakes.

I'm working on a launcher for VisualBoy Advance (http://vba.ngemu.com/), a GPL licensed gameboy emulator. I already have parts of it working:

- directory structure adjusted to standard portableapps.com structure
- .exe packed with upx (--brute, 28% ratio)
- .ini file is saved/copied on start

Here's a list of things to do:

Ok, I think we've all recognized the lack of a portable video editor. In looking around, it looks like t@b ZS4 (the zweistein executable) has a friendly license and good support.

http://www.zs4.net/news

In posting at the forum, I received the following information:
1) it already has a .zip "installer";
2) purports not to use any registry values;
3) it *does* however register at least one dll using regsvr32.

I understand that last might be a deal-killer? The dev suggests something like:

I have put this into the .paf format for those of you looking for an ID3 tag program. Thought about doing this when another post (https://portableapps.com/node/5299) had to be removed. In the meantime the launcher has been posted as a singular product to abide with the forum rules.

EasyTAG (GNU General Public License) is a utility for viewing and editing tags for MP3, MP2, MP4/AAC, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, MusePack and Monkey's Audio files. Its simple and nice GTK+ interface makes tagging easier.

Hi!

It's my first message in these forums, so If I write it in a wrong place, please put this message where necessary.

I have a problem, I'll explain you:

I use Adagide to create my programs in Ada Language. Adagide is free software for programming (I study computer engineering).

The thing is that I need it to be portable, so I have used "Portable Apps Creation Master 1.0".

Just a thought...

Any chance of an auto-updater for the 'suite' being developed?

Summat that can tell you there is a new version of a PAF program you already have installed? Maybe even handle the download/install of it too

With the move towards common files for several purposes (GTK, Java, etc), I wonder how these are going to be kept up to date in the future? Gaim, for example, requires a much more recent version of GTK than it did in previous incarnations. So if using a common files folder becomes fairly standard as a space saving technique, will the programs that use them still come with them in their own folder? Or will it be neccesarry to install required files seperately?

Is there any reason why Windows Server 2003 cannot verify the publisher of PortableApps?