Portable App Development 3m2d40

Hi All,

A few years back I was working as a contractor and one of the tasks I was working on required that my application be packed as a single executable file. I used a solution by a company called "Bit-Arts" that I don't believe is around anymore. They had a product called "Fusion" that would take a Visual Basic project file and compile the whole application, including dependent libraries/controls into a single compressed executable. They claimed that they translated everything into assembly language and thats how they were able to create the single executable, in place, file.

Does anyone know of a similar solution today? Like I mentioned the company, Bit-Arts, is not around today and I have yet to discover a similar solution. It would be great for use on our USB drives.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/kee/

I've been using this for several months and am really satisfied with the eord generator and level of encryption.

No longer do I feel like I'm using lame s easy to crack and I carry it in my thumbdrive so when I go to work I can access persoanl and work related sites without having to so many pswrds!

Hope you guys give it a run and see how well it works. I simply installed in in the Corsair (gig) USB drive and it runs like a champ every time.

Also it has room for notes and pesonal additions so it's not just a keeper but a bit more.

I was interested in using my own icon for PFF. I tried using Resource Hacker but found that any change I made using RH corrupts the new file.

Any tips would be appreciated.

Thanks,

J-Ro

I created a registry rapper for those programs that do not use settings files within the program directory. It uses the registry settings exported to a .reg file to keep your settings and clean the system. It will also back your local settings if there is an locally installed version of the application and then re-add them on shutdown of the portable version. The complete instructions are included in the ree.txt file. It also includes a proof of concept example using Angry IP Scanner, allowing you to see how it works.

Would anyone be interested in this? I whipped one up last night and it works like a charm. I did use the official one though, so you will have to add your own executable in the "gnotify" directory. If there is any interest, I will have to find some way to host it, unless of course Rob wanted to host it.

@rmccue:
Take a look at this for the dev team. Just give me your email address and I'll send you the complete one. However when we host it, we will have to leave out the executable as per Google's license agreement.

-Justin

OK I was thinking about this the other day
1)Get rid of all unnessicary junk
2)Find out which, if any, registry keys it uses
3)Learn command line parameters
4)Report back here

I did some google searches on this one, but was unable to find anything.

Has anyone out there ever heard of a fully portable Remote Desktop client for Windows? I've seen people having settings files, but this would be for use at a public terminal like a library or transit area where the machines are heavily locked down.

thanks,

Chip

Hello everybody. I'm new here. ^^
I've found a nice software, a portable dock, RK Launcher.
Don't know if somebody already mentioned about this.
Hope you guys love it.

rk launcher main forum.
http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/forumdisplay.php?f=81

Is there a way to easily change the properties of John's launchers?

For example, I'd like to change PortableFirefox.exe's icon and cut down the comment section so that it isn't so darned long (it shows up in the autorun box)!

And while I realize that there is probably a way to recompile the launcher to have this changed, that is an overly complex method for those of us who rely on most portable app's ease of use and would rather not touch the code ourselves.

~Abecedarian

Okay, all this talk of using NSIS to make an app portable has got me intrigued. And then I saw the post about an NSIS Dev team and wondered what resources you've used to learn how to make an app portable using NSIS. I usually just dive into a new language and teach myself, but I thought I would ask this community if there are resources you've used to learn how to create portable apps.

I've done a very brief scan of the net on 'NSIS and portable apps' to look for 'how to' sites, but could not find any. I did notice that the Winamp.com NSIS forums look like a great place to get ideas and ask questions.