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Portable App Development 3m2d40

Discuss portable app development and modification of existing apps.

where are the trully portable files? s3d1k

Submitted by Greg Harbs on October 24, 2022 - 11:44am

really... where are simple .zip files?^
as if having "installers for portable" (which is nonsense on its own... but tolerated while it was optional, which does not seem to be anymore) but who was the [slur removed by mod JTH] person that tought it was a good idea to make the installer automatically select between 32bit and 64bit?

so now its impossible to "install the 32bit" on 64bit windows?????

really.. i dont think it can get any more dumb than that luls...

How to use JDK/OpenJDK in PortableApps Launcher? 1a3969

Submitted by XJDHDR on October 12, 2022 - 10:01pm

I'm working on making a Java program run in a PortableApps Launcher (specifically Ghidra). The problem I see so far is that this program specifically needs to be run in a JDK environment, and doesn't work with just JRE.

Deploying PortableApps via PowerShell 30676r

Submitted by roysubs on October 5, 2022 - 7:28am

I notice that PortableApps executable containers can simply be unzipped, but also possibly there are switches to do it according to your standards, so I would like know the best way to do this in PowerShell. i.e. I want to *silently* deploy some app:

$7z = "D:\Mys\7zipPortable.exe"
if (Test-Path $7z) { & $7z [whatever-switches-required] [install-directory-of-my-choice] }

Would appreciate any advice on the correct / most efficient way to do this for multiple packages?

ing launching command line switch/parameter in appinfo.ini 2d5p2q

Submitted by Mark888 on September 28, 2022 - 12:12pm

Hello,

While some kinds of command line parameter are ed under [Associations] section such as: FileTypeCommandLine, FileTypeCommandLine-extension, ProtocolCommandLine, SendToCommandLine, ShellCommandLine; the command line switch/parameter for launching the app is poorly ed. It is only ed via myAppPortable.ini which is not so obvious and only for main App.

My suggestion is something as below:

appinfo.ini
[Control]
Start=AppNamePortable.exe

Only delete the myappPortable symlink when uninstall 57513m

Submitted by Mark888 on September 28, 2022 - 11:39am

Hello,
I have myAppPortable symlink (directory symlink) placed under PortableApps folder.
When I choose uninstal myApp from PortableApps platform, it deletes the contents (files and folders) inside the symlink directory.

Not sure if it is a bug.
But please when uninstall myApp, only delete the symlink, not the contents. Or provide option to only delete symlink.
Should also take care of other symlinks if any present in myAppPortable.

Take certain actions based on the number of NSIS instances running 4q3t6t

Submitted by SimonGeek on September 1, 2022 - 4:57am

Hi, I am trying to take certain actions based on the number of NSIS instances running.
The main reason is that if there are two instances of the same executable the data created is overwritten

I asked in the NSIS forum but the code provided doesn't work. I wanted to put the code in multiple sections, the one provided by the NSIS forun can only be used once.

If there is only one instance does it perform an action, if there are two or more does it perform another

QEMU or VirtualBox? 1p5r5e

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Submitted by portablepro on August 16, 2022 - 8:18pm

Which is your favorite? Especially via been portable?

Sorry I forgot to mention that both Softwares are available in a "portable format"

Qemu does by definition to be portable - VirtualBox still trying to only be installed, but told to
be installed portable by no ways.

HTH

Different executables for different Windows versions? 3e2f3c

Submitted by Fayne Aldan on August 14, 2022 - 4:40pm

Hello. I want to make my portable app change ProgramExecutable based on the version of Windows. I tried to this in Custom.nsh:

${SegmentFile}

${SegmentInit}
    ${If} ${AtLeastWin110}
        ${SetEnvironmentVariablesPath} FullAppDir $AppDirectory\PolyMC
    ${Else}
        ${SetEnvironmentVariablesPath} FullAppDir $AppDirectory\Legacy
    ${EndIf}
!macroend

But it seems I can't use the environment variable in ProgramExecutable. Any idea how I'd accomplish this? Thanks.

Help with creating a PortableApps version of Tabby 1u5673

Submitted by wolfferine on August 5, 2022 - 4:12am

Hi,

I am new at this, and so would very much appreciate the help from the community - i am trying to create a portableapps (paf) version of Tabby.
I created the appinfo.ini:


[Format]
Type=PortableAppsFormat
Version=3.7

[Details]
Name=Tabby PortableApps
AppId=TabbyPortable
Publisher=Wolfferine
Homepage=
Donate=
Category=Internet
Description=Tabby - a terminal for the modern age
Language=Multilingual

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