Portable PureBasic

greyhoundcode · **Joined:** Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:24 pm **Posts:** 50

Does anyone know, or has anyone tried and succeeded, in installing the PureBasic IDE and compiler to a USB pen drive, thus allowing them to take their compiler and projects with them to other computers?

#NULL · **Posted:** Sat Mar 08, 2008 3:19 pm

many people do this (i don't). there is a chapter in the help manual about the IDE commandline parameter.
..the /PORTABLE one is that for.

http://www.purebasic.com/documentation/reference/ide_commandline.html

Baldrick · **Posted:** Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:13 pm

Yes, PB runs fine from a usb drive.

Copy your entire PB directory to your pen drive & add a compiled copy of the code below into the main PB directory on this pen drive. Use this to start it instead of the main PB.exe directly & it will run using localised preferences, etc.

At least this works for me..

Code:

If ReadFile(0,"PureBasic.exe") 
 If RunProgram("PureBasic.exe","/PORTABLE","PureBasic")=0  
  MessageRequester("Fault","PB failed to open") 
 EndIf 
  Else 
 MessageRequester("Fault","PureBasic.exe file not found") 
EndIf 

greyhoundcode · **Joined:** Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:24 pm **Posts:** 50

Thanks for that, it's pretty straightforward after all then :roll:

Tranquil · **Posted:** Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:08 am

What is the difference with /portable flag? I have a copy on my stick too and I run it successfully with out the flag set.

#NULL · **Posted:** Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:53 pm

pb will not put the (tool)prefs and templates in the systems %APPDATA%\PureBasic\ directory, but stead in the pb-dir directly (i.e. on the stick), and it won't write in the registry, so the system will not be touched.

ts-soft · **Posted:** Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:50 pm

Here my simple "PureBasic portable" exe:

Code:

RunProgram(GetPathPart(ProgramFilename()) + "PureBasic\PureBasic.exe", "/PORTABLE", GetPathPart(ProgramFilename()) + "PureBasic\")

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