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Portable PureBasic
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 3:08 pm
by greyhoundcode
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?
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 3:19 pm
by #NULL
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/ ... dline.html
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:13 pm
by Baldrick
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..
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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
Thanks
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:34 am
by greyhoundcode
Thanks for that, it's pretty straightforward after all then :roll:
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:08 am
by Tranquil
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.
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:53 pm
by #NULL
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.
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:50 pm
by ts-soft
Here my simple "PureBasic portable" exe:
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RunProgram(GetPathPart(ProgramFilename()) + "PureBasic\PureBasic.exe", "/PORTABLE", GetPathPart(ProgramFilename()) + "PureBasic\")
Re: Portable PureBasic
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2018 4:47 pm
by Jeromyal
I know this is a very old post but I decided I might as well contribute my flavor.
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; Works well with PortableApps.com's portable app launcher, or the root of a thumb drive.
; place this application inside a folder or root of a drive.
; Once launched it will create some companion folders and explain where to install PureBasic.
; Suggestion would be to also address the command line of tools with a relative path like ..\Tools\<tool>
; and
; perhaps edit your [Explorer] Fav? = paths of PureBasic.prefs with relative paths as well for an even more portable PureBasic.
;
; Example:
;
; [Explorer]
; Mode = 0
; Pattern = 0
; SavePath = 1
; ShowHidden = 1
; Splitter = 115
; Path = ..\Projects\
; Favorites = 3
; Fav1 = ..\Projects\
; Fav2 = ..\tools\
; Fav3 = .\Examples\
;
;
; I created the seperate directorys so that if I ever wanted, I could delete the entire PureBasic directory and do a fresh install for what ever reason and I would still maintain preferences.
;
Path$ = ".\PureBasic\PureBasic.exe"
Working$ = ".\PureBasic\"
Param$ = "/P " + Chr(34) + "..\Preferences\PureBasic.prefs" + Chr(34) +
"/T " + Chr(34) + "..\Preferences\Templates.prefs" + Chr(34) +
"/H " + Chr(34) + "..\Preferences\History.db" + Chr(34) +
"/A " + Chr(34) + "..\Preferences\Tools.prefs" + Chr(34) +
"/NOEXT" + Chr(34)
CreateDirectory(".\Preferences\")
CreateDirectory(".\Projects\")
CreateDirectory(".\Projects\Includes\")
CreateDirectory(".\Tools\")
CreateDirectory(".\PureBasic\")
If Not RunProgram(Path$,Param$,Working$)
MessageRequester("PureBasic Application Not Found" ,
"Please install PureBasic into path: " + Chr(34) + GetPathPart(ProgramFilename()) + Chr(34) +
Chr(13) + Chr(10) + Chr(13) + Chr(10) +
"The install path should look like " + Chr(34) + GetPathPart(ProgramFilename()) + "PureBasic\" + Chr(34) +
Chr(34) + Chr(13) + Chr(10) + Chr(13) + Chr(10) +
"You should also get a warning that the folder " + Chr(34) + "PureBasic" + Chr(34) + " already exists.", #PB_MessageRequester_Warning | #PB_MessageRequester_Ok)
;Result = RunProgram(Filename$ [, Parameter$, WorkingDirectory$ [, Flags [, SenderProgram]]])
EndIf