Portable Version [Windows] about crow-translate HOT 9 CLOSED

Done! I decided to combine the 4th and 7th example. You can create the file settings.ini in the app folder and Crow will store the configuration in it. You can also open settings and enable "Portable mode" - the application will create this file automatically.
Crow writes configuration only upon changes, so if you open the application for the first time, go to settings and enable portable mode, then no data will be written to the registry.

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Okay, I will add it :) Stay tuned for updates.

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@Shatur95

Excellent! I would appreciate any implementation of portable mode. The ones you chose are easy and handy for the user. Actually I wouldn't like very much only method 2- command-line argument, because the user needs to create a special shortcut or needs to use a program launcher which supports command-line arguments. Also the user may forget to start the program using the command-line parameter.

Do you plan to release Crow Translate as archive as well or you will provide it only as installer? In fact one can easily extract the installer (even 7-Zip was able to extract the installer right).

For me as a user it is always a pleasure to communicate with developers as helpful and as responsive like you.

Regards

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Thanks, nice to hear :)

Do you plan to release Crow Translate as archive as well or you will provide it only as installer? In fact one can easily extract the installer (even 7-Zip was able to extract the installer right).

Good idea, I think. I will publish the next release with archive too.

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@Shatur95

I downloaded version 2.2.3 but I neither found Portable mode check box in settings, nor the program used the file settings.ini I manually created in program folder.

Can you attach a screen shot which shows this Portable mode check box?

I created the configuration file (settings.ini) in the folder which contains the executable (crow.exe), this is the right place, right?

In short- I could not find the check box:

Portable mode

in settings.

The configuration file:

settings.ini

manually created in program folder is not used.

The settings are still saved in Windows Registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\crow\Crow Translate

I think that this issue needs to be re-opened.

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Wow, it's my mistake :( I switched to automated releases and forgot to specify PORTABLE_MODE build flag in CI script. Stay tuned for updates.

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Done, just wait until the binaries will be re-uploaded. You can see the progress here.

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@Shatur95

Excellent! Portable mode really works as it is supposed to work, screen:

When I checked Portable mode option the program created configuration file settings.ini in program folder.

However it seems that on first run the program still creates empty registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crow\Crow Translate

So it seems that the better option is to manually create empty settings.ini in program folder.

Yet after I deleted the registry key it was not re-created on the next run.

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However it seems that on first run the program still creates empty registry key

Hmm, it seems that QSettings on Windows works a little differently... But you are right, you still can create settings.ini manually.

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