BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Running Delphi on USB stick?          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi Non-Technical View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Max Guest Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 11:02 am    Post subject: Running Delphi on USB stick? Possibel? Is there a project? Work arround? Back to top Robert Love Guest Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 11:06 am    Post subject: Re: Running Delphi on USB stick? Max wrote: Quote: Possibel? Is there a project? Work arround? Delphi uses the following plus potentially more -Registry Entries -Registered Com Objects -.NET Assemblies in the GAC -Borland specific Files in {$Windows}System32 -Files Documents and Settings{$UserName} Although you can run applications you have written in Delphi on USB Drive there is no current way to run Delphi from a USB Drive. Why do you need to run Delphi from a USB Drive? -- Robert Love Blog: http://peakxml.com Back to top Adam Roslon Guest Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 6:23 pm    Post subject: Re: Running Delphi on USB stick? In article <42bbe7cc$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com>, [email]nospam (AT) nospam (DOT) com[/email] says... Quote: Possibel? Is there a project? Work arround? Yes and no at least for Delphi 7 and prior. You can install delphi on the memory stick if you have room on the stick, however Delphi will require some files to be installed in the System32 directory also. If you are doing this due to lack of hard disk space it will work, but if you are looking for a solution to move Delphi from machine to machine it's won't be worth it. Back to top Eric Schreiber Guest Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 6:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Running Delphi on USB stick? Adam Roslon wrote: Quote: Yes and no at least for Delphi 7 and prior. You can install delphi on the memory stick if you have room on the stick, however Delphi will require some files to be installed in the System32 directory also. If you are doing this due to lack of hard disk space it will work, but if you are looking for a solution to move Delphi from machine to machine it's won't be worth it. If this is the intended goal, the OP might take a look at the recent thread about VMWare (holy cow, I just realized I've become a VMWare evangelist). Delphi can be installed within a virtual machine, which can then be copied to and run on any system where the VMWare Workstation is installed. Back to top Loren Pechtel Guest Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:51 am    Post subject: Re: Running Delphi on USB stick? On 24 Jun 2005 11:38:20 -0700, "Eric Schreiber" <eric at kobayashi dot com> wrote: Quote: If this is the intended goal, the OP might take a look at the recent thread about VMWare (holy cow, I just realized I've become a VMWare evangelist). Delphi can be installed within a virtual machine, which can then be copied to and run on any system where the VMWare Workstation is installed. Good luck getting the image onto the stick! The biggest one I've actually seen is 2gb. XP + Delphi + odds and ends in that? Back to top Eric Schreiber Guest Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 4:16 am    Post subject: Re: Running Delphi on USB stick? Loren Pechtel wrote: Quote: Good luck getting the image onto the stick! The biggest one I've actually seen is 2gb. XP + Delphi + odds and ends in that? I've got a Win2k VM that weighs in at under a gigabyte, with nothing else installed. Adding D2005 to the mix would result in about 1.5 GB (based on D2005 professional), so it *could* be done. But no, you're right that it wouldn't be ideal to try to carry a VM on a USB data key. He'd need one of those spiffy little portable USB hard drives that hold 20-40 gigs. I know *I* want one! I was really presenting the VM solution as a way to resolve the other problem, which is the registry and COM settings. -- Eric Schreiber Kobayashi Software www.kobayashi.com Back to top Lauchlan M Guest Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 9:25 am    Post subject: Re: Running Delphi on USB stick? Quote: Yes and no at least for Delphi 7 and prior. You can install delphi on the memory stick if you have room on the stick, however Delphi will require some files to be installed in the System32 directory also. If you are doing this due to lack of hard disk space it will work, but if you are looking for a solution to move Delphi from machine to machine it's won't be worth it. If this is the intended goal, the OP might take a look at the recent thread about VMWare (holy cow, I just realized I've become a VMWare evangelist). Delphi can be installed within a virtual machine, which can then be copied to and run on any system where the VMWare Workstation is installed. A VM with just Windows 2000 and Delphi 7 on it weighs in at 1.51 GB. Probably a little big for most USB sticks, but not too big for a DVD. In any case, this solution assumes that VMWare is installed on the target machine. If so, it's probably quite a useful way of moving Delphi around. Another option would be to make a drive image using Ghost or Acromis TrueImage, and move it around that way, ie copy whole partitions around with all the registry entries and system files and everything. This is of course presuming that the user is moving it for their own use, so it is all legal. HTH Lauchlan M Back to top Lauchlan M Guest Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 9:28 am    Post subject: Re: Running Delphi on USB stick? Quote: I was really presenting the VM solution as a way to resolve the other problem, which is the registry and COM settings. I think there are utilities around for moving programs, that look for all the products registry settings, files, etc and archive them to a file and then extract them to the appropriate place on the target PC. I presume it gets the relevant information from the install/uninstall programs, or searching the registry etc for the product name. I don't have any links handy though. Lauchlan M Back to top Thomas Mueller Guest Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 9:57 am    Post subject: Re: Running Delphi on USB stick? Hi, "Eric Schreiber" <eric at kobayashi dot com> wrote: Quote: I've got a Win2k VM that weighs in at under a gigabyte, with nothing else installed. You can even get a Win2k VM down to around 500 MB if you remove all the .cab files, but that will require an external drive every time you change something in the setup. twm Back to top Marc Rohloff [TeamB] Guest Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:21 pm    Post subject: Re: Running Delphi on USB stick? On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 19:28:30 +1000, Lauchlan M wrote: Quote: I think there are utilities around for moving programs, that look for all the products registry settings, files, etc and archive them to a file and then extract them to the appropriate place on the target PC. I presume it gets the relevant information from the install/uninstall programs, or searching the registry etc for the product name. I don't have any links handy though. One is InstallWatch and InstallRite: http://www.epsilonsquared.com/ -- Marc Rohloff [TeamB] marc rohloff -at- myrealbox -dot- com Back to top Eric Schreiber Guest Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 4:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Running Delphi on USB stick? Lauchlan M wrote: Quote: A VM with just Windows 2000 and Delphi 7 on it weighs in at 1.51 GB. Probably a little big for most USB sticks, but not too big for a DVD. In any case, this solution assumes that VMWare is installed on the target machine. Well sure, but if we're already in for the 1.5 GB, we certainly can toss an extra 60 MB in for storing VM on the stick/DVD as well :) -- Eric Schreiber Kobayashi Software www.kobayashi.com Back to top roman modic Guest Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 5:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Running Delphi on USB stick? Hello, "Loren Pechtel" <lorenpechtel (AT) removethis (DOT) hotmail.com> wrote Quote: Good luck getting the image onto the stick! The biggest one I've actually seen is 2gb. XP + Delphi + odds and ends in that? http://www.buslink.com/ ( 8 GB for 999$) Roman Back to top roman modic Guest Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 5:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Running Delphi on USB stick? Hello, "Eric Schreiber" <eric at kobayashi dot com> wrote Quote: Lauchlan M wrote: A VM with just Windows 2000 and Delphi 7 on it weighs in at 1.51 GB. Probably a little big for most USB sticks, but not too big for a DVD. In any case, this solution assumes that VMWare is installed on the target machine. Well sure, but if we're already in for the 1.5 GB, we certainly can toss an extra 60 MB in for storing VM on the stick/DVD as well :) -- Eric Schreiber Kobayashi Software www.kobayashi.com Or will VMWare release self-executable VM image ;) Roman Back to top Mr. John A. Jackson Guest Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 8:45 pm    Post subject: Re: Running Delphi on USB stick? VMWare ACE now allows you to deploy VMWare images without VMWare installed. "Loren Pechtel" <lorenpechtel (AT) removethis (DOT) hotmail.com> wrote Quote: On 24 Jun 2005 11:38:20 -0700, "Eric Schreiber" <eric at kobayashi dot com> wrote: If this is the intended goal, the OP might take a look at the recent thread about VMWare (holy cow, I just realized I've become a VMWare evangelist). Delphi can be installed within a virtual machine, which can then be copied to and run on any system where the VMWare Workstation is installed. Good luck getting the image onto the stick! The biggest one I've actually seen is 2gb. XP + Delphi + odds and ends in that? 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