WeBuilder Portable

WeBuilder Portable v18.4 released!

A portable launcher for WeBuilder, the all-in-one code editor by Karlis Blumentals, built with the PortableApps Compiler (PAC-MAN).

WeBuilder is commercial software. The package doesn't include or handle a licence: register WeBuilder with your own licence from inside WeBuilder.

System Requirements

• Windows 10 or later.
• No administrator rights. WeBuilder runs with your normal rights, so dragging files into it from Explorer works.
• Data on a local drive (a USB drive is fine; a network share isn't).
• PortableApps.com Platform (optional).

Download

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Configuration

WeBuilderPortable.ini, next to the launcher, holds the user settings. If it gets damaged, or you want to go back to the defaults, copy Other\Source\WeBuilderPortable.ini over it.

[WeBuilderPortable]
AdditionalParameters=
DisableSplashScreen=false
Firefox=
Chrome=
Opera=
DiffTool=

Key	Default	What it does
Firefox, Chrome, Opera	empty	Browsers WeBuilder previews pages in, for example %PAL:PortableAppsDir%\FirefoxPortable\FirefoxPortable.exe.
DiffTool	empty	The file compare tool, with %file1 and %file2 where the two files go.
AdditionalParameters	empty	Extra command line switches passed to WeBuilder.
DisableSplashScreen	false	Don't show the launcher's splash screen.

The tool settings are written to WeBuilder's settings each time it starts, with %PAL:...% variables expanded, so they follow the drive the package is on. Leave one empty to keep what's set in WeBuilder itself.

Data

WeBuilder runs in portable mode when App\WeBuilder\settings exists, and keeps all its settings there. While it runs, that folder is an NTFS junction to Data\config, so nothing is copied back and forth; the junction is removed when WeBuilder closes, or on the next launch if something went wrong.

Earlier packages moved the settings folder in and out of Data\config. If one of them left App\WeBuilder\settings behind after a crash, the first launch moves it into Data\config and keeps the previous Data\config as Data\config.old.

Building from source

The launcher is built with the PortableApps Compiler. Its configuration lives in App\AppInfo:

File	Contents
App\AppInfo\AppInfo.ini	Package details and version
App\AppInfo\Launcher\WeBuilderPortable.ini	The launcher configuration: the settings link and the section the tool settings go to
App\AppInfo\Launcher\custom.nsh	The tool settings and taking over earlier packages' settings

Credits

• WeBuilder is developed by Karlis Blumentals.
• PortableApps.com Platform by PortableApps.com.
• PortableApps Compiler developed by daemon.devin.