[REQUEST] Portable Coollector

[thefinalwolf]

Hi, this is a continuation from the Yahoo Answers post.

Do you think it possible to make a portable version of Collector for use on various computers without the need to install? (I'm in the Navy so my computer will not always be around) When updating it could ask you where the english.movies.dat file is and replace it as well as the price database file. The .cool file could simply be in the same directory with a folder called backups or the like.

It seems quite simple enough given the program doesn't have many files to reference to.

Keep up the good work, I've been recommending this program to friends and family.

[(cool) Hector]

It seems quite simple enough given the program doesn't have many files to reference to.

Quite simple... yes and no...

Yes, I could easily make the program work on an USB key. But that would be a significantly different program. So I'd have to maintain 2 different versions, one normal, and another portable. You probably don't realize, but that means a lot of additional work and troubles for me. My days are already so short... And I could probably count on my fingers the number of persons interested by that feature...

I'll keep giving it some thought, but honestly, for the moment it's not my priority.

[(cool) Hector]

Theportablewolf, you should be ashamed of you !

I woke up this morning with an idea, and now I can't help working on it !

[(cool) Hector]

Coollector PORTABLE Movie Database is born:

http://www.coollector.com/Coollector_Portable_Setup.exe

Please try it and give me some feedback.

[taalon927]

hey does this one leave out the internet queries? IE prices and IMDB stuff? just curious as i plan to try it out, and recomend it to some military friends so they can spread it around.

not sure what it would take, but might want to concider a iphone version, or a android version, and actually charge for it... i know some people who would use this when searching out a bunch of movies and cant recall which ones they have if they had it on their iphone wow there ya go, got that movie but not that one.

HMMM might be easier to make a small app that allows them to view the wishlist if it was saved seperatly they could use the big program on the pc, then output a iphone wishlist to look at via a simple iphone app.

*bangs head on table* why did i suggest a iphone app, my phone uses jar/jad files (java) make it for mine lol Samsung Behold (T-Mobile) lol... jk

[(cool) Hector]

hey does this one leave out the internet queries? IE prices and IMDB stuff?

It works exactly like the normal version, except that it uses a single directory to store everything (on your USB key, or somewhere else if you want) and it doesn't touch the Windows registry (the settings are stored in a file instead).

If you don't want it to access the internet (for pictures and updates), simply block the program with your firewall, and it'll switch to offline mode. Or you can just turn off the automatic updates.

not sure what it would take, but might want to concider a iphone version, or a android version

We hope to make an iphone version, sometime next year. Some time ago, I've bought an iPod Touch and registered as an iPhone developper, but in the end, I've been too busy improving the desktop version of Coollector.

For the moment, Android means Java, and Java is not an option for me. I'll make an Android version only if they release a C SDK. They've made a small move in that direction, but that's yet not enough.

HMMM might be easier to make a small app that allows them to view the wishlist if it was saved seperatly they could use the big program on the pc, then output a iphone wishlist to look at via a simple iphone app.

You can already convert your wishlist into a text file:
=> filtered search
=> wished
=> print results.

There must be lots of free iphone apps who can read a text file.

*bangs head on table* why did i suggest a iphone app, my phone uses jar/jad files (java) make it for mine lol Samsung Behold (T-Mobile) lol... jk

Java ? Not a chance, sorry.

[thefinalwolf]

Ahh! didn't realize you had replied (my email didn't tell me), else I would have responded right away

Thank you very much for the reply, I am so going to test this to its limits right now

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This rocks! I couldn't help but get up and do a jig.
Here are some results:

Tested on Systems:
Vista 64-bit, 32-bit
WinXP 32-bit (completely empty)


When I first ran the program on the 64-bit I came across an error: http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/2572/errorzw.jpg

I don't know what it meant, but it didn't do anything at all to hinder me, nor have I seen it again. I also haven't been able to replicate it on any of my other systems. Must of been a fluke as I do have a lot of software on that system.


I noticed that the program saves the pictures of movies and people to the thumbdrive, which takes up quite a bit of space after awhile (with my collection from my pc ~90 MB). This doesn't bother me at all as I lug around a 64GB flashdrive
If it does become a problem, might I suggest an option to turn off picture downloading and/or the choice to limit to only owned/wanted/rated movies ?

Other than those the program has worked flawlessly, great job!

[(cool) Hector]

When I first ran the program on the 64-bit I came across an error: http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/2572/errorzw.jpg

I don't know what it meant

Here is what it means:
when Coollector is used for the very first time, it opens up the page
http://www.coollector.com/help.html
and apparently your 64-bit computer doesn't have any web browser installed.

I noticed that the program saves the pictures of movies and people to the thumbdrive, which takes up quite a bit of space after awhile (with my collection from my pc ~90 MB). This doesn't bother me at all as I lug around a 64GB flashdrive

Yes, the portable version stores everything in a single directory.

If it does become a problem, might I suggest an option to turn off picture downloading and/or the choice to limit to only owned/wanted/rated movies ?

It might also be a problem for some users of the non-portable version. It's an option that I've always planned to add, but still haven't. Hopefully one day...

This rocks! I couldn't help but get up and do a jig.

Thank you very much ! I'm glad I made you so happy.

Also, I don't regret the extra work. I've submitted the program to www.portablefreeware.com and they got us a few hundred new users.

[thefinalwolf]

Yay!