An open source application launcher.

Design for portable mode (usb key for example).

Low cost memory, hotkey access, application icons in menu.

Graphical User Interface Productivity tools is a set of tools to improve usability, productivity and accessibility of the standard win32 interface while keeping the tools as light as possible. PortAL is a part of GUIPro, it is a portable and light application launcher which use hotkeys and popup menus.

The PortAL configuration is a XML file which contains the structure of menus and application shortcuts.

https://github.com/glatigny/guipro/tree/master/PortAL

http://sourceforge.net/p/guipro/wiki/Home/

Graphical User Interface Productivity (GUIPro)
Portable Application Launcher (PortAL)
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The root node ( <portal> ) could have several attributes.
 * defaultshell="true" - start all applications using the shell (ShellExecute)
 * showshortcut="true" - display by default shortcuts in the menu

Children of the root node will be displayed in the System Tray.
So if you add an application as a root child, a link for this application will be displayed in the systray.
There is two main type of nodes : group, app.
All yes/no attributes have as default value "no". You may configure it with keywords "yes/true".

The group node ( <group ...> ) could be configure with theses attributes:
 * name - 
 * key - 
 * mod - 
 * ico - 
 * autoopen - [yes/no]

The application node ( <app .../> ) could be configure with theses attributes:
 * name - 
 * key - 
 * mod - 
 * exe - 
 * ico - 
 * path - 
 * param - 

 * shell - [yes/no] - Launch the application using shell execution (can launch non executable files)
 * browse - [yes/no] - Display the content of the directory
 * showsc - [yes/no] - Display the shortcut information in the menu. You can use "no/false" if portal:showshortcut is activated.
 * default - [yes/no] - Display the elemnet as default
 * autorun - [yes/no] - Start the application at portal startup
 * break - [yes/no] - Display the element in a new column

There is another types of nodes which could be added in a group node.
 * sep - Create a separator.
 * quit - Create an menu entry which allow you to quit PortAL. This item is automatically added in systray menus.
 * about - Create an menu entry which allow you to show the about balloon. This item is automatically added in systray menus.
 * reload (deprecated)

Theses nodes could work without any attribute but you can still override somes.
 * name - Override the name. Add one name if it is a separator.
 * ico - Override the icon (Do not work on separators).
 * key/mod - Configure and attached an hotkey to this item (Do not work on separators).

portal.ico

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Portablefreeware: PortAL ( Portable Application Launcher )