Like many I find UE-32 a very useful tool.

Do you have plans on producing a U3 version that I can run on my U3 enabled USB Device?

I work at various client sites and at the moment all that is available U3 wise is EditPad Pro which doesn't support SFTP or seems to be as powerful as UE-32.

I have read that article on making UE<10 portable. but V12 isn't so.

U3 devices also provide the ability to tie your licencing model to the device.

Kind Regards
Jason

I whole heartedly agree. It would be fantastic if UE was made into an U3 compatible program.

Hi Mofi, Thank you for the information. I did read your notes on portability. I didn't appreciate that IDM don't actively monitor the posts. I have asked the question to support and will post a response if I get one. I see a number of people are interested in this topic, and as you are a very active member, what is the best way to present a worthwhile case for this feature to IDM?

I will give your suggestion a try in the mean time, but I thought I read something about the licence key method changed in 12 that meant it was tied to the machine.

Kind Regards
Jason

Would you suggest everyone writing their own letter, or having one person send a letter, signed by everyone who supports the idea?

It's obviously more difficult to organize one letter signed by many, but it would generate less repetitive email for IDM...

Hi Mofi and everyone interested in U3 version of UE

Here's the response so far from IDM. I'm guessing the more people request this feature directly the higher the chance of them developing it.

Kind Regards
Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: IDM Computer Solutions, Inc.
Sent: 09 August 2006 20:06
To: Jason Brooks
Subject: Re: U3 version of UltraEdit

Hello Jason,

Thanks for your response.

> Thank you for a quick reply. It does if there aren't any issues with
> licencing. I.e. by transporting my installation on my USB Key whilst
> working on a client system will I have to install my licence on that system?

There shouldn't be any issues here provided that you are the only user of the software. You wouldn't have to install your license on the client system.

> Do you have plans to introduce a U3 version of your software?

I don't know what would be involved in this, but have entered a suggestion to consider this into our developers' database. This isn't currently being actively planned.

Thanks, Troy

Troy A. Pennington
Operations and Support Manager
IDM Computer Solutions, Inc.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: IDM Computer Solutions, Inc.
> Sent: 09 August 2006 12:49
> To: Jason Brooks
> Subject: Re: U3 version of UltraEdit
>
> Hello Jason,
>
> Thanks for your message. We don't currently have a U3 version of our
> products. If you install UltraEdit-32 on a standard system, I believe
> you should be able to copy the installation directory to a USB drive
> and should have all functionality except shell integration. Does this help?
>
> Thanks, Troy
>
> Troy A. Pennington
> Operations and Support Manager
> IDM Computer Solutions, Inc.
>
>
> Jason Brooks wrote:
>
>> Message: Like many I find UE-32 a very useful tool. Do you have plans
>> on producing a U3 version that I can run on my U3 enabled USB Device?
>> I work at various client sites and at the moment all that is available
>> U3 wise is EditPad Pro which doesn't support SFTP or seems to be as
>> powerful as UE-32. I have read that article on making UE<10 portable,
>> but V12 isn't so. U3 devices also provide the ability to tie your
>> licencing model to the device.
>> Kind Regards Jason

Just to chine in on this, v12 works very well as a portable version. You just need to ensure that all the required files are moved to the UE32 directory. Keeping UltraEdit on my Thumb Drive has significantly improved its usefulness!!!!

-Jim Barr, JimsTips.com

jbarr wrote:v12 works very well as a portable version. You just need to ensure that all the required files are moved to the UE32 directory.

Does it leave registry entries on the host system?

By the way, there's no reason that a portable version of UltraEdit would need to be U3 compatible. U3 is pretty much just marketing hype. I'd prefer it to be just plain portable which mostly amounts to not using the registry.

I use UE12.20b+1 on my good old USB-Stick, as already stated, just make sure all files are in the UE dir on the stick.

Another thing is syntax-highlighting, make sure you START UE from the UE dir and that your path to the UE-file is current dir (this makes it fully movable anywhere you might want it).

And no, it doesn't leave reg-keys unless you make it do so.

Mofi wrote:And last Windows XP does record many things. So you will always find uedit32.exe in the registry when leaving the host.

I don't really consider this 'leaving things on the host', as XP will always store these, no matter what program you run, but if people worry about those, then yes UE12.20b+1 also leaves things in the registry ;P

As far as settings go tho, I haven't found any 'leftovers' after closing UE down.

I don't worry so much about UE leaving artifacts on the computers I'm using, but there are several important limitations that a U3 version would deal with:
1. Configuration changes are not saved between program executions.
Most notably, I turn off the file backup option and turn on word wrapping, and a few other minor changes, which I have to make every time.
2. Doesn't save FTP accounts
I have nearly two dozen FTP accounts in my home UE software, but whenever I want to access an FTP from my USB drive, I have to re-enter the information.
3. Doesn't save file preferences
When UE is first installed, you chose which files you want to asociate it with. But you have to do that every time if it's running off a USB drive.

There's probably more, but that's enough for now, methinks.

I tried this with UltraStudio 6.20a and it worked. I then followed the instructions on this website

https://u3.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/u3.cfg/ ... _faqid=116

and was able to make it install on the u3 launchpad