Just throwing this out there, but is there anyway to make the Ecuflash program into a portable app or non-installed exe?

This would allow working/viewing a ROM on a admin locked down PC, like a work laptop or library/school computer. This would not allow flashing or driver install, but would allow ROM manipulation for logs run previous.

Thoughts?

 

This would be a good thing to run on a winCE platform, then it could be ported to the evoscan gps unit ...as well as many indash touch screens

 

what I did was extract the files and install the program on a usb key,
it was an older version mind you, but I could insert the usb key into my work computer and run ecuflash from the key,
I could edit and see all my maps,
had to transfer over my xml files to my new install folder but it worked

 

You did a straight install on the USB or did a copy of an existing install and then pasted on the USB?

 

Just make a copy of an existing install. I do this pretty regularly so that I can work with multiple incompatible metadata versions (tephra's test releases all moved stuff around, for example).

In other words, just copy the C:\Program Files\OpenECU\EcuFlash directory (and everything in it) and stick it on your USB stick. The machine you're using it on will need the FTDI drivers installed, but they're also in that directory if you need them.

 

Worked like a charm. Thanks a ton, helps for those times I just have to play with a ROM! LOL!

 

what would be the point of this? i dont mean to come off as an *** i sinceely would like to know how to use this to my advantage.

 

No worries! I am going to use this to view maps on a PC that is admin locked. This could be any pc at a library or a work laptop! You will not be able to flash a ROM with this method, but will allow you to manipulate the tables and such on a PC you cannot "install" the normal way, regarding programs.

This follows along the lines of the Portable Apps website, regarding programs you can take to any computer via a USB drive.

 

interesting

 

That would be so sweet