[AccessD] OT: Autorun

John Bartow john at winhaven.net
Fri Jan 28 14:32:02 CST 2005


Beat me to it :o)

Also good for making more intelligible CDs:
http://www.phdcc.com/shellrun/index.html

I use it for training CDs with many (and/or big) files. I have a menu that
comes up in the default browser and they go from there. Informs them if they
need any programs installed to use the CD and for instance installs Acrobat
reader if they don't have. Not very common anymore but sometimes you have to
play to the lowest end not the highest :o)

John B. 

 


-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 12:17 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: Autorun

That's one point to using an installer like Wise or InstallShield.  It can
create that kind of menu for you.

Charlotte Foust


-----Original Message-----
From: dmcafee at pacbell.net [mailto:dmcafee at pacbell.net]
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 10:06 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: Autorun


Some people hate Setups to run when inserting the CD. I always thought
it was a better idea to give someone a menu, or choice of things to do
such as run set up, browse CD, install a  prerequisite for your app...

What if the user does not have Access installed? You could always make a
menu system in VB, but what if the user doesn't have the correct runtime
installed? (not so much a problem anymore as it was 5-10 years ago. The
same can be said for creating an HTML menu. This was more of a problem
back when browsers weren't standardized. Back then I used a product
called "AMS20Pro" which worked great for this purpose. Their evaluation
copy was fully functional (but did have a watermark in the end product).
It could read the registry to see if an application is already installed
(such as acrobat reader), if it isn't you can alter the way the menu
appears and display a link to install the software and dim or hide the
link the your actual file (pdf or mdb).

In this day and age, I don't see any problem with a simple HTML menu
with links.

Just my two cents (and yes I know you can hold shift when inserting the
CD)

:)

David McAfee

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Mark
Whittinghill
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 7:50 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: Autorun


Thanks, Gustav.  I actually only needed it to open Setup.exe, but I will
bookmark this.


Mark Whittinghill
Symphony Information Services
763-391-7400
mwhittinghill at symphonyinfo.com

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 4:15 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Autorun

Hi Mark

It can do a little more than "open":

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc
/platform/shell/programmersguide/shell_basics/shell_basics_extending/aut
orun/autoplay_works.asp

/gustav

>>> mwhittinghill at symphonyinfo.com 27-01-2005 19:36:37 >>>
How do I make an Autorun for a CD?

Mark Whittinghill
Symphony Information Services
763-391-7400
mwhittinghill at symphonyinfo.com

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