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 -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com