auto run cd

[michael]

Can frontpage 2003 be used to develop a CD that will auto run once inserted
in the computer? The program will have video clips that can be accessed from
various menu options

 

[Steve Easton]

Open Notepad.

Copy and paste the following into it.

[Autorun]
shellexecute=webfoldername\default.htm

( yes the \ is going in the right direction because it is a disk based \ file based web )
Save it with the name autorun.inf

Place it on the disk "Outside" of the web.

If the home page or index page web is contained in a folder on the CD, change
"webfoldername" to the name of the folder, and change default.htm to the actual "file name" of the home page

If the home page / index.htm(l) page is visible in the root of the CD, ( not contained in a folder )
change it to this:

[Autorun]
shellexecute=default.htm

Only burn one CD and then try it, because you may have to use an executable program to make this work.

Google for: autorun a CD

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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
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[Mark Fitzpatrick]

The autorun is actually done with a couple file. It doesn't take much work
to get it running. There's good information on it at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...l_basics_extending/autorun/autoplay_works.asp

The main thing you'll need to know is to point the autorun to your main html
file instead of a typical application.

 

[michael]

thanks
Michael

The autorun is actually done with a couple file. It doesn't take much work
to get it running. There's good information on it at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...l_basics_extending/autorun/autoplay_works.asp

The main thing you'll need to know is to point the autorun to your main html
file instead of a typical application.


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Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Former Microsoft FrontPage MVP 199?-2006