Autorun file passing it to a program
With CDFrontEnd you can autorun a file passing it to a program. This can be useful when you have a viewer application that wants "command line" parameters. Say that our application is called "xyzview.exe" and our file is called "mickey.xyz"
a) install the CDFrontEnd program (!)
b) create a temporary folder, say c:\MyTemp;
c) run CDFrontEnd. In the first page, insert this text (you can replace it with a wonderful image):
- click here to start the Wonderful file
Select the text block and use "Insert >Link to external file" (if instead of a text you choose a picture, use the right mouse button, "Define link", 3rd tab), "Add" button, and write "run:data\xyzview.exe data\mickey.xyz".
d) should you want the full screen without any top menu, check the relevant check box in "Hypertext >Current Hypertext Properties" ("Reader screen" tab);
e) Use "File >Create autorun CD in temporary folder...". You will be prompted for a temporary folder that will contain the copy of the CD. Choose the c:\MyTemp you created in step b).
This folder will look like this:
f) Open EasyCD (or Nero, or WinOnCD) and make sure you burn all the files from the temporary folder into the root of a CD, and the files "mickey.xyz" and "xyzview.exe" in the folder "data" of the CD.
The CD will contain the files:
autorun.ico
autorun.inf
brochure.aeh
CDFE_e.exe
readme.txt
data\mickey.xyz
data\xyzview.exe
g) Close all programs, insert the CD in the drive, and enjoy!!
That’s all. It’s really a snap!!!
IMPORTANT: Please notice that the
run: links won’t work within the editor and/or in test mode - you should actually burn a CD (maybe a CDRW) and you should place the external files correctly, e.g. if you use
run:nicfolder\file.abc, then the file
file.abc should actually be present within the folder
nicfolder of the CD (this means that with Nero, EasyCD, WinOnCD or whatever, you should burn on the CD both the CDFrontEnd files and the external files to which you are linking).
Other easy tools from Visual Vision:
CD FrontEnd software makes it easy to write, protect and distribute any kind of info on a protected autorun CDROM! Professional brochures, cd business cards, catalogs, manuals, depliant, ebrochure, emanual, ecatalog, products items parts catalogues. You can run any kind of external file, too... PDF, PowerPoint, Word, Autocad... It is ok for content rich business brochures, art show catalogs, collections, guides, tourism and travel books, also with audio, video, animations, flash, mpeg wmv avi mp3 and much more... The perfect visual auto run / autoplay / autostart / autoinstall CD ROM presentation software! Free lite edition available.
