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Thanks. I never thought of that. One thing I know, though, I am getting
one of these CDs as soon as I can!
Adam
Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 5 Feb 2000 17:57:37 GMT, "Adam Ogle" <oglewood@lcs.net> wrote:
>
> > I can't be sure of this, but I might try a Visual Basic program that • would
> > give the user a option of what programs to install and where. That away, • if
> > the user doesn't want all the stuff on the harddrive, he doesn't have to
> > install it. Another thing is a Dat explorer that has all the models
> > submitted and you can view them. I will work on it and give you a sample
> > application.
>
> Wouldn't try that. Too many people don't have VB runtimes installed,
> and just throwing them on the CD doesn't work (unless you want to make
> people install them first, which is a pain, but could work). I tried
> going this route when I was working on a CD for a local company -
> needed an autorun menu-type thing. Couldn't get it to work reliably
> on all versions of 95/98/NT.
>
> I ended up going with this program:
>
> AutoPlay Menu Studio Pro
> http://www.indigorose.com/autoplay/
>
> which would probably be too expensive to invest in for a project like
> this, although I suppose since I have it I could generate the menu
> program for the CD. But unless Tim could get things organized to the
> point of me only needing to tap in the locations of a few random
> executables on the CD, maybe some text on the menu screen, I can't
> offer to do it - too busy. Well, I can't offer to do it for free, and
> Tim couldn't afford to pay me to do it.
>
>
> --
> The parts you want and nothing else?
> http://jaba.dtrh.com/ - Just Another Brick Auction
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