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    Anyone used AutoPlay Menu Studio ? —Mike Stanley
   Well, I'm working on a little project for a local ISP and I need a good, professional-looking autorun menu-type thing. I'm no coder, so I can't just whip up my own (actually, I did whip up my own with the help of a friend on Friday in VB, but it's (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Anyone used AutoPlay Menu Studio ? —Jasper Janssen
   (...) COMMAND.COM AUTOEXEC.BAT MENU.BAT CHOICE.COM A.BAT B.BAT C.BAT Q.BAT X.BAT [...] Hey, worked for me... Jasper (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Anyone used AutoPlay Menu Studio ? —Mike Stanley
   (...) Yeah, that works, but for what I'm being paid and considering this is for a CD they'll be sending out to thousands of potential customers, I think something a wee bit more professional and snazzy is called for. :) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Anyone used AutoPlay Menu Studio ? —Jasper Janssen
   (...) See, there's your problem. You work for people who think that "professional" equals "snazzy" and "graphics! Ooh, Shiny! Button-click! Click! Click!". Myself, I go for the "Ka-*Click*" style of dealing with those people, at least in my dreams.. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Anyone used AutoPlay Menu Studio ? —Mike Stanley
   (...) Well, I like to get paid, so if I can do it, I give the people paying me what they want. If I didn't want to do it, I wouldn't agree to the job in the first place. Playing with Linux and Beos and other stuff for fun is cool, and if some people (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Anyone used AutoPlay Menu Studio ? —Jasper Janssen
   (...) Are yopu saying that _all_ factors in a job are klnown to you beforehand? I submit that it's damn hard to know, in advance, whether or not your boss is a prick.. but that aside. (...) I'm sorry, did I sound scoffing? I didn't intend to be. If (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Anyone used AutoPlay Menu Studio ? —Mike Stanley
   (...) No, not all factors. But having an ISP that wants to market its service to a population that sees full-color graphics, snazzy websites, etc from the competition expect you to make something similar for them doesn't qualify as being a prick, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 

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