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Autorun
Menu
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An Autorun Menu is the list of items presented to the user
in the Context menu, (Right mouse click) on the CD in Explorer
or My Computer. This menu, its items and the functions that
they perform are defined in the Autorun.inf file.
Additional files necessary to an autorun project and enhanced
CD are the *.dll files for audio and graphic support, the
*.exe file that starts the presentation, the *.cdz files that
are the 'pages' of the presentation, a *.dat folder for content,
and any special ActiveX Controls and cache files
When you start a new project, CD Ultra automatically creates
the required files for you and then modifies them as you work.
| Terminology: |
Definition: |
| Context
Menu |
Or
popup menu, is the menu displayed when the user
selects (right mouse click) the cd drive icon in
Explorer or My Computer |
| Keyword |
Defines
the item to be added to the Popup or Context menu
and defines the item that an action is to be taken |
| Keyword
modifier |
keyword
modifier distinguishing the Popup or Context menu
item from others. |
| Shell |
The
root of the command that specifies both the display
of a Popup or Context menu item and its action. |
| Hotkey |
Placement
of the ampersand (&) defines the hotkey or access
key for the menu item. The next character adjacent
to the ampersand will be the hot key. A hot key
is not required. Note: Be careful to select unique
hotkeys. Any duplication will result in the second
instance being null. |
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| shell\install
= &Install |
shell\install
= &Install Shell is the keyword to define
the item to be added to the Popup or Context menu.
\install is the keyword modifier distinguishing
the Popup or Context menu item from others. &Install
is the value defining the text to be displayed in
the Popup menu. The ampersand preceding Install,
defines the Hotkey for that item. |
| Shell\install\command
= setup.exe |
shell\install\command
is the keyword defining that an action is to be
taken. Setup.exe is the value defining the
action to be taken when the user selects the item
in the Popup menu. |
| Shell\uninstall
= &UnInstall |
Additional
Popup menu examples: Uninstall runs an uninstall
application |
| shell\uninstall\command
= Uninstall.exe |
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| shell\readme
= &Read Me |
Readme
displays a readme file using notepad passing the
filename readme.txt as an argument. |
| Shell\readme\command
= notepad readme.txt |
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| shell\help
= &Help |
Help
displays a helpfile using the default registration
of winhelp |
| shell\help\command
= helpfilename.hlp |
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| Note:
Each of the shell keywords are followed by a unique
modifier distinguishing each context menu items
and providing an id association to their action. |
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| EXAMPLE
AUTORUN FILE: |
TOPICS
COVERED
IN THIS SECTION: |
| [autorun] |
0 |
| open=filename.exe
/argument1 |
0 |
| icon=\foldername\filename.dll,5 |
0 |
| shell\install
= &Install |
0 |
| shell\install\command
= setup.exe |
0 |
| shell\uninstall
= &UnInstall |
0 |
| shell\uninstall\command
= Uninstall.exe |
0 |
| shell\readme
= &Read Me |
0 |
| shell\readme\command
= notepad readme.txt |
0 |
| shell\help
= &Help |
0 |
| shell\help\command
= helpfilename.hlp |
0 |
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