Autorun from CD

Hi all,
Thanks in advance for your help with this one. I know it is
quite an elementary problem but I just plain don't know the
answers.
I need to create a website that will be stored / run from a
CD rather than online and will be used to browse the contents of
the CD. My queries are:
1) How do I set the webpage to autoload by default so that
after the CD is inserted into the drive, the user is greeted by the
webpage rather than by the usual Windows' window? I assume it is a
script of some kind. Can anyone advise?
2) I've seen examples on CD/DVDs that autorun in a window
that doesn't look like a browser window because all the usual
browser menus at the top are omitted. (Although, I assume that it
is a browser window). Can anyone advise how that is done?
3) Are there likely to be problems with broken hyperlinks on
the CD? I assume I can create a local site directory and then
seamlessly transfer it to CD without compromising hyperlink
integrity. Is that right or should I expect problems with
hyperlinks / how do I resolve them if so?
Thanks again for your help with that.
D.

Google AutoRun Pro.
It consists of an .exe file and .inf file -- both of which
you add to the
DVD or CD at burn. When disk is inserted, autorun.exe
launches and opens
the page or application and file you specified in the .inf
file.
--Nancy
"double 0" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> What does the open browser script in index.html look
like?
>
> Which attributes are set to "no" and what is a
"handler"?
>
>
>
quote:
Originally posted by:
Newsgroup User
> use the method as described above to autostart the
index.html file.
> The code in index.html should contain only an open
browser window script
> targeting the real home page with all of the offending
attributes set to
> "no", and the handler set to "onload". The index.html
will open (so quick
> you will not even see it) change to the real website
home page in a
> chromeless window of the size you specify.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> "Baxter" <baxter(remove:-)@gtlakes.com> wrote in
message
> news:[email protected]...
> > [autorun]
> > ShellExecute=index.html
> >
> > Save as autorun.inf
> > Dave
> > "double 0" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance for your help with this one.
I know it is quite an
> >> elementary problem but I just plain don't know
the answers.
> >>
> >> I need to create a website that will be stored
/ run from a CD rather
> > than
> >> online and will be used to browse the contents
of the CD. My queries
are:
> >>
> >> 1) How do I set the webpage to autoload by
default so that after the
CD
> > is
> >> inserted into the drive, the user is greeted by
the webpage rather
than
> >> by
> > the
> >> usual Windows' window? I assume it is a script
of some kind. Can
anyone
> > advise?
> >>
> >> 2) I've seen examples on CD/DVDs that autorun
in a window that
doesn't
> > look
> >> like a browser window because all the usual
browser menus at the top
are
> >> omitted. (Although, I assume that it is a
browser window). Can anyone
> > advise
> >> how that is done?
> >>
> >> 3) Are there likely to be problems with broken
hyperlinks on the CD?
I
> > assume
> >> I can create a local site directory and then
seamlessly transfer it to
CD
> >> without compromising hyperlink integrity. Is
that right or should I
> >> expect
> >> problems with hyperlinks / how do I resolve
them if so?
> >>
> >> Thanks again for your help with that.
> >>
> >> D.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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>

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