Linking to web & DVD Rom  through separate menus

I am working on a project and want to link to both website and DVD rom content through using separate menus and timeout functions. I have checked off both DVD@access and set my DVD Rom content but cannot access. Do I need a script and if so what are the commands?
Thanks
Jeff

The way it works is that as soon as you open the sub menu it should try to launch the @ccess link, rather than waiting to time out. You could always add a third menu in there, time-out the submenu and go to the third (which will, of course, look identical) so that the link then launches right away. Time that third menu out after 1 second and return back to the submenu.
You really need to get the location of the ROM content correct in the property inspector. It isn't clear where to point things, certainly. What have you got set up?
The DVD@ccess link must be in the right format, and the file you point at must have the three letter extension. I'm pretty sure I set up a smaple project you can download for all this - have a look here:
http://homepage.mac.com/halgernon/FileSharing21.html
There's a whole bunch of stuff in a folder called 'ACCESS_EXAMPLE', and hopefully some of it will do the job for you There is a 'read me' which should explain how to format the link URL and ROM folder locations, etc.

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