Okay, I just looked a little closer on my system. It looks like the AutoStart in QuickTime _is_ enabled on the old Mac OS 9 system that runs the Classic environment within OS X. So in Toast, if you tell it to autostart a specific application, and that application is able to be run in the Classic environment, it might work if the Classic environment is started by default.
So what happens is, the CD goes in, OS X doesn't support autostart, but the Classic environment that is running does, so Classic runs the application within OS X. That's a lot of ifs to support. If the user doesn't have Classic configure to be running automatically, or if they've followed good security procedure and disabled Autostart, then you're going to be getting a few calls from people who can't get it to work. Personally, I'd just do the open a window with the application icon there saying "click me". Actually, if you can get on a Mac to do all this, a nifty trick to try is to make a background image for the window with the icon since OS X supports window-specific backround images. Have the image have a logo and some text that invites them to click the icon. -Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 1:08 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Hybrid Burning Software > > > It was piece of educational software produced by Lexmark, the > app was made by a guy here, however we sent the stuff off to > get burned. > > It was written in Director, there was a Mac executable on the > Mac portion of the disc, and a windows executable on the ISO > portion of the disk. The actual data was on the ISO portion, > and the Mac executable just read that. > > He created the CD using Toast, I was hoping for a way around > that, as I don't have complete access to a Mac, and what I am > doing is for personal use, not company, so I would feel bad > using company equipment for it. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 2:02 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Hybrid Burning Software > > > > Interesting indeed. I just pulled up my OS X box and looked at the > > preferences. On my system, in the CD and DVD control panel, > there are > > options to do something on insert of a blank disk, or on > music/video > > cds or a dvd, but nothing for a Windows-like autorun. I don't even > > find it in the QuickTime settings anymore which is where it > was on the > > classic Mac OS. > > > > Here's a link to a discussion, but it says about the same > thing I did: > > > http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=129685&highlight=au > > to > > run > > > > Just out of curiosity, what was it that you opened up? Was > it a piece > > of commercial software? > > > > -Kevin > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 12:45 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: Hybrid Burning Software > > > > > > > > > Interesting, We got some stuff in here the other day that was > > > hybrid, our OS X box opened the app up with us having to do > > > anything. > > > > > > AFAIK, the install is the standard out of the box setup. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 1:41 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: RE: Hybrid Burning Software > > > > > > > > You don't. > > > > > > > > There is a capabililty for the Mac to do autorun, but > ever since > > > > it was a vector for one of the few Mac viruses, it's been > > > > disabled. > > > > > > > > One of the things you _can_ do, is if you master the CD > on a Mac, > > > > position your window with the application open and where > > > you want it. > > > > Then create the CD with that window in that position > and it will > > > > remember it when you insert the CD and automatically open > > > the window. > > > > At least that's the way it used to work. With OS X, all > > > bets are off. > > > > > > > > -Kevin > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 12:13 PM > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > Subject: RE: Hybrid Burning Software > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But what about making the Mac automatically execute the > > > application, > > > > > how does one do that? > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 10:16 AM > > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > > Subject: Re: Hybrid Burning Software > > > > > > > > > > > > Nick, > > > > > > > > > > > > Just put the PC specific stuff in its own subdirectory > > > and the Mac > > > > > > stuff in a separate one, and burn using the ISO 9660 > > > format. All > > > > > > current Macs can read PC CD's if encoded in this format. > > > > > > > > > > > > larry > > > > > > > > > > > > At 09:45 AM 6/2/2003 -0400, Nick McClure wrote: > > > > > > >I am needing to burn some CDs that will correctly in > > > both mac and > > > > > > >windows environments. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >The Idea here is to have a flash movie on each CD, one > > > > > being an EXE > > > > > > >and the other being a mac executable, when the CD is > > > > > inserted I want > > > > > > >the movie to start automatically on each system. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >I know how to do this for a windows box already, but > > > what about a > > > > > > >Mac, and on the same CD. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
