I saw some things like that back in school; I will do some research and figure that out.
Thanks for your help. > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 2:39 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Hybrid Burning Software > > 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
