I did something like this once... When the CD was inserted I wanted to run index.html, but I needed an exe in the autorun file.
I found a wee prog capable of running anything with the associated software on the machine the CD was inserted into. If you want - I'll look for it at home. ObSemi-On-Topic: FreeBSD is quite interesting to use.... theres some noticable differences, but every good linux geek should at least play with it. On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 12:27, Steve Dunford wrote: > Hi everyone... I apologise for the OT nature of this question... But I > need to find a way to do this urgently and I can't find the answer... > Maybe there isn't one, or maybe I'm going about it the wrong way... > > I have an HTML page on a CD, which has an autorun.inf, and will be > opened (98% of the time) on a windows box in IE (ducks for cover). A > link on the page needs to open an explorer window showing the current CD > ROM drive contents - this is my problem... > > Doesa anyone know how to extract the current CD ROM drive information > and get IE to open a windoze explorer window showing its contents, or > the contents of a subfolder on that drive? I've been searching for a > quick and dirty Javascript way to do it but can't find a way... > > Once again - waaay off-topic in the worst possible way, I apologise... > But I don't have too much time to solve the problem and there are some > very talented people on the list - some of you must have some > cross-platform programming skills (I hope :) > > > Regards > > Steve Dunford > 4WD Stuff > ph. 021 637 600 > fax 03 314 7257 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.4wdstuff.co.nz >
