New User Needs Help

[jshauger]

I'm a new user of Auto Play & need help. I have a PowerPoint presentation & want to create CD with auto play feature.
I followed directions regarding File to excutive path: "%SrcDir%\PowerPoint\ppview32.exe"
Command line arguments: "%SrcDir%\PowerPoint\ZIPPY.ppt"
I left working directory blank. I get error message: System cannot find path specified.

Please help.

[Corey]

Re: New User Needs Help

Try this link, following all directions carefully:

http://www.indigorose.com/ubbthreads...o=0&fpart=

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[jshauger]

Re: New User Needs Help

Hi Corey,
I followed directions from web site link you provided with my initial failed attempt.

Question: Where do I start regarding AutoPlay. I started with a blank screen & added new text object. The text object is what I used to put action data. I then followed directions for distribution - carefully. No good results.

Does AutoPlay have a tutorial or wizard? The help manual seems to get me to the brink of knowledge but I cannot get much to work.

Thanks John

[TJ_Tigger]

Re: New User Needs Help

There is a help file and the help file for 4.0.0.2 has examples, i think one of the intermediate ones is on how to run a PPT slide show. You can look there too.

yes, under

Command Reference | Actions | Examples | Intermediate | Running a PowerPoint Presentation

They first check for a default viewer if it is not found, it will load powerpoint from the CD-ROM and it will then open the file. It is a good tutorial

[Derek]

Re: New User Needs Help

Hi jshauger - can yu email the powerpoint file to me and i'll see what i can do for you.

[email protected]

[Bruce]

Re: New User Needs Help

Good-ol Derek! :-)

[jshauger]

Re: New User Needs Help

Two days later - still no resuts.
I must be missing something. I've tried all three "solutions" but still get same error message, "System cannot find file..."
I get this error after doing preview. I need real basic help. Can I copy the action list? If so what do I need to change to run the specific PowerPoint file.

Derek suggested "point your autoruninf file to it (my .ppt file)". What does point mean & where is auturun.inf file located?

As Derek mentioned I really want to have PowerPoint file run automatically with insertion into CD drive. I can live with a mouse click to start PowerPoint if necessary.

John's Phone: 770-402-5786

I assume that there are no wizards or trainning available for AutoPlay.

[antjedi]

Re: New User Needs Help

Derek suggested "point your autoruninf file to it (my .ppt file)". What does point mean & where is auturun.inf file located?

After building an AMS project, there will be a .inf file in the distribution folder. Just open it with notepad, it should say:
<font color=green>[AutoRun]
OPEN=CityMenu.exe</font color=green>
Edit it to say:
<font color=green>[AutoRun]
OPEN=NameOfPowerPointFile.ppt</font color=green>
where NameOfPowerPointFile is replaced with the name of your powerpoint file.

You then just burn a CD with your powerpoint file and the new, edited autorun.inf file in the top, 'root' directory (no sub-folders; just at the main e:\ or d:\, whatever it may be.

[Corey]

Re: New User Needs Help

Quote : "Two days later - still no resuts."

Well Derek offered to help you, try uploading your file(s) or emailing them to him, sounds like a good deal to me and it won't take you two days... [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

Corey Milner
Creative Director, Indigo Rose Software

[Derek]

Re: New User Needs Help

"point your autoruninf file to it (my .ppt file)"

I have no clue where that 'quote' came from. The contents of my email were thus:


[/quote]<font color=purple>

Hi John

It sounds like you want the powerpoint file to run without showing anything but. AMS4 will show a 'menu' that you may not want.
With this in mind, your best bet is to have a batch file running the ppt file.
You can use the following format for your batch file, with a ppt file called zippy.ppt:

"Powerpoint\PPVIEW32.exe" /s zippy.ppt

Then, just point your autorun.inf file to it:

[AutoRun]
OPEN=autorun.bat

let me know if you need anything else
Regards
Derek
</font color=purple>

[/quote]
I heard nothing so assumed everything was good.

Naturally, you need to include powerpoint viewer on the CD. The batch file [which is a standard text file with a BAT extension] will need to be like the following:
"Powerpoint\PPVIEW32.exe" /s zippy.ppt
(where Powerpoint\PPVIEW32.exe is the address of the powerpoint viewer exe and zippy is the name of the ppt file.)
as quoted above from the email.

The autorun.inf file will need to point to the BAT file - as quoted above from the email.

If you want to do it in a menu, let me know [as previously requested] and i'll be happy to help.

[Lorne]

Re: New User Needs Help

Here's an idea from something Mark mumbled yesterday:

You can create an invisible AutoPlay menu by using a transparent window: with a transparency mask that is the same size as your AutoPlay menu page size, and is all one solid color (i.e. black).

[Derek]

Re: New User Needs Help

Good idea! [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]