Shell or Launch or HELP!!!!

[Thomas J McGrath III]

Ken,
see below

On Dec 20, 2003, at 11:59 PM, Ken Ray wrote:
> How about something simple, like:
>
>   open process <pathToEXE> for neither
> I generally use this approach whenever I just need to launch an app and
> don't need to pass it any command-line parameters.
I saw this and thought the process was used mostly for text docs so I 
skipped it in my test. I will play with it.

> Well, the "OPEN=ShellExe.exe ClickMe.bat" part of the AUTORUN.INF is
> intended on running the ShellExe.exe application with the parameter
> "ClickMe.bat" whenever the CD is inserted and auto-run takes place. 
> But it
> the main intention is to launch installers in sequence from the insert 
> of a
> CD, there are other ways to do it.
Yeah, I knew that about the auto-run and the CD they sent me has a 
whole install procedure in it that I was hoping to make use of. They 
actually have a powerpoint file and player with information and links 
in it to web sites and to the downloads found on the CD. If I made use 
of their procedure I could save myself a lot of time and if there were 
problems with it it would fall on their shoulders i.e. I pass the buck 
to them. (Lazy Safe me)
Instead I copied the powerpoint slides as .png's to my stack as cards 
and on the last slide where the install links were I placed a 
transparent button and I wanted to send a launch command directly to 
the install files themselves instead of to the clients full install 
procedure.

> What is your primary intent? To launch PCSB101.exe and PCPF109.exe? If 
> so,
> will you be launching them one at a time, conditionally based on some
> criteria, or in a sequence?

Originally I wanted to launch their shell app with their batch file and 
let the user of my CD deal with these demos using the clients way of 
doing it. But now I already jumped past that and skipped the clients 
main installer and just want to allow the user to hit a transparent 
button on my card that would start up the actual demos themselves found 
on my CD. I copied their CD contents to my CD in my media folder. The 
client CD had the batch file and the shell file and then a separate 
folder with the actual Demos in it.

I got this to work in Windows using the actual Demo files but not on 
the Mac. On the Mac I want them to know the client demos still work but 
you need Virtual PC. ( I tested the client demos in XP and 2000 and 
they work fine) I was hoping that I could test the users computer for 
the presence of Virtual PC and then auto launch Virtual PC and start 
the install // and if they did not own Virtual PC to answer "You need 
to own Virtual PC.... etc." and do nothing.

> If you can fill in some gaps, I'm sure we can help...

SO:
on windows - install one at a time either of two Demos from transparent 
button over .png graphic.
on OSX - if VirtualPC is present then launch VirtualPC and install one 
at a time either of two Demos from same button
on OSX - if VirtualPC is NOT present then answer "You need to own 
Virtual PC... etc." and do nothing

Thanks Ken,
TOM

>
> Ken Ray
> Sons of Thunder Software
> Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
> Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
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