AutoPlay: AUTORUN.INF Advanced AutoPlay Settings

An easy-to-use AutoPlay function from James Greene for your CDs and DVDs

Advanced AutoPlay Settings in AUTORUN.INF

The following settings in AUTORUN.INF are only available when AutoPlay has been registered. For more information, please see Registering AutoPlay.

    [AutoPlay Data]
    CDTitle=Super-Duper CD
    HideSplash=0
    HideRegistration=0
    Splash=AUTOPLAY\MyPicture.png
    ImageWidth=300
    ImageHeight=300
    SplashMode=0
    OffsetAngle=90
    OffsetPercent=80
    PauseLen=3
    SplashLen=8
    AlternateSplash=0
    Music=AUTOPLAY\FanFare.wav
    MusicLen=4
    TimeOption=0

where

[AutoPlay Data]	required	Identifies the beginning of the AutoPlay-specific settings in the AUTORUN.INF file.
CDTitle=Title	optional	This option specifies the 'caption' of the Splash screen and of any other messages that may be Contentserated by AutoPlay. Default: CDTitle=CD-ROM AutoPlay
HideSplash=[0 \| 1]	optional	If this option is set to a non-zero value, the splash screen will not be displayed (but you can still use the Music= and other AutoPlay functions). This has the same function as Splash=(none) in earlier AutoPlay releases. Default: HideSplash=0
HideRegistration=[0 \| 1]	optional	If this option is set to a non-zero value, the AutoPlay registration information is hidden. The registration text is either the AutoPlay version and copyright, or, in the case of a commercial license, your company name. Default: HideRegistration=0
Splash=image file	optional	The image value specifies a JPEG (.JPG or .JPEG) picture, Windows Bitmap (.BMP), Device-Independent Bitmap (.DIB), Portable Network Graphics (.PNG), Windows MetaFile (.WMF), Windows Enhanced MetaFile (.EMF), or Aldus Placeable MetaFile (.APM) to be displayed in the "splash" pop-up window. New in version 2.2: Audio-video interleaved (AVI) files are now supported (allowing the splash image to be animated!) Default: Splash=default AutoPlay image
ImageWidth=pixels	optional	This value specifies the width of the Splash image. The AutoPlay splash window will be adjusted to display the image with this width. Default: ImageWidth=300
ImageHeight=pixels	optional	This value specifies the height of the Splash image. The AutoPlay splash window will be adjusted to display the image with this width. Default: ImageHeight=300
SplashMode=0, 1 or 2	optional	If you are using an AVI animation for the Splash image, this setting will tell AutoPlay how to play it. Possible settings are: 0 (play once) The animation will be played once while the specified document or viewer loads in the background. 1 (repeat) The animation will be played in an endless loop, until the splash window closes (see the Splash Time setting on the next page), or 2 (wait to finish) The animation will be played once, and AutoPlay will wait until it has completed playing before loading the specified document or viewer.
OffsetAngle=angle in degrees	optional	This value, together with the OffsetPercent setting, specifies where the AutoPlay splash screen will be placed on the screen. This value specifies the angle, relative to the center of the screen. Default: OffsetAngle=0
OffsetPercent=0 to 100 percent	optional	This value specifies how far from the center of the screen the AutoPlay splash screen should be displayed. Default: OffsetPercent=0
PauseLen=seconds	optional	Specifies how long (in seonds) the "splash" screen will be displayed before AutoPlay starts to launch the specified document and/or viewer. If not specified, AutoPlay does not pause before launching the document. Default: PauseLen=0
SplashLen=seconds	optional	Specifies how long (in seconds) the "splash" screen will be displayed on the screen. Default: SplashLen=5
AlternateSplash=[0 \| 1]	optional	When this value is set to 1, AutoPlay uses an alternate Splash dialog box form, that contains only the splash picture. The Copyright text and Window title are not visible, and the splash picture is about 20% larger than the 'normal' dialog box. Default: AlternateSplash=0
Music=Music file	optional	This option specifies a (AVI, MIDI, RMI or WAV) file to be played when the CD is inserted. Default: Music='' (none)
MusicLen=seconds	optional	This option specifies the length (in seconds) of the specified music file. If this option is not specified, the MIDI player will be stopped when the "splash" screen is closed (after SplashLen seconds). Default: MusicLen=SplashLen
TimeOption=[0 \| 1]	optional	When this value is set to 1, AutoPlay changes how it interpretes AUTORUN.INF: If a section exists in the file with the name [xxxx- yyyy], where xxxx is a "start" time and yyyy is the "end" time (both in 24-hour format), and the current system time is within this time span, then the settings will be taken from the [xxxx-yyyy] section instead of the [AutoPlay Data] section. The following settings MUST be defined in the [AutoPlay Data] section: [AutoPlay Data] Copyright=... OEMName=... (optional) Registration=... TopMost=... DirFix=... Debug=... TimeOption=1 All other settings defined in the [AutoPlay Data] section will be used when there is no [xxxx-yyyy] setting defined for the current system time. However, if you want AutoPlay to react differently between, say, 8:00am and 11:00am, then define an addition section in AUTORUN.INF as follows: [0800-1100] ; This section defines how AutoPlay should act between 8:00am and 10:59am Splash=... SplashLen=... PauseLen=... ImageWidth=... ImageHeight=... Document=... Viewer=... ForceViewer=... DefaultAction=... CDTitle=... Music=... MusicLen=... AlternateSplash=... Default: TimeOption=0

AutoPlay: AUTORUN.INF Advanced AutoPlay Settings

Advanced AutoPlay Settings in AUTORUN.INF

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