Well I can think of at least 2 occurances when I created a autorun project in Autorun Menu Studio, only to find out that I made 1 coding error in the final product. And I accidentally deleted the saved files because I assumed I was done. The one thing I hate most about AMS is the fact that when you created a finished autorun program, according to the EULA, you cannot disassemble the created product. So at this point I was so frustrated with this program I uninstalled and it will never be reinstalled on my machine.

Anywho....

After all that, I decided to make and HTA based autorun program. I got this idea first from the Windows Security CD that MS sent me. I had to overcome many hurdles to get certain things to work. (e.g. running an exe within an html without the save as dialogue). This was the easiest autorun program for my DVD that I have ever made. Partly because I jsut took an HTML course in my college. Because I have so many apps to install from my dvd I figured it was time I seriously worked on it. I posted my work in a zip file below. Simply run the wxpstart.hta file and you will see all my work. Just keep in mind its incomplete. For the Deployment menu, I plan to combine Whimsy "Windows Post-install Wizard 1.2" and Wraith's "XPlode" so when you select the checkboxes, it creates the xml file and runs the wicked XPlode program.

I must thank Whimsy for some of the html javascript code and some of his pics.

Well enough said, just thought you all would like to have a look. I welcome comments and I don't mind if anyone would like to take it, modify it, and use it for their own autorun. Still cant believe I wasted money on AMS.

What .zip file?

hmmmm. LOL

Seems I forgot to attach the file.

Sorry

Here it is

AutorunHTA.zip

AutorunHTA.zip

Very cool... Do you have links to any online documentation you used to make this?

Basically I ported some code from Whimsy's project and other sites. But those pieces were jsut small parts. not enough to show you how to make the whole thing.

I guess if there are enough requests I could throw together a tutorial for the code but I guess for the people who want to play with it right away should just open the pages in like frontpage to change the look. Unfortunatly i'm goning to be real busy this week and my next semester starts next week so ill be lucky if I finish it anytime soon.

But like I said, if there are enough requests for a tutorial, ill gladly throw one together.

Count me as 1 at least.. I plan on doing something like this eventually.. maybe sooner if I had a direction to follow..

I would like a tutorial too

I like the concept but am unsure how to arrange files -'major newbie'