RE: Autorun screens

["Brian Holley" <comp_brain@hotmail.com>]

You're probably right.  I read that DirectX was used in a book somewhere 
that I have since forgotten where.  Thanks though.

-Brian

>It isnt a good idea to use directx for an autoplay app - incase It isnt
>installed.  From past experience I have always written autoplay apps using
>GDI, Its simple to display a picture using standard windows calls and then
>just overlay buttons and handle mouse messages.  As long as your app can 
>run
>on windows and spawn other programs (Such as setup.exe) then you can use it
>as an autoplay.  When a CD is inserted an autoplay.inf file is opened and
>used to work out what program to run.  Lets say you have an .exe called
>autoplay.exe u wanted to run when you insert a cd, simply put autorun.exe 
>in
>the root and then a text file call autoplay.inf with the following two 
>lines
>of text
>[autorun]
>open=autoplay.exe
>
>this will cause the autoplay.exe file to run.
>
>Adrian
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:	gameprogrammer-owner@gameprogrammer.com
>[mailto:gameprogrammer-owner@gameprogrammer.com] On Behalf Of Brian Holley
>Sent:	16 June 2000 22:26
>To:	gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com
>Subject:	Re: Autorun screens
>
>The Autoplay used for alot of games is a DirectX featured called, guess
>what, autoplay.  Anyway, since DirectX pretty much is standard, it's a safe
>thing to use.
>-Brian
>
> >Doesn't anyone know how to make a autorun screen like most games have,
> >specifically one like Blizzard make (background image with text that
> >highlights on mouseovers). Better yet, what are some of your good ideas 
>on
> >how to do this. The problem that I'm running into is that I can't asume 
>any
> >libraries are isntalled so it has to be very standard code. (I'm doing 
>this
> >for windows platforms)
> >
> >Thanks for any help.
> >
> >Jeff
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