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Can a CDR open a web site?


would like to burn and distribue a proprietary auto executing CD
containing a slideshow and have it then open a website.
Is this possible? If so, how?
Thanks,
Walt

Jul 24 '05 #1
6 2734
What were you picturing here?

Seems to me you could start by having the CD automatically launch the
slideshow by adding a file called autorun on the CD. Autorun is treated
like a batch file, so put a reference to the program name and slideshow
file on the first line of the autorun.

To open a browser to a specific webpage, you could probably end your
slideshow with link to the website you're looking for.

Jul 24 '05 #2
Let me restate the proposition:

Let's say a CD containing a slideshow composed of 10 images has been
created and it is set up to autorun. When the 10th image displays, I
would like the CD to open a web site AUTOMATICALLY, without the user
having to click a link.

I would like therefore (after image #10) to apply something like the
TIMED REDIRECT SCRIPT that follows, but just don't know how.

Sample Script
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin
redirTime = "15000";
redirURL = "http://blahblahblah.com/new";
function redirTimer() { self.setTimeout("self.location.href =
redirURL;",redirTime); }
// End -->
</script>
<!-- STEP TWO: Insert the onLoad event handler into BODY tag -->
<BODY onLoad="redirTimer()">


Keith wrote:
What were you picturing here?

Seems to me you could start by having the CD automatically launch the
slideshow by adding a file called autorun on the CD. Autorun is treated
like a batch file, so put a reference to the program name and slideshow
file on the first line of the autorun.

To open a browser to a specific webpage, you could probably end your
slideshow with link to the website you're looking for.


Jul 24 '05 #3
op***@juno.com wrote:
Let me restate the proposition:

Let's say a CD containing a slideshow composed of 10 images has been
created and it is set up to autorun. When the 10th image displays, I
would like the CD to open a web site AUTOMATICALLY, without the user
having to click a link.

I would like therefore (after image #10) to apply something like the
TIMED REDIRECT SCRIPT that follows, but just don't know how.

Sample Script
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin
redirTime = "15000";
redirURL = "http://blahblahblah.com/new";
function redirTimer() { self.setTimeout("self.location.href =
redirURL;",redirTime); }
// End -->
</script>
<!-- STEP TWO: Insert the onLoad event handler into BODY tag -->
<BODY onLoad="redirTimer()">


I think that would depend entirely on the software you're using to
create the slide show, and that a better place for an answer would be a
newsgroup related to that software.
Jul 24 '05 #4
Gazing into my crystal ball I observed op***@juno.com writing in
news:11**********************@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com:
When the 10th image displays, I
would like the CD to open a web site AUTOMATICALLY, without the user
having to click a link.


I would advise against this. Give the user the choice to open a web site,
or at least advise them that an Internet connection is necessary. Persons
without an Internet connection are going to get an error, or a pop-up to
start an Internet connection.
--
Adrienne Boswell
http://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
Please respond to the group so others can share
Jul 24 '05 #5
You can try some photo slideshow softwares, such as Photo2VCD, to see
if it's what you are looking for.

http://www.photo2vcd.com

Jul 24 '05 #6
Guess you folks have answered my question. DON'T TRY IT.

Will go with a simple self contained solution and load both a mini
browser and the opening page of the target website on the CD along with
the slideshow. That should obtain the desired result.

Thanks Adrienne and guys.


Adrienne wrote:
Gazing into my crystal ball I observed op***@juno.com writing in
news:11**********************@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com:
When the 10th image displays, I
would like the CD to open a web site AUTOMATICALLY, without the user
having to click a link.


I would advise against this. Give the user the choice to open a web site,
or at least advise them that an Internet connection is necessary. Persons
without an Internet connection are going to get an error, or a pop-up to
start an Internet connection.
--
Adrienne Boswell
http://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
Please respond to the group so others can share


Jul 24 '05 #7

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