autorun?

[OUDustin]

Does anyone know an easy way to make a powerpoint presentation cd autorun for a customer?

 

[bgauntt]

Modify an autorun.inf file to point to the presentation on the CD, save it, then burn it to the CD with the presentation.

 

[jasek78]

I think this may work...

Make a text file and call it "autorun.inf", then insert the following text into it:

[autorun]
open=Presentation.ppt

Put the "autorun.inf" file on the cd with the powerpoint presentation, and if the computer/CD-ROM support autorun, then it should start up the presentation inside of powerpoint.

If that does not work, you can autorun a VBS (visual basic script) file that calls powerpoint and loads the presentation.


jason

 

[OUDustin]

is there a way to force it to use a viewer that is burnt onto the cd w/ the presentation....powerpoint xp's viwer for example?

 

[bgauntt]

It will automatically open in PowerPoint as long as Powerpoint is loaded on the machine you are using the CD on.

 

[OUDustin]

But what if I made the presentation in XP and want to force the user to see it in XP so all the animations will work properly?

 

[jasek78]

you can open the viewer from the CD with a parameter... something like:

[autorun]
open=XPpptViewer.exe presentation.ppt

jason