What I want to do - make the web page available for d/load as .iso file, burn CD and that CD would start autmatically if inserted into CD/DVD drive.
If Autostart is not selected, how index.html can be executed to start the web page from CD.
Link to any tutorial would be great. For some reason I can't formulated the right question and I'm getting all sorts of stuff except what I really want.
> What I want to do - make the web page available for d/load as .iso file,
> burn CD and that CD would start autmatically if inserted into CD/DVD drive.
> If Autostart is not selected, how index.html can be executed to start
> the web page from CD.
> Link to any tutorial would be great. For some reason I can't formulated
> the right question and I'm getting all sorts of stuff except what I
> really want.
On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:15:13 +0800, Mr Bean wrote:
> What I want to do - make the web page available for d/load as .iso
> file, burn CD and that CD would start autmatically if inserted into
> CD/DVD drive.
> If Autostart is not selected, how index.html can be executed to start
> the web page from CD.
The user controls whether the CD is autorun or not. They also control whether their machine is set to open html files with a browser, a text editor, or some other application.
As you can not control the platform, OS or preferred application settings of the target computer, there is absolutely nothing you can do on the CD to ensure that when loaded, it always loads index.htm(l) in a browser.
Think of it the other way round - would you want anyone to be able to create a CD which, when placed in your computer, over-rode your settings and launched an application?
The best you can do is prepare your CD so that if it is autostarted, the index.htm(l) file is loaded.
On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:15:13 +0800, Mr Bean wrote in alt.html:
> What I want to do - make the web page available for d/load as .iso > file, burn CD and that CD would start autmatically if inserted into > CD/DVD drive.
> If Autostart is not selected, how index.html can be executed to start > the web page from CD.
> Link to any tutorial would be great. For some reason I can't formulated > the right question and I'm getting all sorts of stuff except what I > really want.
> On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:15:13 +0800, Mr Bean wrote in alt.html:
>> What I want to do - make the web page available for d/load as .iso
>> file, burn CD and that CD would start autmatically if inserted into
>> CD/DVD drive.
>> If Autostart is not selected, how index.html can be executed to start
>> the web page from CD.
>> Link to any tutorial would be great. For some reason I can't formulated
>> the right question and I'm getting all sorts of stuff except what I
>> really want.
> On 24/01/2012 1:09 AM, idle wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:15:13 +0800, Mr Bean wrote in alt.html:
>>> What I want to do - make the web page available for d/load as .iso
>>> file, burn CD and that CD would start autmatically if inserted into
>>> CD/DVD drive.
>>> If Autostart is not selected, how index.html can be executed to start
>>> the web page from CD.
>>> Link to any tutorial would be great. For some reason I can't formulated
>>> the right question and I'm getting all sorts of stuff except what I
>>> really want.
> I think, that Dennis misunderstood my intentions totally.
I think that you misunderstood his response totally.
> Idle... many thanks for that link. I think I can solve my problem. > Ideally would be make index.html as a startup page for portable Firefox.
> And autorun Firefox.
How?
> When autorun is disabled, I think double klick on CD icon will still > open Firefox.
I disagree. You don't seem to understand that what happens when I click on an icon on my
computer is totally under *my* control, not yours. Suppose I have the .html extension associated with Notepad+ or some other text editor, instead of with Firefox -- do you think that my computer will somehow launch Firefox anyway?
> And that solves my problems.
No, it doesn't.
> I have my web page available for d/load as zip file
> On 24/01/2012 1:09 AM, idle wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:15:13 +0800, Mr Bean wrote in alt.html:
>>> What I want to do - make the web page available for d/load as .iso
>>> file, burn CD and that CD would start autmatically if inserted into
>>> CD/DVD drive.
>>> If Autostart is not selected, how index.html can be executed to start
>>> the web page from CD.
>>> Link to any tutorial would be great. For some reason I can't formulated
>>> the right question and I'm getting all sorts of stuff except what I
>>> really want.
> I think, that Dennis misunderstood my intentions totally.
> Idle... many thanks for that link. I think I can solve my problem. > Ideally would be make index.html as a startup page for portable Firefox.
> And autorun Firefox.
> When autorun is disabled, I think double klick on CD icon will still > open Firefox.
> And that solves my problems.
> I have my web page available for d/load as zip file and people have > problems with unzipping and running index.html.
> If I will make iso file and make is available for d/l plus link to let's > say ImageBurn, that would be much easier.
> D/load both files, run ImageBurn.exe, open it and drop iso file on it, > insert CD and burn it.
> If that will not work, I'll write:
> Go to your neighbor son, give him a couple of beers and he will do it > for you. Or... give him couple lollies!
> ;)
> Many thanks idle....
Np. Keep in mind a couple things. If your users have an issue unzipping
a file, they're sure to have more extracting an ISO ;)
Then they've got to burn it to a cd also? Get my point.
Also, there's the default issues.
If you supply a portable Firefox, there's no guarantee what type of
system they're running. 32bit, 64bit, MAC, Linux, etc.
You may be overthinking the solution.
Your best bet may be to supply all files for download and the autorun
file and let the users default system take over. 99.999999% have a
browser already installed, and usually set to open the html files by
default.
> Np. Keep in mind a couple things. If your users have an issue unzipping
> a file, they're sure to have more extracting an ISO ;)
> Then they've got to burn it to a cd also? Get my point.
> Also, there's the default issues.
> If you supply a portable Firefox, there's no guarantee what type of
> system they're running. 32bit, 64bit, MAC, Linux, etc.
> You may be overthinking the solution.
> Your best bet may be to supply all files for download and the autorun
> file and let the users default system take over. 99.999999% have a
> browser already installed, and usually set to open the html files by
> default.
> My 2pence.
Worth more than that. ;)
I think you are absolutely right. index.html should be open by default browser on user side.
If they are able to d/load or read anything, they are able to view it. Didn't considered that before.
> > Np. Keep in mind a couple things. If your users have an issue unzipping
> > a file, they're sure to have more extracting an ISO ;)
> > Then they've got to burn it to a cd also? Get my point.
> > Also, there's the default issues.
> > If you supply a portable Firefox, there's no guarantee what type of
> > system they're running. 32bit, 64bit, MAC, Linux, etc.
> > You may be overthinking the solution.
> > Your best bet may be to supply all files for download and the autorun
> > file and let the users default system take over. 99.999999% have a
> > browser already installed, and usually set to open the html files by
> > default.
> > My 2pence.
> Worth more than that. ;)
> I think you are absolutely right. index.html should be open by default > browser on user side.
NO NO .... index.html when opened COULD use the default browser ...
> What I want to do - make the web page available for d/load as .iso > file, burn CD and that CD would start autmatically if inserted into > CD/DVD drive.
> If Autostart is not selected, how index.html can be executed to start > the web page from CD.
> Link to any tutorial would be great. For some reason I can't formulated > the right question and I'm getting all sorts of stuff except what I > really want.
MicroWeb
MicroWeb allows you to create a working web site on a CD-ROM. Using a web browser, a user can run cgi programs as well as view html files on the CD-ROM. To view the website the end user only has to run the microweb.exe program on the CD-more...
ROM, there is nothing to configure.
>>> What I want to do - make the web page available for d/load as .iso
>>> file, burn CD and that CD would start autmatically if inserted into
>>> CD/DVD drive.
>>> If Autostart is not selected, how index.html can be executed to start
>>> the web page from CD.
>>> Link to any tutorial would be great. For some reason I can't formulated
>>> the right question and I'm getting all sorts of stuff except what I
>>> really want.
