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   IntraLaunch can be used to build web based CD-Rom menus which can work independently of the CD-Rom drive the CD is placed in. So applications on the CD can be executed through a web interface even though the drive letter is unknown or changes for the CD-Rom. This provides guaranteed operation on all desktop configurations.

  For example:

  1) The customer receives your CD in the mail and inserts it into they're CD-Rom drive.

  2) As soon as the CD is inserted the AUTORUN feature of the CD automatically runs IE and opens a menu.html on the CD. This is a standard feature of all CD's under Windows.

  3) The menu.html file has several embedded IntraLaunch objects that look similar to the one below.


	<HTML> <BODY> (Your web page here) <A HREF="#" LANGAUGE="VBScript" OnClick="IntraLaunch.ExecuteIt('Null')">Install Application</A> </BODY> <OBJECT ID="IntraLaunch" STYLE="display : none" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=1 CODEBASE="IntraLaunch.CAB#version=5,0,0,0" CLASSID="CLSID:0AE533FE-B805-4FD6-8AE1-A619FBEE7A23"> <PARAM NAME="ImageLoc" VALUE="Null"> <PARAM NAME="ImageSrc" VALUE="Null"> <PARAM NAME="Run" VALUE=":\applications\setup.exe"> <PARAM NAME="RunParms" VALUE=""> <PARAM NAME="DefDir" VALUE=""> <PARAM NAME="Display" VALUE="ACTIVATE"> <PARAM NAME="ProcessErr" VALUE="MessageBox"> <PARAM NAME="ErrAction" VALUE="Error\|Sorry, not found."> <PARAM NAME="Sound" VALUE=":\sounds\installing.wav"> <PARAM NAME="CDRelative" VALUE="\IntraLaunch.CAB"> </OBJECT> </HTML>

  When IE loads this menu.html page, it automatically installs IntraLaunch.CAB without security or certificate prompts because its being install from a local CD-Rom. The menu.html page then displays and the user then can click HTML links and graphics to execute applications through IntraLaunch. To make IE load with your HTML menu as soon as the CD is inserted in the CDRom you can see this basic autorun example - these two files should be placed in the root directory of the CD.

  Technically IntraLaunch will use the CDRelative parameter and attempt to find IntraLaunch.CAB in the root directory of each CD in each CD-Rom drive to figure out the CD drive letter to use. For this example, IntraLaunch.CAB and menu.html should be in the same directory, in this case the root of the CD. Once located, IntraLaunch then automatically substitutes *:\ in parameter paths with the drive letter of the CD-Rom. So if your Run param is *:\setup.exe, IntraLaunch will find the CD drive letter to use by looking for IntraLaunch.CAB(from CDRelative) and then take that drive letter and execute X:\setup.exe. This provides guaranteed operation.

  4) This solution is 100% transparent for the customer, no annoying prompts during installation or execution. The customer doesn't even know it happened and simply inserts the CD and starts using the web interface to run applications on the CD. This will work in all versions of Microsoft Windows from Windows95 thru to WindowsXP.

  If distributing your CD's to several people you must purchase a developer's license.

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