Vanity - Computer Help

self ^ | 05/31/05 | 50's Dad

[50sDad]

I am between jobs, and considering the odd mix of my skills, I was thinkling of making a CD mini-disk with examples of HTML, Excel, Word, etc., to help me stand out from the other drones.

1) I would like to figure out how to make a self-booting ROM that would run a HTML file on bootup. Any ideas?

2) I think it may be done through Flash. Is there any way to learn simple Flash programming without spending $99 on a professional editor?

Thanks in advance to the wise folks in here!

[SaveTheChief]

There are several programs out there that can help you make a presentation. If you are looking for a flash-like presentation, I think swish may have something that will do the job. Otherwise, you may wish to make a PowerPoint presentation of some sort and just set up your CD to autorun.

I'm sure there are FReepers out there with much better ideas too.

Good luck.

[hiredhand]

Look into using PHP. Flash is not "well recieved" in the OpenSource community.

[Littlejon]

Don't know if this will help you or not, but I throw it out for your benefit.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

ShelExec v1.14 A freeware application

Places where you might find ShelExec useful are in adding an Autorun.inf file to your CD-R / CD-RW Discs. For example suppose you have a HTML page called index.htm on the root of your CD which you would like to run automatically whenever the user inserts the CD.