ShellRun

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Start your CD or DVD professionally. ShellRun neatly AutoRuns your chosen file or program as soon as your CD is inserted into a Windows computer, while optionally displaying a splash window or fully configurable popup window. Shellrun can display a menu of command buttons. ShellRun also helps if your CD user has not installed a suitable viewer, for example to view PDF files. ShellRun shows your warning message and tells the user how to get a viewer.

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ShellRun V3.6

ShellRun V3.6 Academic License

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What's New in V3.5:

• XP SP2+ Active Content option added

What's New in V3.4:

• If retrying show after viewer installed does not work:
  • convert Install viewer button to Re-show file
  • button text set by NoViewerCmdClickRetryText parameter
  • defaults to "Click here when viewer installed"
• Fix bug: crash on first re-show attempt after viewer install if no message
• New icon and phdcc image

What's New in V3.3:

• DoNotRepeat doesn't force popup to show if -nomsg set

What's New in V3.2:

• Message -min minimize option added

What's New in V3.1:

• Supports non-Western Unicode characters

What's New in V3.0:

• Command button menu of options available
• Can now run programs
• Stops if CD ejected

What's New in V2.4:

• New "Do not show again" option. The ShellRun window is shown the first time a CD inserted. The user can then opt not to run ShellRun the next time the CD is inserted
• ShowTime parameter can be -1 to keep popup window on screen permanently
• New ShowOptions parameter lets you keep popup window in front of all other windows

What's New in V2.3:

• File showing made conditional, ie:
  • to show a specific file for each viewer version
  • to show a file dependent on whether a file exists on the user's system
  • to show a file dependent on a registry value
• NoViewerCmd also tries to display original filename after running installer (unless NoViewerCmdClickRetryShow set to "off")
• ShellRun displays while running installer (but disallows exit)

What's New in V2.2:

• Play audio options added for Enhanced CDs containing music and data

What's New in V2.1:

• Improved "HTML Results" feature

What's New in V2.04:

• By default, failed filename not now passed as parameter to No Viewer command Instead command parameter now taken from NoViewerCmdParam, NoViewerCmdClickParam, ViewerCmdParamsN, ViewerCmdClickParamsN parameters
• If -max specified, ensure that window is maximised
• Delay main timer start until splash loaded

What's New in V2.02:

• Title parameter added, this allows you to change the 'Pop-up' window title

Features:

• Use ShellRun to start your CD or DVD professionally
• ShellRun neatly AutoRuns your chosen file as soon as your CD is inserted into a Windows computer, while displaying a splash window or fully configurable popup window
• Shellrun can display up to 10 more files, optionally in a command button menu
• ShellRun can request that Windows starts any type of file. For an HTML web page, ShellRun will start the user’s default browser to display the page. For a PDF© file, Adobe™ Acrobat Reader will be started, if it is available
• You can use any BMP image as the splash window shown at startup. Alternatively, use a popup window, either small or maximised to fill the screen. The popup window can contain a BMP image of your choosing. The text and clickable URL shown in the window are configurable as well
• If a suitable viewer is not available for your type of file, then ShellRun shows a configurable warning message and prompts for the installation of a viewer. If you are allowed, put an installation program on your CD which can be run from ShellRun by clicking on the Install Viewer button. Alternatively, you can link to the viewer web site
• ShellRun can also check that other viewers are present in a user’s system. Suppose that you start with a web page, but also use PDF content. ShellRun can check for up to 10 other viewers, and suggest that they be installed
• To use ShellRun you must write a plain text file AUTORUN.INF. All configuration of the retail version of ShellRun is done in a similar text file named ShRun.INF which must be put in your CD root directory alongside AUTORUN.INF, the ShellRun runtime and your start-up images
• ShellRun also includes a Viewer Browser program which can be used to determine whether a viewer is available on your computer, and the viewer executable filename and version number
• ShellRun runs in Windows systems only. Even here, a user may have AutoRun switched off, so always provide instructions for starting your CD manually