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AUTOption Readme File
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PACKAGE CONTENTS

AUTOptn.exe	The Main Autorun program, Copy to this CD
AUTOProg.exe	This file is used to create your INI File, do not copy to CD.
autoptn.ini	The default INI file, use AUTOProg.exe to create your own version.
logo.bmp	background logo image, create your own and replace this file with it.
autorun.inf	autorun setup file, copy this to the ROOT directory of your CD.
start.wav	This sound will play when the program starts, optionally replace.
readme.txt	Instructions on location of this file.
autoread.txt	This file. Your reading it. Right now.

You may also wish to download Sysfiles.zip, this file contains
certain files which can help ensure your CD will autorun correctly
on more systems.

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Step-by-Step Instructions
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Unzip all files into its own directory. The program is ready to
run. The program does NOT require any installation. To set up for
your CD just follow the following steps:

- Create an "AUTOptn" directory (see NOTE)

- Unzip the files into this directory

- Optionally unzip SysFiles.ZIP (downloadable separately) into the
  same directory. This makes sure your program should work on all
  systems.

- Create your own logo.bmp file for the flash image (and copy
  it to the directory).

- Run the AUTOProg.exe to create your INI file.
  Copy this INI file over to your AUTOption directory. You DO NOT
  need to copy the AUTOProg INI file programmer, it is for INI
  creation only.

- Replace the included "start.wav" with you own wave sound if
  you like.

- write your CD, making sure you moved the autorun.inf to the
  root directory of the CD.

NOTE that the supplied autorun.inf assumes you copied the program
into a directory call AUTOptn, and that you will use the programs
icon to represent your CD. Open the autorun.inf file to change these
details.  Also note the software MUST be in a subdirectory, it
has not been programmed to work from the root directory.

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AUTOption INI Programmer (AUTOPRog.exe)
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You enter the button text and command by clicking (and not dragging)
on the indiviual buttons.

You can drag the buttons on the form directly, or for pixel by
pixel movement use the orange "arrowed" area. The middle button gives
some brief help information.

The "Bitmap to be Used" Field is for the background bitmap. You
have to place all background bitmaps and INIs in the same directoy
as AUTOption.

The Submit button in the Registration Information section simply
checks your registration information to confirm it has been entered
correctly.

You are not allowed to have blank captioned buttons, there must be
at least one character describing the button. Use the & symbol to
create a keyboard shortcut to the item. Such that EXIT would
acually be E&XIT.

CREATING AN EXIT BUTTON========================================

When creating the INI file in AUTOProg, the buttons have no commands
associated with them by default. This is shown by striking-out the
text (Strikethru Text) which involves a line drawn through the text on
the button. Buttons that have no command associated with them function
as EXIT buttons, that is when you click them in AUTOption they will
cause the program to close (without executing any commands). To create
an Exit button, simply click one of the buttons (without dragging) and
enter your button text (strangley enough I expect people would often
enter "E&XIT"), then delete any command (or "link") information so that
the text entry area is blank.

Your buton should now appear as "EXIT" with the X underlined (the &
symbol did that), and be struck through (have a line running through
the text). DON'T WORRY, the line will not be through the text in
AUTOption! Now when your user clicks the "EXIT" button, the program
will exit without executing any commands.

CREATING A MULTI-LEVEL MENU=====================================

With AUTOptn you can create a multi-level menu, allowing you to group
buttons on separate screens. You can have AUTOption load a separate
background image for each group of buttons, have different button
text & associated commands, have different number of buttons etc.

To build multi-level menus you simply build separate INI files and
for the button command just refer to the INI file you wish to load.

You must place all the INIs in the AUTOption directory. They must
conform to a "auto*.ini" mask. In other words, must be something like
"auto001.ini" or "auto_util.ini". You still must have a default
INI file named autoptn.ini.

PS. You can "drag-and-drop" INIs into the AUTOprog.exe file. When
writing the INI please make sure you correctly name it.

It is best to leave an INI file in the INI programmers directory so
that it will load up with your prefered defaults and your
registration details already entered.

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The button commands can be to a file, program, directory or 
internet site as follows:

INI File: ====================================================
"auto_01.ini", "auto_util.ini", etc...

File: ========================================================
"\directory\file.doc" (on the CD), or "C:\windows\readme.txt"

Program: =====================================================
"\directory\program.exe" (on the CD), or "C:\windows\Notepad.exe"

Directory: ===================================================
"\directory\directory\" (on the CD), or "C:\windows\", even "C:\windows"

Internet Site: ===============================================
"http://www.powerup.com.au/~calypso/register.htm"

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Do not include the inverted commas (") when entering commands.

The absence of the drive (eg C:) means that the link is to the CD.

Slash directions above should be followed. These are Operating
System "backslashes" not internet style "forward slashes".

Trailing slashes on directory links do not matter.

The image displayed must be in Bitmap form, named logo.bmp and
placed in the same directory as autoptn.exe.

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Other Information
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This program is freely distributable to anyone wishing to use it for
non-commercial applications. Any User Names and Registration Codes
must not be distributed

This program, makes no modifications to your system. It does not add
files, it does not make registry entries. To completely remove the
program, simply delete the directory which you unzipped it into.

PLEASE NOTE: the program is a 32-bit application, and as such will
not run on anything previous to Win95.

This program was written by Sean C Flanagan, and is copyrighted
1998, by him. If you wish a modified copy for commercial
application, or have any suggestions for improvements to the
program then contact me.

To register this program (for personal use or for distribution
for commercial or non-commercial applications), please contact
Sean Flanagan (calypso@powerup.com.au) or see our site:

Registration Details can be found at:

http://www.powerup.com.au/~calypso/register.htm

Program Information and Updates can be found at:

http://www.powerup.com.au/~calypso/autoptn.htm

you can contact us at calypso@powerup.com.au

 Sean Flanagan 1998

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