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AUTOption Graphic Readme File
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Program Version: 1.4.0

PACKAGE CONTENTS

AUTO-G.exe.....The Main Autorun program, Copy this to CD
AUTGProg.exe...This file is used to create your INI File, do 
               not copy to CD.
autoptn.ini....The default INI file, use AUTGProg.exe to create 
               your own version.
logo.bmp.......Background logo image, create your own and replace 
               this file with it.
Button*.bmp....Images for Buttons, Can be any size, create your 
               own
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.
autgread.txt...This file. Your reading it. Right now.

OPTIONAL FILES

You can create and add any or all the following files as your 
needs dictate. If the files are not present then the features 
they represent will simply not be there (i.e. you are not required 
to have the files there, and no error will occur if they are 
missing). Therefore to take advantage of these features just 
place the files in the same directory as AUTOption Graphic. 
Most of these files are not included with the downloaded package 
and are up to you to create as you will.

[button]d.bmp.Images for buttons in their Down Position.
[button]o.bmp.Images for buttons when the mouse is moved over 
               them.
start.wav.....A sound to play when the program starts.
exit.wav......A sound to play when a program exits.
click.wav.....A sound to play when a button is clicked.
over.wav......A sound to play when the mouse is moved over a 
               button.
change.wav....A sound to play when the menu is changed (with 
               a new INI).


You may also wish to download Sysfiles.zip, this file contains
certain files which can help ensure your CD will autorun correctly
on most all 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 AUTGProg.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" and "change.wav" with you 
  own wave sounds 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.

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 (AUTGPRog.exe)
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You enter the button image filename and command by clicking 
(and not dragging) on the indiviual buttons in the Programmer.

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.

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

When creating the INI file in AUTGProg, the buttons have no 
commands associated with them by default. This is shown by bordering 
the image which involves a line drawn around the image that 
forms the button. Buttons that have no command associated with 
them function as EXIT buttons, that is when you click them in 
AUTOption Graphic 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 
image you might have an image called, say, "exit.bmp"), then 
delete any command (or "link") information so that the text 
entry area is blank.

Your button should now appear with your exit button image and 
a black line surrounding it. DON'T WORRY, the line will not 
be around the image 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 an individual 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 AUTGprog.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.

CREATING BUTTON GRAPHICS =======================================

AUTOption Graphic now has the ability (if the User so chooses) 
to incorporate 3 separate images for each button. One image 
for the default (Up) button, one is used for when the button 
is pushed (Down) and the 3rd is used for highlight when the 
mouse is moved over the button (Over). The only image that must 
be present is the default (Up) image, the rest can be present 
as desired, and not all buttons must have the same options present. 
The application looks for the other images as set names, which 
enables a simple naming scheme.

The Up Button is whatever you specify in the Settings. However 
the Other button names ARE DERIVED FROM THIS ONE. For the Down 
button the last character is REPLACED with a "d". and the last 
character is REPLACED with a "o" for the Over Button. This allows 
you to easily implement a scheme by naming your buttons accordingly. 
One example file set might be:

button1_u.bmp
button1_d.bmp
button1_o.bmp

You would then specify the button image to be "button1_u.bmp", 
and the software would load up the others as necessary. Remember 
you do not HAVE to have all images, just the one you specify 
(in this case the "button1_u.bmp" image). This means you could 
just have two, say one for the Up postition, and one for the 
Down position.

Please note I have implemented all three button graphics for 
the "Nested Menu" Button in the supplied package, I have not 
included all three for the other to save on your download time 
for the package.

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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"

EXIT Buttons: ================================================
Remeber to leave the command blank for an Exit Button.

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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 % symbol indicates that the file is in the same directory 
as the program. We have introduced this to improve the function 
of the program when downloaded. We cannot gaurantee what files 
you have on your system, so we have opted to open a downloaded 
file.

The image displayed must be in Bitmap form, named logo.bmp (or 
whatever you specified in the INI) and placed in the same directory 
as AUTO-G.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.html

Program Information and Updates can be found at:

http://www.powerup.com.au/~calypso/autogrph.html

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

(c) Sean Flanagan 1998

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