CDMenu Creator v1

CDMenu Creator v1.2 Helpfile

Adding files to your menu

To Create your own filelist you must edit the file MENUDATA.INI

This file is located in the MENUDATA directory

Open it with your favorite Notepad and edit it, look like this:

"setup\install.exe","MENUDATA\TEST1.NFO","MENUDATA\TEST1.BMP","Game/App #1 here" or

"unzip\data.zip","MENUDATA\TEST2.NFO","MENUDATA\TEST2.BMP","Game/App #2 here"

the 1st line "setup\install.exe" indicates the path to zip or exe file

note: if the file extention doesn't end with .zip the program tries to

execute the file so only use .exe/.bat/.com other then zip

the 2nd line "MENUDATA\TEST1.NFO" indicates the path to the NFO file

any valid plan textfile can be used here.

The 3rd "MENUDATA\TEST1.BMP" line indicates the path to the picturefile

Any valid picture format can be used here (.jpg,.gif,.bmp)

note: I highly recommand you'll use 256 color .bmp files

otherwise it really slows the menu down.

The 4th "Game/App #1 here" line Indicates the Name of the file

displayed in the main window

Changing the Soundfile

CdMenu Creator v1.2 now comes with support for music modules, The following filetypes are supported:

XM, IT, S3M, MOD

All you have to do is rename your module to MUSIC.DAT,

This file is located in the MENUDATA directory. Just simply place the file there.

Note: This option is only available for CdMenuCreator v1.2 with sound support.

Changing the menuskin.ini

To create your own skins you'll have to edit the MENUSKIN.INI file

In the MENUDATA\GFX directory

In this dir are also the bitmaps used for the menu:

Browser.bmp	Background of the dir browser
Cancel1.bmp	Cancel button normal
Cancel2.bmp	Cancel button on mouse over
Exit1.bmp	Exit button normal
Exit2.bmp	Exit button on mouse over
Info1.bmp	Info button normal
Info2.bmp	Infobutton on mouse over
Main.bmp	Main window background
Makedir.bmp	Makedir background
Makedir1.bmp	Makedir button normal
Makedir2.bmp	Makedir button on mouse over
Messages.bmp	Messages background
Ok1.bmp	Ok button normal
Ok2.bmp	Ok button on mouse over
Progress1.bmp	Progressbar bitmap empty
Progress2.bmp	Progressbar bitmap full
Unpack1.bmp	Unpack button normal
Unpack2.bmp	Unpack button on mouse over
Unzip.bmp	Unzipper background
Viewer.bmp	Viewer background

[Font]

Modify these settings to change the fonts, textbox and listbox properties on all forms.

font=tahoma	Any valid fontname like Arial, Terminal, Tahoma etc...
fontbold=true	Value = true or false
fontsize=8	Any valid fontsize (offcourse not too big)
forecolor=F0F0F0	Any valid RGB value for the forecolor of the font
backcolor=000000	Any valid RGB value for the shadowcolor of your font
textforecolor=F0F0F0	Any valid RGB value for the textcolor in text/list boxes
textbackcolor=600000	Any valid RGB value for the backcolor of text/list boxes

[Buttons]

Modify these settings to change the buttons caption, height and width.

Note: 15 twips is 1 pixel

buttonheight=255	Sets the height of all textlabels to 255 twips
okbutton=Ok	Sets the caption of all the okbuttons to Ok
okbuttonwidth=790	Sets the width of all the okbuttons to 790 twips
cancelbutton=Cancel	Sets the caption of all the cancelbuttons to Cancel
cancelbuttonwidth=790	Sets the width of all the cancelbuttons to 790 twips
exitbutton=Exit	Sets the caption of the exitbutton to Exit
exitbuttonwidth=790	Sets the width of the exitbutton to 790 twips
infobutton=Info	Sets the caption of the infobutton to Info
infobuttonwidth=790	Sets the width of the infobutton to 790 twips
unpackbutton=Unpack	Sets the caption of the unpackbutton to Unpack
setupbutton=Setup	Sets the caption of the setupbutton to Setup
unpackbuttonwidth=1000	Sets the width of the unpackbutton to 1000 twips
makedirbutton=MakeDir	Sets the caption of the makedirbutton to Makedir
makedirbuttonwidth=1300	Sets the width of the makedirbutton to 1300 twips

[MessagesFrm]

MessagesFrm is a screen I hope you’ll never see, It’s used to display any errors messages!

Note: 15 twips is 1 pixel

messagefrmwidth=5985	Sets the width of the error messages form to 5985 twips
messagefrmheight=735	Sets the height of the error messages form to 735 twips
messagetexttop=240	Sets the top position of the text displayed in the error Messages window. The text is automaticaly centered.

[MainFrm]

Modify these setting to make changes in the main window.

Note: 15 twips is 1 pixel

All Graphic buttons are automaticaly sized, so you only have to set the top/left value.

mainfrmwidth=9370	Sets the width of the main window to 9370 twips
mainfrmheight=6125	Sets the height of the main windows to 6125 twips

mainfrmlisttop=925	Sets the top location of the listbox to 925 twips
mainfrmlistleft=360	Sets the left location of the listbox to 360 twips
mainfrmlistwidth=4000	Sets the width of the listbox to 4000
mainfrmlistheight=4200	Sets the height of the listbox to 4200

mainfrmpicttop=940	Sets the top location of the picturebox to 940 twips
mainfrmpictleft=4560	Sets the left location of the picturebox to 4560 twips
mainfrmpictwidth=4455	Sets the width of the picturebox to 4455
mainfrmpictheight=4100	Sets the height of the picturebox to 4100

mainfrmexitbuttontop=5300	Sets the top location of the exit button (Bitmap)
mainfrmexitbuttonleft=6150	Sets the left location of the exit button (Bitmap)
mainfrmexittexttop=5500	Sets the top location of the exit button text
mainfrmexittextleft=6710	Sets the left location of the exit button text

mainfrminfobuttontop=5300	Sets the top location of the info button (Bitmap)
mainfrminfobuttonleft=3850	Sets the left location of the info button (Bitmap)
mainfrminfotexttop=5500	Sets the top location of the info button text
mainfrminfotextleft=4430	Sets the left location of the info button text

mainfrmunpackbuttontop=5300	Sets the top location of the unpack/setup button (Bitmap)
mainfrmunpackbuttonleft=1550	Sets the left location of the unpack/setup button (Bitmap)
mainfrmunpacktexttop=5500	Sets the top location of the unpack/setup button text
mainfrmunpacktextleft=2000	Sets the left location of the unpack/setup button text

maintitle=EwareZ CdMenu	Sets the Maintitle in the Main window
maintitletop=240	Sets the top location of the maintitle
maintitleleft=360	Sets the left location of the maintitle

[ViewNfoFrm]

Modify these setting to make changes in the Nfo Viewer.

Note: 15 twips is 1 pixel

All Graphic buttons are automaticaly sized, so you only have to set the top/left value.

viewnfofrmwidth=8095	Sets the width of the File Nfo Viewer form
viewnfofrmheight=6870	Sets the height of the File Nfo Viewer form

viewnfotexttop=980	Sets the top location of the textbox on the form
viewnfotextleft=360	Sets the left location of the textbox on the form
viewnfotextwidth=7380	Sets the textbox width
viewnfotextheight=4750	Sets the textbox height

viewnfookbuttontop=6040	Sets the top location of the ok button (Bitmap)
viewnfookbuttonleft=3200	Sets the left location of the ok button (Bitmap)
viewnfooktexttop=6240	Sets the top location of the ok button text
viewnfooktextleft=3850	Sets the left location of the ok button text

viewnfobackcolor=600000	Sets the backgroundcolor of the textbox (RGB)
viewnfoforecolor=F0F0F0	Sets the color of the text (RGB)
viewnfofont=terminal	Sets the font to "terminal" font (Any valid fonttype allowed)
viewnfofontbold=true	Boolean (true or false)
viewnfofontsize=9	Set the fontsize (don't make it too big)

viewnfotitle=Nfo Viewer	Set the title of the File Nfo Viewer
viewnfotitletop=240	Sets the top location of the title
viewnfotitleleft=360	Sets the left location of the title

[BrowserFrm]

Modify these setting to make changes in the Directory Browser.

Note: 15 twips is 1 pixel

All Graphic buttons are automaticaly sized, so you only have to set the top/left value.

browserfrmwidth=7410	Sets the width of the Dir Browser form
browserfrmheight=5130	Sets the height of the Dir Browser from

browsercancelbuttontop=4300	Sets the top location of the cancel button (Bitmap)
browsercancelbuttonleft=5060	Sets the left location of the cancel button (Bitmap)
browsercanceltexttop=4505	Sets the top location of the cancel button text
browsercanceltextleft=5510	Sets the left location of the cancel button text

browserokbuttontop=4300	Sets the top location of the ok button (Bitmap)
browserokbuttonleft=2760	Sets the left location of the ok button (Bitmap)
browseroktexttop=4505	Sets the top location of the ok button text
browseroktextleft=3440	Sets the left location of the ok button text

browserdirbuttontop=4300	Sets the top location of the makedir button (Bitmap)
browserdirbuttonleft=480	Sets the left location of the makedir button (Bitmap)
browserdirtexttop=4505	Sets the top location of the makedir button text
browserdirtextleft=870	Sets the left location of the makedir button text

browserdrivetop=900	Sets the top location of the drivebox
browserdriveleft=400	Sets the left location of the drivebox
browserdrivewidth=6575	Sets the width of the drivebox

browserdirtop=1380	Sets the top location of the folderbox
browserdirleft=400	Sets the left location of the folderbox
browserdirheight=2415	Sets the height of the folderbox
browserdirwidth=6575	Sets the width of the folderbox

browserdirpathtexttop=3960	Sets the top location of the extract path text
browserdirpathtextleft=480	Sets the left location of the extract path text

browsertitle=Select Path	Sets the title of the Dir Browser
browsertitletop=240	Sets the top location of the browser title
browsertitleleft=360	Sets the left location of the browser title

[MakeDirFrm]

Modify these setting to make changes in the Directory Browser.

Note: 15 twips is 1 pixel

All Graphic buttons are automaticaly sized, so you only have to set the top/left value.

makedirfrmwidth=7620	Sets the width of the MakeDir form
makedirfrmheight=1500	Sets the height of the MakeDir form

makedirtexttop=930	Sets the top location of the textbox on the form
makedirtextleft=440	Sets the left location of the textbox on the form
makedirtextwidth=2445	Sets the textbox width
makedirtextheight=240	Sets the textbox height

makedircancelbuttontop=730	Sets the top location of the cancel button (Bitmap)
makedircancelbuttonleft=5300	Sets the left location of the cancel button (Bitmap)
makedircanceltexttop=930	Sets the top location of the cancel button text
makedircanceltextleft=5820	Sets the left location of the cancel button text

makedirokbuttontop=730	Sets the top location of the ok button (Bitmap)
makedirokbuttonleft=3260	Sets the left location of the ok button (Bitmap)
makediroktexttop=930	Sets the top location of the ok button text
makediroktextleft=3920	Sets the left location of the ok button text

makedirtitle=NewDir	Sets the title of the NewDir form
makedirtitletop=240	Sets the top location of the NewDir title
makedirtitleleft=360	Sets the left location of the NewDir title

[UnzipFrm]

Modify these setting to make changes in the Unzipper form.

Note: 15 twips is 1 pixel

All Graphic buttons are automaticaly sized, so you only have to set the top/left value.

unzipformwidth=8325	Sets the width of the MakeDir form
unzipformheight=3150	Sets the height of the MakeDir form

unzipcancelbuttontop=2340	Sets the top location of the cancel button (Bitmap)
unzipcancelbuttonleft=3300	Sets the left location of the cancel button (Bitmap)
unzipcanceltexttop=2550	Sets the top location of the cancel button text
unzipcanceltextleft=3760	Sets the left location of the cancel button text

unzipstatustexttop=920	Sets the top location of the status text
unzipstatustextleft=360	Sets the left location of the status text

unzipprogress1top=1280	Sets the top location of the current file progress (Bitmap)
unzipprogress1left=780	Sets the left location of the current file progress (Bitmap)
unzipprogress2top=1740	Sets the top location of the total progress (Bitmap)
unzipprogress2left=780	Sets the left location of the total progress (Bitmap)

unziptitle=Extracting Files	Sets the title of the Unzip form
unziptitletop=240	Sets the top location of the Unzip title
unziptitleleft=360	Sets the left location of the Unzip title

That's It! Enjoy…