DISCUSSION A: MenuBox is used by: - Commercial publishers of CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs (up to millions of copies, e.g. software products, advertising, magazine cover disks)
- Individuals creating their own CD-R and DVD-R (for personal use or limited distribution, e.g. photo/video albums, copy of personal web site and other published work, reference, etc.)
- Software developers (MenuBox is used as a launcher window, e.g. in the Start/Programs menu, Quick Launch toolbar, etc. or as a "kiosk mode" custom browser window)
- Computer users (customized dock, often with very creative skin artwork, for quick access to frequently-referenced items)
With MenuBox you can: - Create a powerful presentation or user interface by using HTML instead of having to learn to use a new authoring language or presentation system. The MenuBox HTML browser container features a set of methods which allows you to open documents, launch executables, close the window, etc., from your HTML code.
- Automatically open a custom menu window (also sometimes referred to as "CD browser", "front-end", "launcher", "dock" or "teaser") when your CD-ROM or DVD is inserted (everything is handled by MenuBox, does not require additional viewers/players)
- Automatically display an HTML (or PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Flash, AVI, MPEG, etc.) document or other file when your CD-ROM is inserted (MenuBox works behind the scenes, making sure that the correct program is launched)
- Create Desktop or Start menu extensions (e.g. to use a single shortcut to activate a wider selection of choices) which can be redistributed and installed with your products
- Use conditional code for failsafe actions: open a certain document only if an appropriate viewing application is available and meets minimum version requirements, otherwise installing the required software or reverting to a different action (e.g. fall back to a MenuBox window, or display a message, or open a different document)
- Open documents and launch applications overcoming the limitations of the FS Command "exec" in Macromedia Flash Projector
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