Examples

The following three examples illustrate how John, a software developer, used MenuBox to AutoRun-enable the CD-ROM for his "MyApp" software package. The three examples are functionally equivalent (all three include the option to run the installer, read the documentation, visit the web site, check for software updates, etc.), however the first example was created in HTML (MenuBox acts as a "kiosk mode" web browser with special commands to execute files, etc.), while the second and third examples were written with just a few lines of text (MenuBox INI file). The third example employs a translucency effect (only active on Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003).

Click the following images to download the corresponding example. Each ZIP archive contains the MenuBox executable, the MenuBox.ini project description file, and additional items (HTML source code for HTML windows, multimedia files and additional executables related to John's project). Open MenuBox.exe to launch an example.

To AutoRun-enable a CD-ROM take one of the sample directories, name it as you prefer (e.g. "MyApp"), and then write it to the CD and add a text file named "autorun.inf" at the root of the CD. This file only needs to contain two or three lines of text:

[AutoRun]
Open=MyApp\MenuBox.exe

You can even rename MenuBox.exe if you wish. To add a project-related CD-ROM icon just append another line to the "autorun.inf" file, to reference the same icon used by MenuBox (it is displayed on the window title bar, when you click Alt-Tab, etc.):

[AutoRun]
Open=MyApp\MenuBox.exe
Icon=MyApp\CD.ico