Re: [WinMac] making a mac cd-rom autoplay -- correction

Bruce Johnson(johnson[at]Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU)
Wed, 15 Dec 1999 12:30:29 -0700

tom lyczko wrote:
>
> i wrote to the list asking about how to make a mac cd-rom autostart...
>
> i know that toast has a feature for this, but i think it may not help me because:
>
> 1. it requires an executable file
> 2. i need to have an HTML FILE open automatically -- index.html
> 3. i think i noticed it can't be done with a hybrid cd-rom (can't recall)
>
> any assistance on this would help...we have only old macs and old software, sigh...
>
> thank you!!!

Well, that's easy enough, too. Make a applescript file "Tell application
Netscape open file blah blah blah", save it as an executable. Point to
the applescript file in toast.

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group


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