Forum: AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 FAQ

Question: Can AutoPlay Media Studio react to a key pressed on the users keyboard? Answer: You can make your application react to keystrokes using the following instructions: 1) Go to Page -> Properties -> Script -> "On Key" of the page that you would like to put this functionality. 2) Find...

Non-standard disc sizes/shapes don't mix with slot loading drives. You might want to put a warning right on the disc itself. Slot drives are similar to what you would see in a car audio player.

Question My AutoPlay Application Does Not Start Automatically Answer So, you've built your CD-ROM, but the AutoPlay Menu does not appear to be working. Usually, you have just made an easily correctable error or omission. Run through the following diagnostics before seeking technical support. ...

To run your application only once (i.e. the first time the user inserts your CD-ROM, and no other time), place the following code in the On Startup event of your project: --retrieve value from the registry. If the key does not exist, result = "" result =...

To send an e-mail with various fields filled in, use the File.OpenEmail action. The following can be filled in: To, Cc, Bcc, Subject, Body. 1.To send an email with the following properties: To: user@yourdomain.com Cc: user2@yourdomain.com Bcc: user3@yourdomain.com ...

AutoPlay Media Studio has a File.SetAttributes action to set the attributes of a file. If you want to set the attributes of many files at once, you need to perform that action multiple times. An easy way to do this is to store the list of files in a table, and then cycle through that table using a...

AutoPlay Media Studio includes a Page Wipe transition. Instead of simply jumping from one page to the next, and having one page disappear and the next appear, this transition 'wipes' from one page to the next. To accomplish this, use page transitions: 1. In the Property Inspector for the...

AutoPlay Media Studio has a built in function to send data to a website and receive a response: HTTP.Submit. To submit information to a website, use the HTTP.Submit action. Please note that you have to develop a server script to accept whatever information you are sending to the web. ...

It is possible in AutoPlay Media Studio to have music playing in the background of your application. To allow the user to turn off this music if they wish: 1. Create a button. 2. On this button's On Click event, insert the following code: Audio.TogglePlay(CHANNEL_BACKGROUND); This...

In AutoPlay Media Studio, it is possible to display a status dialog window to your user using built in actions. This is useful if, for example, your application uses a loop that takes quite a bit of time to complete. As an example, we will create a loop that counts to 20,000, and display a...

Question: Can I determine if the user has an Internet connection using AutoPlay Media Studio? Answer: If your application utilizes the Internet in any way, you can check to ensure that the user has internet access before continuing, and if they do not, prompt the user to connect. To...

Question: Can I pin an object so that it is not affected by other design changes? Answer: Once you have created the look of your project, you may want to 'lock' the objects to the page, but still be able to change their properties and edit their actions. This is known as 'pinning' an object to...

Question: Can I print a file using actions in AutoPlay Media Studio? Answer: To print a file from your application: Insert the following script into any event in your application: File.Print("Autoplay\\Docs\\print_me.doc");

Question: Can I submit information from my AutoPlay Media Studio application to a web page? And is it possible to get the response from the server? Answer: AutoPlay Media Studio has a built in function to send data to a website and receive a response: HTTP.Submit. To submit information to a...

Question: Can I use AutoPlay Media Studio to create a stand alone Power Point viewer? Answer: It is much easier to simply require your users to install the PowerPoint Viewer themselves from the Microsoft website. You can then simply use a File.Open action to view the PPT file. If you require...

Question: Can I include a custom splash screen in my AutoPlay Media Studio 6.0 project? Answer: A splash screen is an image that will appear on the screen for a short amount of time. The content of the splash screen is up to you – the developer. To add a splash screen to your project...

Question: How can I toggle the background music in AutoPlay Media Studio 6.0? Answer: You can easily toggle the background music with a single action in AutoPlay Media Studio 6.0. To include this option in your project follow these steps: -Create a button. -On this button's On Click...

Question: Can I change the properties of objects at runtime? Answer: Yes! Every object in AutoPlay Media Studio has corresponding easy-to-use actions allowing you to retrieve the existing object properties, and set new properties at runtime. As well, you can create and destroy objects at...

Question How do I make a ComboBox object hold a list of file and open the selected file? Answer The best way to make a comboBox object hold a list of files and open the selected one at runtime is: 1) In the ComboBox settings give each entry an appropriate display name under the section Item...

Question Can AutoPlay Media Studio be used to design web pages? Answer AutoPlay Media Studio outputs windows executable files in a specific folder structure. At this point there is no option to output to HTML or Flash so there is no way to use AutoPlay Media Studio to create web content. ...

Question How do I access data stored in a ListBox? Answer A ListBox is a great way to store data that a user can select at runtime to perform a function. For this example we will make a ListBox that stores files and then opens them when the user double clicks on one of the entries. Create a...

Question Where are the plugins located in AutoPlay Media Studio 6.0? Answer Object plugins are located under Object -> Plugins. Action plugins can be enabled from Project -> Plugins. Adam Kapilik

Question When I use the button maker to create a button the quality of images goes down. What can I do to avoid this? Answer The button maker does not reduce the quality of your images by default. This can happen inadvertently if you use .jpg files as your source files. When the button maker...

Question I would like to make custom buttons with my own images that can automatically respond to mouse clicks. Is this possible? Answer AutoPlay Media Studio 6.0 ships with a Button Maker program. You can access it from Tools -> Button Maker

Question I add a video to my AutoPlay application and it runs fine on my system. When I test this CD on other computers the video does not play. Why is that? Answer This is almost always a codec issue. The end users machine must have the ability to playback the videos in your AutoPlay project....