INFO: How to Burn Your CD-ROM
Document ID: IR03004The information in this article applies to:
- AutoPlay Menu Studio 3.0
SUMMARY
This article provides information on burning your AutoPlay Menu Studio 3.0 menu to CD-ROM.
DISCUSSION
Burning Your CD-ROM
Here are five steps that you can follow in order to burn your AutoPlay Menu Studio 3.0 menu to a CD-ROM properly:
Set up your Virtual CD-ROM Folder properly: Make sure that your Virtual CD-ROM Folder mimics the root of your CD-ROM exactly.
Reference all your independent files properly: Any file not automatically stored in the DATA directory should be referenced using %SrcDrv% or %SrcDir%.
Build your AutoPlay Menu Studio project to your Virtual CD-ROM Folder: If you set your Virtual CD-ROM Folder to: "C:\Virtual CD" you should set your output folder to: "C:\Virtual CD".
Check the contents of your Virtual CD-ROM Folder: Your Virtual CD-ROM Folder should now contain all the files and folders, including your AutoPlay Menu, that will exist on your finished CD-ROM. The contents of your Virtual CD-ROM Folder should mimic the root of your finished CD-ROM exactly. Give the files and folders one last check and you're ready to burn.
Burn the Contents of your Virtual CD-ROM Folder to the ROOT of you CD-ROM: You are now ready to transfer your AutoPlay Menu to your CD-ROM. To do so you must burn the contents of your Virtual CD-ROM Folder to the root of the CD-ROM.
This point cannot be stressed enough. Do not burn the actual Virtual CD-ROM Folder; instead burn everything that exists within the Virtual CD-ROM Folder.
Remember that the Virtual CD-ROM Folder is used to mimic the root of your CD-ROM, so whenever you burn, the root of your CD-ROM should be identical to the contents of your Virtual CD-ROM Folder.
In general the following should be burnt to the root of your CD-ROM:
E:\Autorun.exe
E:\Autorun.apm
E:\Autorun.inf
E:\DataNote: The above example assumes that E is the drive letter of the CD-ROM; this is not a constant value.
MORE INFORMATION
For more information please see the following topics in the AutoPlay Menu Studio 3.0 help file:
- Command Reference | Built-In Variables | Built-in Variables
- Command Reference | Virtual CD-ROM | Virtual CD-ROM Layout Screen
- Users Guide | The Basics | Virtual CD-ROM Layout
- Users Guide | Building and Distributing
KEYWORDS: AutoPlay Menu Studio 3.0, CD-ROM, Burning
Last reviewed: October 29, 2002
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