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AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5

Create powerful CD/DVD autorun menus, multimedia projects, interactive training applications and hundreds of other custom software programs in a drag and drop visual development environment.

                                                           
                                                           
                                                           

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Multimedia Software Development with AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5

(WINNIPEG) – Indigo Rose Software announces the immediate availability of AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 with full support for Microsoft Windows 7. AutoPlay Media Studio is a professional software development tool used by thousands of software developers to create professional autorun CD / DVD’s and multimedia software. Its visual programming environment is ideally suited to agile software development and extreme programming projects like database front-ends, business applications and interactive training systems.

AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 is a rapid application development (RAD) platform with specialized multimedia capabilities. Simply drag and drop video, audio, images, Flash and HTML onto a blank page and arrange the layout with your mouse. With no programming knowledge required, you can instruct your project to perform actions automatically or in response to events such as mouse clicks. There are over 640 actions to choose from including executing programs, querying databases, copying files, displaying dialog boxes, sending emails, parsing XML data, interacting with web scripts and much more.

“It’s a very unique software development tool,” says Indigo Rose Software President Colin Adams. “More and more companies are using it as a rapid-development alternative to tools like Delphi, C++ and Visual Basic. While well known as being the industry standard tool for creating autoplay CD / DVD menus, it’s also being used to develop thousands of other creative applications like web tools, network utilities and much more.”

AutoPlay Media Studio’s scripting engine is based upon the fast and efficient open-source Lua programming language. This scripting language offers advanced functionality, with everything from functions and control structures to arithmetic operators and associative arrays. It also features full syntax highlighting, code completion and other advanced programming facilities.

Other features of AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 include 17+ interactive objects (Rich Text, Slideshow, Grid, Flash, Web, Checkbox, Radio Button, Input, Video, Tree, Progress Bar and more), resource stamping, custom window shapes, enhanced cryptography actions and security features, and much more.

AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 sells for $295 (USD) per developer (or $995 for the 5 developer Team Pack) and can be purchased from most software development tools vendors or online at http://www.indigorose.com. AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 is compatible with Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP and earlier versions. A free 30-day trial download is available from the company’s website at http://www.indigorose.com/products/autoplay-media-studio.

About Indigo Rose Software Design Corporation
Privately held, Indigo Rose Software has been developing innovative software products and multimedia authoring tools since 1991 that are used by thousands of corporate, government and ISV customers around the world. Indigo Rose is headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada, and can be found on the Internet at http://www.indigorose.com.

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Overview of AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5

AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 is the tool of choice for professionals wanting to create reliable CD-ROM/DVD-ROM autorun menu systems. However, it’s also used by thousands of professional software developers to create amazing multimedia projects, interactive training courses and hundreds of other custom software applications.

Simply combine images, music, video, flash etc – and drag n’ drop your way to fully interactive software applications. To help you get started quickly we provide extra resources including video training, professional content add-ons, an online user forum, and much more!

Create Your Own Custom Software Applications!
Even if you have no programming experience you can create your own custom software – with comparable features and performance to software products built by professional programmers using C++/Java. AutoPlay Media Studio is a full blown rapid application development platform with a wide selection of options and support for most popular technologies. Owning AutoPlay Media Studio is like having your own professional software programmer on call 24/7.

Even Non-Programmers Can Create Applications Quickly
AutoPlay Media Studio is built from the ground up to be easy to use. Even if you have absolutely no programming experience you’ll be able to get started creating your own custom applications in just minutes. No need to memorize a bunch of code, with AutoPlay Media Studio you let the application do the work for you. The built in wizards simplify common tasks like scripting and publishing so that anyone can point and click their way to fantastic projects quickly and easily.

Customizable Dialogs
Application development has been raised to a new level in AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 with the addition of customizable dialogs. Dialogs support the same background settings, objects and events as pages do…but the options don’t stop there. Dialogs have features above and beyond pages including custom sizes, multiple windows styles, and even a custom icon. Complemented by both its own “DialogEx” action category containing 21 new actions, as well as 6 additional “Application” actions, you’ll surely find this powerful new feature a welcome addition to your design arsenal.

What’s New in 7.5?
Version 7.5 of AutoPlay Media Studio is a revolutionary upgrade with dozens of powerful new features being added. At the core is the same amazing Lua-based scripting engine found in all Indigo Rose development tools. With an enhanced selection of integrated objects and actions it’s never been easier to create advanced interactive applications using AutoPlay Media Studio. And it’s easy to extend your projects with the powerful action plugin architecture, with plugins currently available for such technologies as XML, SQLite, encryption, and more. These are just a few of the exciting additions which make it the most powerful tool in its class.

Download the Free Trial and Get Started Now!
The best way to experience the value of AutoPlay Media Studio is to try it. You can download the free trial version of AutoPlay Media Studio by clicking here. The free trial version will continue to work for a period of 30 days, so you have plenty of time to build projects and see for yourself what a great tool it is. There is no other software in its class which is easier to use, or faster to work with! If you have any questions, we’re here to help with free technical support and cost-effective consulting and integration services.

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Overview of Autorun MAX! 2.1

Autorun MAX! 2.1 gives you the power to create professional looking CD-ROM/DVD-ROM autorun menus and other interactive multimedia projects that are sure to impress. And you don’t have to be a software programmer to do it. With its intuitive workspace and drag-and-drop objects, it’s quick to learn and easy to use. Autorun MAX! requires no programming knowledge whatsoever! You’ll be amazed with the powerful functionality and stylish visual appeal that Autorun MAX! puts at your mouse-clicking fingertip.

Completely Visual – No programming required. Autorun MAX! features a completely visual drag and drop environment. Simply add content such as photos, videos, music, and text to your pages and position them using your mouse. If you like, you can even use the included alignment tools, including grids and rulers to help keep things straight. We’ve even included lots of extra content like backgrounds, panels, buttons, sound effects and more to get you started. Make your project completely interactive using our simple “fill-in-the-blanks” style system. From opening documents, to running programs, viewing websites and sending email, it couldn’t be easier!

Includes a Collection of Ready-to-Use Templates. One of the features which makes Autorun MAX! so quick and easy to work with is the included library of ready-to-use project templates. We’ve included templates for all of the popular autorun CD projects like basic CD menus, electronic business cards and much more. To apply a template simply select it in the new project dialog and Autorun MAX! will do the rest. All you have to do is substitute your content for the placeholder content and publish. Autorun MAX! templates guarantee professional autorun CDs for anyone, in just a few clicks!

Easy Publishing – Burn to CD, Send by Email & More. Whether you prefer to distribute your projects via email, CD-ROM, the internet, or even a CD ISO image, Autorun MAX! makes it a breeze with the handy Publishing Wizard. With just a few clicks you can generate all the files you need to get the job done quickly and correctly. Autorun MAX! can even directly burn your autorun CDs without any need for external CD burning software. The Autorun MAX! Publishing Wizard is clearly laid out and very easy to use, even if you have no prior experience creating your own autorun CDs.

Download the Free Trial and Get Started Now

The best way to experience the value of Autorun MAX! is to try it out first hand. You can download the free trial version of Autorun MAX! by clicking here. The free trial version will continue to work for a period of 30 days, so you have plenty of time to build projects and see for yourself what a great tool Autorun MAX! is. There is no other software in its class which is easier to use, or faster to work with.

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AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 Product Features

AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 makes it easy to create your own interactive multimedia software. Even if you’re not a “programmer”, you’ll be creating professional projects in no time. It’s all done in a completely visual, drag-and-drop design environment. From images, text and music to video, drop-down lists and web content, you simply move things into place using your mouse. Then, you can add powerful interactivity with a built-in library of more than 640 easy to use actions.

Whether you’re a complete novice or a seasoned programmer used to working with Microsoft Visual Basic, Macromedia Director, Microsoft Visual C++ or Borland Delphi, you’ll find that AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 deserves a place in your toolbox. It’s perfect for making autorun CD/DVD’s, software installer menus, electronic business cards, training material and just about any other interactive multimedia project you can think of!

Visual Development Environment

Drag-and-Drop Development
Creating professional multimedia software can be both easy and fun, thanks to AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5. In fact, with our award winning WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) visual design environment, anyone can do it! Simply drag and drop your media content (text, photos, videos, Macromedia Flash, and much more) onto “pages” and then add interactivity with over 640 built-in actions. It couldn’t be easier!

Interactive Objects
There are 17 different object types to choose from. Objects types include buttons, text labels, paragraph text, rich text, images, videos, Macromedia Flash, web browsers, slideshows, hotspots, input fields, list boxes, drop-down lists, radio buttons, checkboxes, progress bars and tree controls. Each object includes a variety of events and is fully customizable.

Easy Publishing
AutoPlay Media Studio makes packaging up and distributing your finished project a snap. Whether you’d like to create a single-file executable for distribution by web download or email, or burn it to a CD/DVD data disc, it just takes a few clicks. You can even choose to publish to ISO CD/DVD images or to a hard drive folder for packing it up with an installer/setup builder.

Professional Templates
Choose from a variety of ready-to-use projects and then modify them to fit your needs. We include examples of software installer menus, electronic business cards, marketing brochures and many others. It’s also easy to make your own project templates or to add-in templates made by others.

Easy to Learn
It couldn’t be easier to create powerful multimedia applications. We’ve packed the software with wizards, tutorials, a user’s guide, context sensitive help and much more. It’s also backed up with world-class technical support options, online discussion groups, and video training lessons.

NEW! Customizable Popup Dialogs
Application development has been raised to a new level in AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 with the addition of customizable dialogs. Dialogs support the same background settings, objects and events as pages do…but the options don’t stop there. Dialogs have features above and beyond pages including custom sizes, multiple windows styles, and even a custom icon. Complemented by both its own “DialogEx” action category containing 21 new actions, as well as 6 additional “Application” actions, you’ll surely find this powerful new feature a welcome addition to your design arsenal.

Content Gallery
We’ve included a ton of great content to get you started including background images, photos, abstracts, panels, bars, bullets, buttons, sound effects and even music files. Simply mix and match to put together a great looking project in no time.

Project Explorer
Get an overview of your project in one place. You can see all of the pages, events and objects in your project organized into a tree hierarchy. Double-click any item to edit its properties or right-click for common commands. It’s a great way to see how everything is connected.

Properties Pane
The properties pane is a fast way to view and edit all of the attributes of a page or object. You can interactively edit the object text, font, size, color, tooltip and much more without missing a beat.

Page Management
Pages are the backbone of AutoPlay Media Studio. Consider that you can have up to 1000 of them in each project and you’ll realize the importance of effective page management. Accessing pages is easy in AutoPlay, thanks to the page tabs on the main window. You can also easily change page order, rename or remove pages and more with the click of your mouse.

File Layout System
When you want to add or remove whole folders of files, or fine-tune the structure of a CD/DVD project, the File Layout dialog comes in very handy. It’s split into two panes, with your computer’s file system on the top and your project on the bottom. Select the files you want, click “add” and you’re done!

Thumbnail File Browsers
The file browsers in the product support thumbnail view, making it much faster and easier to locate files.

Quick Preview
Click the preview button and try out your project whenever you want. There’s no lengthy compiling process to wait for, so you can test changes as you make them.

Undo/Redo
Full support for undo and redo operations make it quick and easy to try out new ideas.

Align and Arrange
A full suite of alignment tools helps make quick work of your layout tasks. Simply select a group of objects and click the desired alignment button to line up their edges on the top, left, right or bottom. You can also easily distribute objects over a given space, make them all the same size, adjust their “z” order, and more.

Group, Pin, Lock & Hide
Professional design tools like object grouping allow you to move and work with multiple objects at once. The lock and pin tools keep you from accidentally moving an object out of place, while the hide and show feature is great for trying out different designs.

Grid and Ruler
Toggle on the grid for easy object placement – the automatic snapping feature makes it quick to use. The ruler is a helpful precision tool assisting you in pixel level placement of your design elements.

Guidelines
Just like in your favorite image editing software, but now in your favorite multimedia development software! Using guidelines, you can set up margins and placement rules to make sure your design looks perfect.

Customizable Toolbars
All of the toolbars and keyboard shortcuts can be reconfigured and customized to your preference. You’re not restricted by the default set up- you can lay out your favorite features the way you like to work with them.

Built-in Spelling Checker
Make sure that typos don’t creep into your projects. Just about anywhere you can type, you can perform a spell check to ensure error-free text. Dictionaries are available for over a dozen languages including English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Croatian, Czech, Polish and Slovenian.

Easy Application Development

Video, Flash, Web, Images & More
We include a wide variety of interactive objects so that you can create truly impressive projects. Compare it to any other tool (including Macromedia Director, Microsoft Visual Basic and Borland Delphi), and you’ll see that AutoPlay Media Studio is much easier to use, giving you better results faster.

Multi-Channel Audio Mixing
Your projects can take advantage of the fastest, most advanced sound effect and music handling engine available anywhere! You can play up to 8 channels of audio simultaneously with automatic selection of either hardware or software mixing. Most incredibly, it does not require any version of DirectSound or DirectX to be installed, using them only if available.

Transparency, Shadows and Blending
No competitive tool can match AutoPlay Media Studio when it comes to fast and efficient handling of complex graphics files. With our support for 32-bit PNG images, you gain access to incredible shadow effects, blending options, opacity levels and full alpha channel information. In simple terms, it means that your projects will look better than ever!

Startup Video or Flash Movie
Start your project up with an introductory video or flash animation. It can run full screen and makes an eye catching start to your project. Of course, there are a variety of options for customization including size and background color.

Custom Window Shapes
Forget about being restricted to rectangular windows. With the window mask feature, you can create projects of any size and shape you desire. Select from the included masks like “star”, “bubble” and “oval”, or make your own.

Background Music
Add a bunch of music files to the play list, and they’ll play in the background while your project runs. All of the music is automatically mixed in real-time with mouse-over sound effects and up to 6 other channels, such as audio narration.

Window Styles
Run your project as a standard window, or go for something more extraordinary like bordered, flat or even kiosk mode. Paired with the window mask option, you don’t even have to make it rectangular. Talk about eye-catching!

Automatic Sizing and Positioning of Objects
The Auto-Resize options for each object allow you to control how each side of the object responds to the page being resized at runtime. This makes it very easy to have resizable applications look right at different sizes.

Custom Icons
Now you can pick your own project icon and have it show up in the window title bar, task bar and as the executable’s icon.

Menu Bars
It’s now possible to add a standard Windows style menu bar to your project. It’s easy to configure and edit, even letting you configure nested items. When a menu item is selected, it fires a project event telling you what was chosen, allowing you to take whatever action you desire.

Resource Stamping
Set your own version resource information and have it stored in the executable. You can now change the company name, product name, copyright notice, trademark information, version identifier and other useful fields.

Automatic Code Signing
Automatically have your applications code signed during publishing. This provides a more secure experience for users and helps make applications Windows Vista compliant.

Page Keyword Searching
Specify a list of keywords associated with each page. Then at runtime use the new actions to search for keywords on pages, create an indexed table of keywords, or even show a common dialog to allow the user to perform keyword searches.

17 Interactive Objects

Button Object
A button responds automatically by changing its appearance when you move the mouse over it or click on it. With multiple image states, text options and a toggle state, buttons are used for many interactive tasks. We include a variety of pre-made button files for you to use, as well as a full featured button editor for making your own.

Text Label Object
Perfect for headlines and single line sentences, text label objects support interactive design-time resizing, custom fonts, sizes, colors, sound effects and more. An advanced anti-alias algorithm eliminates jagged edges and makes all of your text look great – even at large sizes.

Paragraph Object
Use any font, size, color or style of text you want. The software handles the required logic to automatically embed the TrueType fonts you use so your projects look great on any system. Add text effects like bold, italic and underline, set alignment options and pick from a variety of scroll bar skins.

Rich Text Object
The rich text object allows you to display rich text (.rtf) in an object. It supports background transparency as well as design-time and runtime character and paragraph formatting.

Image Object
Display pictures and other graphics in both 256 colors and 16.7 million colors. Supports all the major image file formats, including PNG, JPG, GIF and TIF. Supports interactive resizing, transparency, alpha channel, variable opacity, mouse over and click sounds, tooltip, cursor changes and more. Dynamically reduces and increases image color depth to work on all monitors and display cards.

Video Object
Embed digital video into your pages, like AVI, MPEG and WMV. You can make use of the skinable control panel for controlling the video and an extensive action set if you require the video’s playback to be controlled internally.

Adobe/Macromedia Flash Object
Play Flash movies right on your page! It’s even possible for your project to interact directly with the flash SWF file, through the use of FSCommands and variables. An extremely popular format for animations, videos, demos and many other tasks.

Web Browser Object
The web browser object lets you display a web site right on your page, just like it would appear in Internet Explorer. Easily create custom web browsers by responding to a comprehensive set of events. It’s an extremely powerful feature!

Slideshow Object
The slideshow object allows you to show a series of images in a set area. It supports automatic resizing and scaling as well as transitions between images.

Hotspot Object
Make any part of your background image “live”. The hotspot objects add flexibility to your projects by making background design elements interactive.

Input Object
Create forms and other information collection systems. Supports single and multi-line input boxes, as well as password masking, custom input masks and a variety of customization options.

List Box Object
Show a scrollable list of information, allowing single or multi-selections. For example, you could display a list of song titles (so the user could choose a song to play), or a list of topics (so the user could decide what topic to view next). Includes options for text style, colors, auto-sorting and more.

Combo Box Object
When you want to present a list of options, but need to do it in a compact and efficient manner, this object shows a dropdown list box. You can control the look and feel of the object with properties such as font face, text color, size and background color.

Checkbox Object
The checkbox object wraps the standard Windows checkbox control but takes it to a new level by allowing transparent background and mouse state text color changes.

Radio Button Object
The radio button object is great for quiz and test applications. Radio buttons support transparent backgrounds and changing text color as the mouse passes over them. Radio button selection and grouping is also handled automatically.

Progress Bar Object
Whether you need to show a percentage of a completed task, or a simple indicator gauge to keep your users informed, the progress bar is ideal. You can control the background and bar colors, text, fonts, vertical or horizontal orientation, step size, min and max values, and a variety of styles such as standard or XP look.

Tree Object
The tree object allows you to display a hierarchal list of items on the page in the well known tree format. Items can have checkboxes associated with them, or simply be selectable. The tree object has an extensive action set so you can load and manipulate tree items at run time for full flexibility.

Publishing Options

Publishing Wizard
Once you’ve got your project ready to go, the Publishing Wizard will package it up and make it ready to distribute. There are a variety of powerful options to choose from, including direct CD/DVD burning, single-file executable, ISO image or hard drive folder.

Integrated CD/DVD Burning
You can now publish directly to CD-R/CD-RW or DVD±R/DVD±RW media. Simply insert a blank disc and the wizard will burn your finished project right to it.

Web/Email Executable
Turn you finished project into a compressed, single-file executable. It’s perfect for distribution by web and email.

Hard Drive Folder
Rather do the CD/DVD burning yourself? No problem. You can easily output your project to a folder on your hard drive that’s ready to package up however you want. It’s a great choice if you are creating a traditional application and want to distribute your application with a professional software installer tool, like Setup Factory.

ISO Image
An advanced option, for people wanting to produce an ISO image for use by a CD/DVD replication company or service bureau.

The Power to Be Creative

No Programming Required
You don’t need to be a programmer to use AutoPlay Media Studio. It’s easy enough for anyone to use. While a full wizard-assisted scripting engine is available for power users, the new Quick Action tab lets new users get up to speed right away. Just fill in the blanks to handle the most popular actions like opening documents, running programs, switching pages and more. It’s really that easy!

Open Any File, Program or Document
Using the built-in actions your project will be able to open any file with an associated viewer application. Whether it is Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT), Adobe Acrobat (PDF), Microsoft Word (DOC) or any other document or program (EXE), it’s a snap.

Print Pages at Runtime
The addition of the Page.Print action allows you to print pages at runtime including options for whether or not to show a print dialog and whether to scale the pages to fit the paper.

Event Driven
Events include things like clicking on an object or moving the mouse across a page. Simply add actions to the appropriate object’s event handler and they’ll be performed automatically. This simple system, while easy to work with, is also incredibly powerful!

Page Timers
If you want to make things happen on a repeatable schedule, then timers are for you. For example, you can configure a timer to fire every 5 seconds. When it does, you can run an action of your choice like querying a web server, moving an object or playing a sound effect. It’s very powerful and very easy to do.

Flexible Scripting Engine
AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 includes the same scripting engine as other Indigo Rose products. Based on the popular “Lua” language, this all-new and incredibly powerful free-form scripting engine gives you unprecedented control over your project. This easy to use language features everything from “for, repeat and while” loops, to “if/else” conditions, functions, variables and associative arrays. Paired with the built-in action library, full mathematical evaluation and Boolean expressions, there is simply nothing you can’t achieve. We’ve also built in an Action Wizard so even complete novices can create powerful projects that handle the most demanding tasks.

Comprehensive Action Library
We’ve included a library of more than 640 powerful yet easy to use actions. There are high-level actions to handle everything from text file editing to system registry changes. You can execute programs, open documents, query drive information, manipulate strings, copy files, enumerate processes, interact with web scripts, display dialog boxes and much more.

Easy to Use Action Wizard
You don’t have to be a wizard to create incredible multimedia applications. We’ve built the wizard into the software! Simply choose the action you want from a categorized list (complete with on-screen interactive help), fill in the requested information fields and the wizard does the rest. You don’t have to know anything about scripting or programming – just fill in the blanks, and you’re done! Making changes is just as easy. Click on the line you want to change and press the “edit” button to go back to the original form. It’s that easy!

Expandable with Action Plugins
Add on modules can extend your projects in infinitely powerful ways, such as adding support for databases, FTP file transfers and CD audio playback. Tight integration with the design environment makes plugins just as easy to use as built-in actions. Plugins are available through Indigo Rose as well as third-party developers thanks to Indigo Rose’s freely available plug-in development kit.

Trusted by Professionals
Thousands of companies trust Indigo Rose software tools. In fact our products, such as AutoPlay Media Studio, Setup Factory, TrueUpdate and Visual Patch are used to create, distribute and manage software on millions of customer and client systems around the world. You can trust the people who invented the visual autorun CD development environment to stand by our products with world-class support!

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AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 Product Brochure

AutoPlay Media Studio excels at making multimedia applications by bringing together different types of media and presenting them in an attractive, customized way that is fully interactive. Impressive multimedia projects can be created faster and easier with AutoPlay Media Studio than with any traditional software development tool (such as Visual C++, Delphi, or Visual Basic). In fact, fully functional applications can be created in a matter of minutes. Whether you’re a complete novice or a seasoned programmer, you’re going to love AutoPlay Media Studio’s visual approach to software development.

Click here to download a printable AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 brochure

 

 

Note: This brochure in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. You may need to download and install the Adobe Reader software in order to view it.

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Download a Free Trial Version of AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5

The best way to decide if AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 is right for you, is to download the free 30-day trial version. The trial version is fully functional, so you’ll be able to really “kick the tires” and see what it can do.

To download the free trial version, please enter your information into the fields below. We’ll email you the download instructions within minutes of submitting your request.

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Product Features

Autorun MAX! 2.1 makes it easy for anyone to create professional looking CD-ROM/DVD-ROM autorun menus. With its easy-to-use visual design environment, you don’t have to know a thing about computer programming. If you can use a mouse, you can create dazzling projects with Autorun MAX! 

Easy to Use Completely Visual Supports All Popular Images Formats (JPG, GIF, BMP, TIF and PNG) Fully Customizable Design Environment Publish Direct to CD-R/CD-RW Open Document Files Run Programs Print Documents Show Microsoft PowerPoint Slides Display Adobe Acrobat PDF Documents Play Multimedia Files Open Website Windows Publish to Web/Email Executable (Business Edition only) Send Email Action Multiple Pages Interactive Objects Button Object Label Object Paragraph Object Video Object Written in C++ for Speed and Reliability Includes Project Templates Playback of MPG and AVI Video Economically Priced Alignment Tools Overlap Images Adjustable Object Z-Order Mouse-Over Sound Effects Easy Drag and Drop Development Custom Window Titles Highlight Mouse Cursors Window Masking Image Transparency Change Image Opacity

Lock Objects to Page Background Music (OGG, WAV, WMA) Alpha Blending and Transparency Full Help File Startup Splash Image Custom Font Attributes WYSIWYG Design Environment Startup Actions Create Autorun CDs Shutdown Splash Image Integrated Page Management Sample Projects Blend Images Play Video at Startup Top Notch Support Snap To Grid Play Music Button Maker Anti-Aliased Text Use Any TrueType Font Text Alignment Customizable Preferences Shutdown Actions Text Rotation Automatic Spell Checking Tooltips Export to AutoPlay Media Studio Format Undo/Redo Support Make CD Business Cards Copy/Paste Objects Resizable Objects with Aspect Ratio Custom Windows Shapes Easy to Follow User’s Guide Pin Objects to Page Alignment Rulers Fast and Fun to Use!

 

What Can I Do With Autorun MAX?

Autorun MAX! makes it easy for anyone to create professional looking interactive multimedia software. With its easy-to-use visual design environment, you don’t have to know a thing about computer programming. If you can use a mouse, you can create dazzling projects with Autorun MAX!. Some possibilities include:

• CD-ROM autorun / autoplay menus.
• Electronic CD-ROM Business Cards
• Travel Journals
• Invitations
• Brochures
• Demos and Walkthroughs
• Much more – the kinds of projects you can make are limited only by your imagination! 

Home and Business Editions

Autorun MAX! is available in two editions: Home and Business.

Home Edition
The Home edition shares the same overall design environment as the Business edition. It comes with 100 pages available for your project. With the Home edition, you have two publishing options: build and publish your project to a Hard Drive Folder, or burn it onto CD-R/CD-RW or DVD+-R/DVD+-RW.

Note: The Home Edition is licensed for personal use only. You cannot distribute any of the projects you create for any purpose that is commercial, organizational or business related. However, you’re free to distribute your CD’s to friends and family. For business use, you’ll need to purchase the Business Edition.

Business Edition
The Business edition includes everything in the Home edition and expands on a few key features. With the Business edition, you have 250 pages available for your project. You have four publishing options: build and publish your project on a Hard Drive Folder, burn it onto CD-R/CD-RW or DVD+-R/DVD+-RW, create a Web/Email Executable, or create an ISO Image. Additionally, with the Business edition you can turn off the Autorun MAX! credit screen (or replace it with your own logo/image) that is shown when your project closes.

Note: The Autorun MAX! Business edition license agreement allows you to distribute the projects you make with Autorun MAX! for both personal and business use, with no additional royalties or fees.

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Frequently Asked Questions for AutoPlay Media Studio

AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 is an easy-to-use software tool that allows you to create your own custom CD/DVD-ROM autorun menus, interactive presentations, and custom multimedia programs in just minutes. Use your existing content such as images, music, video, flash, text, and more, and simply drag and drop your way to amazing software applications.

Here are some answers to common questions about AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5…

Who Needs AutoPlay Media Studio?

Anyone who wants to create their own multimedia software needs AutoPlay Media Studio. Whether you are creating an autorun menu for a software CD-ROM/DVD-ROM, distributing document files, PowerPoint presentations, Acrobat PDF files or making full multimedia applications, AutoPlay Media Studio is the tool for you.

What can I do with AutoPlay Media Studio?

Quite simply, AutoPlay Media Studio helps you make professional multimedia software. While the product excels at certain tasks like making front-end browsers for CD/DVD-ROMs (i.e. Autorun/AutoPlay menus), that’s just the beginning. Integrating diverse media types such as images, sounds, videos, text, and flash into a single cohesive presentation is what AutoPlay Media Studio does best. In fact, it’s been trusted to deliver rock-solid multimedia experiences to millions of people around the world. Examples include:

• Multimedia Authoring & Application Development
• Computer Based Training (CBT) Applications
• CD-ROM AutoPlay/Autorun Menu Systems
• Interactive Marketing Presentations
• CD Business Cards
• Much more!

How easy is it to learn?

AutoPlay Media Studio has always been known for its easy-to-use visual design environment. Easily add interactive objects (images, video, text etc.) to your project and move them into position with the help of alignment tools, guidelines, and grids. Once you’ve completed your interface, it’s a snap to attach powerful actions to events such as mouse clicks and key presses. Whether opening a PDF file, playing a video, or showing a web site, the Action wizard makes it easy to choose from over 500 built-in functions. It’s just as powerful as Visual Basic, Delphi, Director or C++, but it’s much easier to learn and faster to get results.

Does AutoPlay Media Studio have a drag-and-drop WYSIWYG interface?

Yes. AutoPlay Media Studio boasts an intuitive drag-and-drop WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) interface. Adding images, videos, and other content is as easy as clicking a button. Or, simply drag your media into the Design Environment from Windows Explorer. Moving and re-arranging items in your project is just as easy; just drag them around the page! What you see when you are designing your project is what your users will see when they run your project. Adding and working with content has never been easier!

Can I make business card CD’s and video projects with AutoPlay Media Studio?

Absolutely! While AutoPlay Media Studio was originally designed to create front-end menus for CD-ROM’s, the new features in AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 make it the perfect tool for any multimedia task you can throw at it. Create stunning CD business cards, dazzling video projects, or anything else that you can dream up!

Can AutoPlay Media Studio Burn to DVD?

Yes! AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 can now burn DVD+/-R’s right from the design environment. Simply select ‘CD/DVD’ as your publish method, insert a blank DVD, and AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 takes care of the rest. DVD’s burnt through AutoPlay Media Studio will play in any Windows computer that can read DVD+/-R format discs.

Does AutoPlay Media Studio support Adobe/Macromedia Flash?

Yes! AutoPlay Media Studio comes standard with a Flash object, enabling you to seamlessly integrate your Flash files into your AutoPlay Media Studio projects.

What video formats does AutoPlay Media Studio support?

AutoPlay Media Studio supports a variety of video formats including Windows Media Video (WMV), AVI, and MPEG. In addition, through the web object, AutoPlay Media Studio can display any video that can be viewed through Internet Explorer, such as QuickTime and Real Video. Please consult the help file for a complete list of supported video formats.

What image formats does AutoPlay Media Studio support?

AutoPlay Media Studio supports a variety of image formats including BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, PSD, and TIF. Please consult the help file for a complete list of supported image formats.

What audio formats does AutoPlay Media Studio support?

AutoPlay Media Studio supports a variety of audio formats including OGG and WAV. MP3 files can be played through the Windows Media Player plugin. Please consult the help file for a complete list of supported audio formats.

What operating systems do AutoPlay Media Studio projects run on?

Applications created with AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 will run on Windows 95B and above. Please consult the help file for a complete list of system requirements.

Can I use AutoPlay Media Studio with Macs?

Unfortunately, AutoPlay Media Studio is designed for use with Windows only. It currently does not support other operating systems such as Mac. That being said, AutoPlay Media Studio does support a variety of cross-platform technologies, such as universal video formats and Macromedia Flash.

Do I need to be a programmer to use AutoPlay Media Studio?

Absolutely not! With its intuitive drag-and-drop WYSIWYG interface and easy-to-use action wizard, both programmers and non-programmers alike can create professional, fully functional applications in a matter of minutes. Beginners will appreciate the quick results while power users love the flexibility of the software.

Can I create web pages with AutoPlay Media Studio?

No. AutoPlay Media Studio is designed to create multimedia applications such as CD front-end menus, CD business cards, presentations, etc. It is not able to generate web pages. With that being said, you can publish to a self-contained executable which can be hosted on a website for your users to download. You can even host web pages within your application, thanks to the included Web object.

Are there any templates to work from?

Yes! AutoPlay Media Studio ships with 20+ templates to choose from. As well, both Indigo Rose staff members and users alike post sample projects from time to time on the Indigo Rose forums.

How long does it take to create a project?

Simple yet fully functional applications can be created in a matter of minutes! It really depends on what you are trying to create. Suffice to say, you can create impressive multimedia projects faster and easier with AutoPlay Media Studio, than you could with any traditional software development tool, like Visual C++, Delphi or Visual Basic.

Do any large companies use AutoPlay Media Studio?

AutoPlay Media Studio is used by thousand of companies, both large and small alike. Large companies love our royalty-free licensing policy, while small companies and individual users enjoy the multitude of features for an affordable price.

Do I have to pay any royalties to distribute my AutoPlay Media Studio created applications?

Absolutely not! AutoPlay Media Studio’s license agreement lets you distribute published applications on a royalty-free basis. In other words, once you purchase the commercial version of AutoPlay Media Studio, there are no additional costs to distribute your applications.

Is AutoPlay Media Studio only for creating CD-ROM menus?

No! AutoPlay Media Studio is a powerful multimedia design tool that can be used to design any multimedia application. Our users have used AutoPlay Media Studio to create everything from computer-based training applications to simple CD business cards. No matter what your multimedia task, AutoPlay Media Studio is up to the challenge.

Can I distribute my projects by email?

AutoPlay Media Studio can publish to a self-extracting executable file, which is perfect for internet distribution. While it is possible to attach this file to an email message, due to many modern spam filters blocking executable attachments, your best bet is to post the generated file to a web server and email your clients a link that they can use to download your application.

What type of files can I use within my AutoPlay Media Studio project?

Any file that can be read from Windows can be opened using AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5. Some files, such as images and videos, can be displayed within your AutoPlay application through objects. All other files, (such as PPT, DOC, XLS and PDF) can be opened in their default system viewers.

Can AutoPlay Media Studio react to mouse clicks and mouse movement?

Absolutely! AutoPlay Media Studio can detect mouse movement, and both left and right mouse-clicks. With this powerful interactivity AutoPlay Media Studio can perform tasks when objects are clicked and display pop-up menus when the user right-clicks within your project. You can even perform tasks each time the user moves the mouse! Thanks to the flexibility and high level of interactivity, the possibilities are limitless.

Can AutoPlay Media Studio read and write registry values and INI files?

Yes! AutoPlay Media Studio comes standard with easy-to-use actions for reading from and writing to the user’s registry as well as reading from and writing to INI files. As well, there are actions to determine if the user has the appropriate permissions to read from and/or write to the registry or to INI files.

What objects are included in AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5?

AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 includes a plethora of objects allowing you to include a wide variety of content in your application. Using the built-in objects, you can include images, videos, text files, interactive buttons, Flash files, and web content. As well, AutoPlay Media Studio comes with objects for displaying combobox dropdown menus, progress bars, and selection trees. In addition to the built-in objects, AutoPlay Media Studio can be expanded through object plugins. Some of the plugins available allow you to include a calendar, a slider and image thumbnails in your project.

Can I add my own information to the file properties of the published executable?

Yes! The commercial version of AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 allows you to customize the information displayed in the file properties of your published application’s executable.

Can I change the icon of the published executable?

Yes! The commercial version of AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 allows you to customize the icon displayed both in your application, as well as the icon associated with the executable of your published application.

Can I change the properties of objects at runtime?

Yes! Every object in AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5 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 runtime through actions.

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AutoPlay Media Studio Screenshot Gallery

AutoPlay Media Studio 7.5’s visual approach to rapid software development makes it easy for anyone to create their own applications – even if you have absolutely no programming experience. It’s the perfect tool for creating CD/DVD autorun menus – but that’s just the beginning. It’s also being used by thousands of developers to create interactive presentations, video training software, web tools, database apps and much more.

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Far more than a simple file launching utility, Autorun MAX! 2.1 makes it possible to create a fully customized menu interface, complete with high-quality alpha blended graphics, video playback, background music, and non-rectangular windows. All of the essential tools needed to create a modern autorun menu are provided in an environment that is quick to learn and a pleasure to work with.

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