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CD-ROM Project Optional Settings "Alternative HTML start file" allows you to select an alternative start file apart from your default start file that has been defined in the section "Settings". This alternative start file is being loaded if you have defined any system requirements (e.g. JavaScript) for your menu that are not fulfilled or available on the target machine where your menu is launched. To define those system requirements that are checked during the startup of your menu, you can define a list of special DLL files in the input field "System requirements" in this section. Please use commas to separate the file names that you provide here. By default Discstarter comes with some ready to use DLL files to test for certain features and requirements on the target machine. These are a test for JavaScript "req_js.dll", a Flash™ (req_flash.dll) and a Quicktime™ (req_qt.dll) DLL file. If your menu requires e.g. JavaScript and Flash™ you have to enter "req_js,req_flash" into the input field "System requirements". Additionally (!) you have to copy the files "req_js.dll" and "req_flash.dll" into the Master Directory where also the "autostart.exe" file is located. If you do not copy those files but specify them as system requirements you will get an error message if you try to start your menu with Discstarter. Apart from using those ready to use DLLs that come with Discstarter, you can develop your own DLL plug ins that can test for anything you like to test on the target machine. Therefore you need to know how to program DLL files as well as a development environment such as Borland Delphi or Microsoft Visual Studio. To get a description of the interface that your custom DLLs will have to fulfill, please send us an email. We will send you a detailed interface description (API) as well as a sample project that shows how to create your own DLLs. If you do not have any knowledge about programming, we also offer you to program custom DLLs files for you according to your individual specifications. Please feel free to contact us if you are interested in that. Hyperlinks in your menu that point to files containing a file extension that is listed in the input field "Extensions of files to be executed" are not shown in the Discstarter browser window but are executed directly using the Windows API command "ShellExecute". This is equivalent to a double click on a file in the Windows Explorer. This allows you e.g. to open a ZIP or PDF directly with the associated application or to run an EXE file without getting the default warning dialog of the Internet Explorer that is usually shown when clicking on a hyperlink that points to an EXE file. If you want to specify more than just one file extension, please separate the values using a comma, e.g. "exe,pdf,zip" in order to execute EXE files directly and open PDF and ZIP files in the associated application (usually Acrobat Reader and WinZip). Warning: This feature works ONLY, if the hyperlinks to the files do NOT have a target="..." attribute inside the A-Tag. Otherwise Discstarter cannot catch these hyperlinks and the files will be shown in a default browser window. Correct example: <A href="program.exe">link text</A>
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