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Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 7:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Thanks Dra.

I'm trying to run about three different slideshows. The slideshows are one executable file each. The other thing I'm trying to run is a web page.

So the menu would have four buttons or items. Ideally the programs being run would open in a separate window so that when they are closed, the main menu would still be displayed.

I know how to create an autorun CD that will launch one of these automatically but I don't know how to create the menu.

The idea of using a web page to do this is a good one, but I suspect that Internet Explorer would either not allow the user to launch an executable or produce a bunch of warnings against doing so (if it doesn't it should!).

Draheid
Board Administrator

09-09-2001

Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 8:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Draheid a private message Print Post    
Jimmer: A quick look on SIMTEL shows several programs for creating CD menus. One that looks promising, and it's FREEWARE, is CD Portal 3.3 CLICK HERE which looks like it will do all you need and much more.

I don't remember if IE will allow you to run exe files (the slide shows) or not. The last time I made a menu for a disc, I wrote it in Visual Basic and that worked for me. It was a menu for several slide shows & videos I created. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find the source code or I'd be happy to share it with you.

Jimmer
Moderator

08-30-2000

Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 9:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Thanks Dra. I'll have a look at it.

Karen
Member

09-07-2004

Friday, April 07, 2006 - 7:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
Jimmer -- I don't know if I'm a bit late on this or not, maybe you've solved your problem already...

But if not, I'm a project manager at a multimedia company, and what you're trying to do is exactly what we do every day. I don't know all the ins and outs of it, but if you still need an answer on Monday, I can definitely talk to my programmers and see what they recommend.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, April 07, 2006 - 7:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I haven't had time to test out the program that Dra pointed out yet. I'll probably try it tomorrow.

Regardless, I'd love to hear what they recommend. Thanks very much.

Karen
Member

09-07-2004

Monday, April 10, 2006 - 7:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
Hey Jimmer -- just looking into this for you now. Do you know Flash?

Jimmer
Moderator

08-30-2000

Monday, April 10, 2006 - 7:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Flash who? Is he a member here?

Just kidding. I know about it but I'm not an expert by any stretch.

Would the concern I have about using a Web Page and browser apply with Flash as well? What I don't want is IE or the O/S popping up a warning message to my clients that they might not want to use the disk.

Of course, I could always tell them about that in advance and advise them that I am a "trusted source".

Draheid
Board Administrator

09-09-2001

Monday, April 10, 2006 - 7:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Draheid a private message Print Post    
Jimmer: The only relatively sure way to avoid warning messages from IE (or the myriad of other potential problems such as the client computer using a different browser by default, various levels of security settings, corporate controlled policies that prevent them from running programs, etc. etc.) is to avoid using such functions or programs. If you have Visual Basic (or similar programming language), you would probably be better off writing your own menu program.

Buttercup
Member

09-10-2000

Monday, April 10, 2006 - 7:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Buttercup a private message Print Post    
I need some digital camera advice, and thought there was a thread about it somewhere around here. However, I can't find it. Can somebody help?

Of course, you could just call me crazy and tell me that it never did exist

Jimmer
Moderator

08-30-2000

Monday, April 10, 2006 - 8:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I think it probably got archived. Maybe you could start a new one (or I could start one for you if you like)?

Jimmer
Moderator

08-30-2000

Monday, April 10, 2006 - 8:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Thanks Dra. I still haven't tried out the little program that you pointed me to (but I will).

With respect to writing my own in VB, I don't have experience with VB, just with VBA which I think is quite different.

Buttercup
Member

09-10-2000

Monday, April 10, 2006 - 8:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Buttercup a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Jimmer. I'll go ahead and start one, but perhaps you could stop by and give me some advice

Froggiegirl621
Member

02-14-2003

Friday, April 14, 2006 - 1:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Froggiegirl621 a private message Print Post    
I need some help. I downloaded a bunch of pictures today, and there are a few that I would like to post here but they are too big. I tried myimager, or whatever it's called, as well as tried a few other image resizer sites. Either the pics are still too big to post, or even too big to use the image resizer site. Some of the pics are over 750mb, and the smallest I can get them is 77mb (still too big to post here).

Can anyone help me by either offering to resize them for me, or by directing me to a better site to use? I really would like to post these pics. Thanks!


Draheid
Board Administrator

09-09-2001

Friday, April 14, 2006 - 2:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Draheid a private message Print Post    
Froggiegirl: Try IrFanview (www.irfanview.com) which is free and should allow you to resize any picture file you have. It's fairly easy to use and versatile enough to handle many different formats. If you have trouble figuring out how to use it, let me know and I'll try to help.

Froggiegirl621
Member

02-14-2003

Friday, April 14, 2006 - 6:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Froggiegirl621 a private message Print Post    
Thanks Drah. I downloaded irfanview and tried it, only problem is when I change the width and height of the pic to get it small enough to post the pic ends up being the size of a thumbnail. Way too small to view, if that makes sense. Am I doing something wrong?

Draheid
Board Administrator

09-09-2001

Friday, April 14, 2006 - 7:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Draheid a private message Print Post    
Froggie: Check your e-mail for a PM from me please.

Babyruth
Member

07-19-2001

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 9:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
Does anyone (Jimmer?) know how to create a webpage that will have copyright images on it so that the images can't be right-clicked and copied?

A family member is a pro-photographer and is taking a web design class to start a website, and her 20-something year old instructor doesn't know anything about this. Is there an HTML code for it that she should put in her pages? Thanks in advance!! :-)

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 9:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
There is a way to do that. I can't remember off-hand but I can find out if you want?

The only problem is that while you can't right click and save the images in Internet Explorer, you can still save them if you use another browser. And for that matter you can save them in other ways even if you use Internet Explorer.

The grim reality is that once the image is on the web, it is impossible to protect it.

Bob2112
Member

06-12-2002

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 9:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bob2112 a private message Print Post    
Jimmer is right about not being able to protect the images. You can disable the right click option using JavaScript, but there is nothing to prevent the user from viewing the source code (View->Source in IE) and getting the URL to your image from your code. If you enter this URL into your browser, the image will be loaded and the right click save option will now work.

Most professional sites will place a "watermark" across the image (often the website URL) and only show low resolution and small images. This is especially true if the site is selling high resolution versions of the images.


Jimmer
Moderator

08-30-2000

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 9:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Yep. Or you can just find it by looking in your Internet Explorer cache, or if the image is small enough to fit, you can just screen print it.

Saggkl
Member

07-17-2002

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 10:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saggkl a private message Print Post    
I thought that you had so long to delete an upload. I tried to do a political cartoon, it said that it wasn't the kind of image that could be loaded. So I went back and erased it. Now it is on the cartoon page with the little image here thingy. Why could I not go back and erase it?

Jimmer
Moderator

08-30-2000

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 11:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I'm not sure why it didn't allow you to erase the image, but I deleted the post for you in any event.

Saggkl
Member

07-17-2002

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 11:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saggkl a private message Print Post    
Thank you so much Jimmer.

Babyruth
Member

07-19-2001

Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 12:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
Thanks so much, Jimmer and Bob!
I will pass along this info to her.

Luvmom
Member

10-17-2000

Monday, April 24, 2006 - 6:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Luvmom a private message Print Post    
Hi,I just joined "My Space." I really like it but it takes forever to load.Is that common because there are alot of people?Is there something I can do to make it run better.I sometimes have to refresh just to make it come up.