My AutoPlay Pro Manual

Table of Contents
Introduction 1 2 3 Usage ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Knowledge Base of AutoPlay Menu ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Quick Start ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 Load Existing Project ........................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Moving or Copying a Project ....................................................................................................................................................... 11 Project Folder .................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Project Setting .................................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Saving the Current Project as Template ................................................................................................................................ 18 Saving the Current Page as Template ................................................................................................................................... 19 Edit Controls ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Edit Actions ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 23 Page Manager (Multi-Page Menu) ........................................................................................................................................... 28 Fonts ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 30 Publish Project ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Publish Project .................................................................................................................................................................................. 31 ISO image ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Hard Drive Folder ............................................................................................................................................................................ 34 Web/Email executable .................................................................................................................................................................. 35 Controls ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Main Window ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Button .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 38 Crystal button .................................................................................................................................................................................... 40 Media Player ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 PDF Viewer ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 43 SlideShow ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 44 YouTube ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 45 Label Text ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 47 Label link Text (like Hyperlink) ................................................................................................................................................... 49 Shape .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 50 Scroll Text .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 51 Text Box ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 52 Rich text (for RTF Files) ............................................................................................................................................................... 54 Image tool ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 55 Gif Image ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 57 Text Comment ................................................................................................................................................................................... 58 Graphic Comment .......................................................................................................................................................................... 59 File Tool ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 60 Built in player tool ............................................................................................................................................................................ 61 Tools ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 62 Arafasoft Virtual Drive Creator .................................................................................................................................................. 62 ISO image ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 63 SFX Creator ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 65 License ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 67 Contact ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 68 F.A.Q 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What is My Autoplay? ....................................................................................................................................................................... System Requirements ......................................................................................................................................................................
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Introduction
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Introduction Welcome to My Autoplay Pro

Welcome to My Autoplay pro Welcome to help manual of My Autoplay Pro
This documentation shows you how to use My Autoplay to to create a professional autorun interface and generate autorun files for CD/DVDs from simple CDs for your friends to intricate business presentations and other multimedia products like software CDs, CD catalogs, CD presentations, CD photo albums and slide-shows.
Copyright 2003-2011, Arafasoft, All Right Reserved.
eitconcepts@gmail.com
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What is My Autoplay?
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What is My Autoplay Pro? What is My Autoplay Pro?
Whats My Autoplay? My Autoplay Is best suited for creating autorun menus, interactive presentations, multimedia applications, software CDs, CD catalogs, CD presentations, CD photo albums, slide-shows, EBooks, CD business cards and promotional CDs. It is an essential tool for software companies, retailers, photographers, designers, marketing and PR professionals. But you can use this tool at home as well to create family - wedding albums or home videos. Avid collectors may use this tool to create a CD catalog of the items they possess, search for, or would like to exchange with other collectors. Is very user-friendly and easy to learn less than 10 minutes to understand it.
To help you to create a new application more easily the My Autoplay Pro developers offer different templates. These templates determine the basic structure for a project and contain variety of all urgent styles, page layouts, objects, actions, etc. for advanced use. You can also create and save your own templates. My Autoplay Pro gives you an ability to test your autorun-cd in full before burning the CD to make sure everything is as you like.
Whats AutoPlay? From W indows95 and later operation system windows has a feature of autoPlay . W hen inserting a CDROM with autoplay menu, system will load the autoplay menu program automatically. Use this feature; you can create a beautiful and interactive user interface of your CDROM. For example, from the autoplay menu, you can launch installation program or other applications or other files, open read me file, demo files, add links to your web site, email address, show information, browse folders, play movie in your menu, run slide show, and do much, much more. Copyright 2003-2011, Arafasoft, All Right Reserved.
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System Requirements
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System Requirements System Requirements System Requirements
System Requirements 1-Design Environment The minimum and recommended system requirements for the My Autoplay design environment are: Minimum W indows 2000/XP/Vista/7 or greater Pentium 533 MHz 256 MB RAM 1024x768 SVGA display 120 MB free hard drive space DirectX 8.1 or higher Video card set to 16 bit color or greater Sound card Recommended W indows 2000/ W indows XP/ W indows Vista/ W indows 7 or greater Pentium 1200 MHz 1024x768 512 MB RAM or greater High-performance video card DirectX 9 or higher Sound card Run-time Application (Published Project) The minimum system requirements for the My Autoplay run-time executable are: Minimum W indows 2000 Pentium 120 MHz 128 MB RAM Video card set to 16 bit color or greater Sound card
Note: Requirements may vary according to the needs of your project. For example, a faster system may be required to view large videos at high bitrates, or your project may require a specific version of the Flash player, or the presence of a specific video codec.
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Knowledge Base of AutoPlay Menu

Knowledge Base of AutoPlay Menu Knowledge Base of AutoPlay Menu
Whats AutoPlay? From Windows95 and later operation system windows has a feature of autoPlay . When inserting a CDROM with autoplay menu, system will load the autoplay menu program automatically. Use this feature; you can create a beautiful and interactive user interface of your CDROM. For example, from the autoplay menu, you can launch installation program or other applications or other files, open read me file, demo files, add links to your web site, email address, show information, browse folders, play movie in your menu, run slide show, and do much, much more.
What Can I Create With My Autoplay? You can use My Autoplay to to create autorun menus, interactive presentations, multimedia applications, software CDs, CD catalogs, CD presentations, CD photo albums, slide-shows, E-Books, CD business cards and promotional CDs. It is an essential tool for software companies, retailers, photographers, designers, marketing and PR professionals. But you can use this tool at home as well to create family - wedding albums or home videos. Avid collectors may use this tool to create a CD catalog of the items they possess, search for, or would like to exchange with other collectors. Is very user-friendly and easy to learn less than 10 minutes to understand it.
Why My Autoplay? Is very user-friendly and easy to learn - less than 10 minutes to understand it. Combine this with the fact that it costs only a fraction of what the competitors charge for their products, and you will start to understand why Power AutoPlay Menu Creator is one of the most popular CD autorun assistant tools available on the Internet. If you frequently receive promotional CDs in your mail or buy a lot of game CDs, you may have already seen Power AutoPlay Menu in action, but you unknown this fact. With the help of My Autoplay Pro, you can create an autoplay menu easily. You don't need to write single line of code, just click and drag your mouse to draw an interface for your menu, then set properties of every control to what you want. My Autoplay Pro will create autorun.exe, autorun.ico (optional), autorun.inf, and a file named myautply.dat which include all data needed by the autoplay menu automatically. If you want to install fonts before running autoplay menu, a folder named Fonts in Data folder will be created also. Try it, you will find more. By My Autoplay you can create a new application more easily the My Autoplay Pro developers offer different templates. These templates determine the basic structure for a project and contain variety of all urgent styles, page layouts, objects, actions, etc. for advanced use. You can also create and save your own templates. My Autoplay Pro gives you an ability to test your autorun-cd in full before burning the CD to make sure everything is as you like.
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Quick Start
Quick Start Quick Start

Create Frist Project: See this tutorial.
My Autoplay Pro is one of those programs that is a lot easier to understand once you've tried it once or twice. So, to help you get oriented quickly, we'll walk you through the basic steps of starting a project, building it, and trying it out. The first thing you see when you start My Autoplay Pro is the Template Page. 1. Create Project from templates 1- Enter a name for this project in the project name field 2- Select one of the project templates from the list (Double Click)
My Autoplay Pro will create a new project based on the template that you selected, and load it into the design editor
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Quick Start
Now you can customize the project in any way you like, to test your project at any time without burn it to look through changes press the hotkey press F5 Or click on test button 2. Create new project See this tutorial. 1- Enter the name of the new project 2- Click on Blank Project Button (Double Click) 3- My Autoplay Pro will create a new Blank Project. Now you can customize the project in any way you like, to test your project at any time without burn it to look through changes press the hotkey press F5 Or click on test button Build & Publish Methods Once you are finish your project press the Publish button on the toolbar to start the build process. "Build & publish Methods" dialog will appear so you can choose from Publish options.
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Load Existing Project

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By default, all new project folders are created in your "\My Documents\My Autoplay\Projects" folder .
T o open existing project
Launch the project (.esr) file in Windows. Or

1- click on Open Project button
2- Select your project folder 3- click Data folder
4- Select "sys1 .esr" file 5- Click Open Button
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Load Last Project:
Save Your Project

1-Save Project Click toolbar Save button .
2- Save & T est Project Press F5, or click toolbar test button
3- Protect Project Click toolbar lock button, you will be asked to enter password for your menu and confirm it. Then when you open the menu next time, you must enter the password your have set. This help you to prevent your menus
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from being modified by others. To disable the password, enter the password then click just disable password button.
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Moving or Copying a Project

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Moving or Copying a Project

To move or copy a project to another location: 1. Move or copy the entire project folder to the new location.
2. Open the project file from its new location. The path to the Resources folder will be updated automatically as soon as you open the project file. 3. Load the project from the new location.
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Project Folder
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Project Folder
Project file
My Autoplay Pro copy all pages, objects and settings used to create your Autoplay application and store in a single file, known as the project file "myautply.dat" The project file "myautply.dat" is located in the Project Folder. Every project has its own project folder. The Project Folder specifies and creates when you start a new project.
By default, all new project folders are created in your "\My Documents\My Autoplay\Projects" folder.
Project folder
The Disc Image folder is a folder for all files that you need to distribute. This is where you need to place any files that will be distributed with your application. It's also where the Autorun application will be built to when you build your project. By default, the Disc Image will be created inside the Project Folder. However, you can specify this folder at any other place.
Inside the Disc Image there is a sub folder Data Folder. The Data Folder acts as a central storage location for all of the files that you use inside your project and that placed outside your Disc Image folder. Whenever you add a file (like a JPEG image or WAV sound), the file is copied into the Data Folder first, and then the project accesses it from there. This helps make the project more portable and reliable, because the project doesn't have to rely on the original files that may be scattered all over your hard drive.
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Project Setting
Project Setting Project Setting
Click menu Project -> Project setting or click toolbar button Project setting, you can customize your project. 1-Display setting
Current Page Size:

You can resize current page size by mouse or by enter current page size Width, Height.
Current Page Title:

You can change current page caption.
Current Page Style:

Style Specifies the style of the window.
Show Title Bar: (Checked) - Normal window
Show Title Bar: (unchecked) - Window which has no border
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Project Setting
Full Screen: - Full screen window Transparency: (Checked) - Window with abnormal shape, such as round, diamond or other shapes, Select mask color
Current Project Transparent:

Opacity(only effective on W indows 2000 or later) Specifies the degree of translucency. The value is between 50 to 255. A value of 50 indicates a completely transparent window. A value of 255 indicates complete opacity. Project Icon: Customize the icon of your autoplay menu Splash Screen & End Screen : Splash screen is a window shows before loading the main window of an autoplay menu, and end screen is a window shows after closing the main window. 2-Intro Video
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Project Setting
Play a Video Before My Application Starts My Autoplay contains an option to add an intro video to your presentation. To accomplish this: 1- Click menu Project -> Project setting -> Intro Video. 2- Select video file. 3-Sound
Sound effects are used for all objects object has two Sound properties you can set: Over and Click. The Over sound will be played when the user moves the mouse over the object. The Click sound is played when the user clicks on the object. 4-CD Expiration
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Project Setting
Specifies an expire date for the menu, you can also specify the message to show when expired. 5- CD-KEY
Here you can forbidden any one to use your menu without CD-Key (Secure CD). 6- Use Customized Version information
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Project Setting
My Autoplay let you customized the version information of the output executable file (normally autorun.exe). Copyright 2003-2011, Arafasoft, All Right Reserved.
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Saving the Current Project as Template

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Saving the Current Project as Template
Create Your Own Templates You can create a new template from the current project at any time by selecting Save as template from the File menu or pressing the Save as template button on the toolbar.
the following dialog will show to help you to save the current project as a new template. Enter the information of your template, and the preview image will be created automatically by My Autoplay Pro. Click Create New Template.
Note: All Project files of the current project will be included into the project template.
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Saving the Current Page as Template

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Saving the Current Page as Template
You can create a new Page template from the current Page at any time by selecting "Save the current page to pages template" from the Page menu or pressing the "Save the current page to pages template" button on the page manager.
OR
the following dialog will show to help you to save the current page as a new template. Enter the information of your page template, and the preview image will be created automatically by My Autoplay Pro. Click Add Page Templates.
Note: All Page files of the current page will be included into the page template.
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Edit Controls
Edit Controls Edit Controls Edit Controls

1- Add Controls
The tool window on the left side is Tool box, it represents controls by icons. Add a control to your menu by clicking the control from the Tool Box. The control will locate in upper-left corner on (X,Y ) (0,0).
2- Select Controls
Click control on the design window, eight little rectangle will show around the control you click, then you can edit it. 3- Delete Controls Select the control you want to delete, then press Delete key or click on delete button from tool bar
or right click on the control and then click delete 4- Duplicate Control If you want to create several controls with same properties, you needn't to create each one and set properties of each one. Just create a control and set its properties, then on Duplicate button from tool bar or right click on the control and then click Duplicate.
5- Copy Control (Ctrl + C) If you want to copy control with the same properties from page to another, You can copy any control with same properties from page to another or in the same page, with the same properties. To copy control only select the control you want to copy it, then press Ctrl + C keys or
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click on copy button from tool bar
Edit Controls
or right click on the control and then click Copy. 6- Paste Control (Ctrl + V) To paste control clicking on the design window where you want to place it then press Ctrl + V keys or click on Paste button from tool bar or right click on the control and then click Paste.
7- Alignment Palette
Use the alignment palette to align controls to the form, or with each other. The alignment palette has tool tip help for each button. To controls, hold CTRL and click on each control you want to select, or just press left button down in the empty area then drag the mouse to select controls. 8- Move Control By keyboard arrows To change the position of a control, just drag it to the new position. To change the size of one control, select it, then drag the eight little black rectangle to resize it. To select more than one control, hold CTRL and click on each control you want to select, or just press left button down in the empty area then drag the mouse to select controls. There is several shortcut keys to change the position and size of controls pixel by pixel. Use Arrow Key to change position of controls, and Shift+Arrow Key to change size of controls, or from properties window you can enter the control left, top, width and height value.
8- Properties of Controls
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Edit Controls
Select a control, the properties window will show properties of it, then you can edit it. Some controls have special properties window, you can access it by double click on the control. Copyright 2003-2011, Arafasoft, All Right Reserved.
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Edit Actions
Edit Actions Edit Actions Edit Actions

Actions: What are actions?
Actions are the commands that your AutoPlay application can perform at run time. You can launch applications, open documents, play movies, link to web sites, explore folders, and do much, much more from menus. Example to select Action (Open Web Site): 1- select object by clicking it
2- from properties window select actions tab
3- Click Action list and select Open Web Site
4- Enter URL For Ex. www.arafasoft.com
5- Click on "Save this action" button Attention: You should click "save this action button" after selecting the action to save the action. The action will not saved if you not click this button.
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Edit Actions
Multi-Action: (My Autoplay Support Multi-Action for every control, There are unlimited actions available for each object including running external programs and opening documents, pointing web browser to specific web page, displaying text messages, navigating another Page, etc.) Add another action (Multi-Action): 1- Repeat step 1 and 2 2- Click on Add Action button
3- Repeat step 3,4 and 5 Manage Control Actions: 1- select object by clicking it
2- from properties window select actions tab
3- Click on Show all Actions button the following dialog popups up
You can delete an action by select it and click Remove selected action, or clear all actions button then click done button. File Path: In some actions like Run Program, Open Document, Play sound file and Play Movie File, you have two options:
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Edit Actions
Attention: Project Folder-> Actually, Project folder indicates the folder where autorun.exe is in, and in design mode, it indicates the folder contains your project. But when you burn it into CDROM, autorun.exe must be in the root path of CDROM, so Project folder indicates the CD-ROM driver letter. 1- File on CD (Project folder in design mode) Select this option when the file already exist on the project folder. My Autoplay will not copy it again in project folder.
2- Copy file from H.D to (Project Folder) This option make My Autoplay will automatic copy the file from H.D to Project Folder in Data Folder. Action T ypes: None
None action bounded with the control.

Open file Launch another application. or load any document whose type is registered in system.like (exe, txt, zip, doc, mp3 and etc .......... Explorer CD / Folder Open explorer to view a CD contents or folder contents. Open Web Site Use default web browser to open specified URL. Send E-Mail Use default mail client to send mail. Popup Message Show message with a windows message box. Play Sound File There are 3 type to play sound file 1-Play in same window (play file in player tool in the same page) 2-Play in new window (Open new window to play file in it) 3-Play in windows default program Play Movie file There are 3 type to play Movie file 1-Play in same window (play file in player tool in the same page) 2-Play in new window (Open new window to play file in it ) 3-Play in windows default program Jump to anther page Go to page specified by parameter(used in multi-page menus). Exit Exit autoplay menu. Minimize Minimize menu in tool bar. T urn off computer Shut down windows Restart Computer Restart windows Show about screen Show window with paragraph tell user about you menu
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Edit Actions
Eject CD There 2 types to Eject CD 1 Eject CD from the Drive only. 2 Exit menu and eject CD from the drive. Player controls Play > play player tool Pause || Pause player tool Stop <> Stop player Volume up (+) increase player tool volume by ratio Volume Down (-) decrease player tool volume by ratio Go Back << go back player position by ratio Go forward >> go forward player position by ratio Full screen go to full screen in player tool Open CD Door Open CD Door Close CD Door Close CD Door Open Media file on Player tool load media file in player tool Slide Show (Launch built in slide show) Only select folder in CD folder has pictures Show Picture Pop window with Picture Print Page Go Current page to printer Stop \ Play background sound Stop background sound if play Play background sound if stop Run batch file MS Dos *.bat Copy File / Folder (from CD to hard drive) Select file or folder from CD drive to copy by windows copy box to hard drive. Resize page in run time Only write page width and height Hide to system tray Minimize menu to icon in system tray beside windows clock To restore menu only right click on menu icon. Run command Do windows command for Example write winver to display windows version Or write calc to display windows calculator Or write mspaint to display windows paint or notepad to display windows notepad and more ........ Open Picture on Picture Viewer Display Picture in built in picture viewer Open Media file on Player tool load media file in player tool Register ActiveX (Ocx, Dll, .etc) you can register your ActiveX in user system Always On T op Action now in version 6.0 you can set you project in the top of windows. Set Button Properties Actions now in version 6.0 you can change any button or more properties (Hide, Show, Enabled, Disabled) in run time. Copy T ext to clipboard (in version 6.0 you can set text in clipboard)
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Edit Actions
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Page Manager (Multi-Page Menu)

Page Manager (Multi-Page Menu) Page Manager (Multi-Page Menu) Page Manager (Multi-Page Menu)
Overview:
My Autoplay has the ability of creating multi-page menus. If your autoplay menu contains much information, you can make it as a multi-page menu.
1- Add Page: To add a page to the menu, click Add Page button from Page Manager, or click add new page button in tool box a new empty page will be added to the menu and will be set as current page, then you can add controls to it. 2- Add Page from Pages T emplates Select page from ready to use pages list
3- Save Page to Pages T emplates 4- Delete Page: Switch to the page you want to remove, then click Delete button from Page Manager, current page and all controls on it will be removed, and the page 1 it will be set as current page.
5- Duplicate Page:
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Page Manager (Multi-Page Menu)
Switch to the page you want to duplicate, then click Duplicate button from Page Manager, a new page will be created, and all the controls on the current page will be copied to the new page.
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Fonts
Fonts Fonts Fonts
If you have used special fonts in your autoplay menu, then you can include the font files in the your menu. Autoplay menu will install them automatically before running. Just add fonts you want to install from your system to Fonts Folder Located in Project folder \ Data Folder
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Publish Project
Publish Project Publish Project
Overview: Publishing is the process of building your project into a final application. There are 4 publishing methods you can choose from: Publishing methods: 1- ISO image ( \/ Supported by my autoplay ) 2- Hard drive folder ( \/ Supported by my autoplay ) 3- Web/Email executable ( \/ Supported by my autoplay ) 4- Burn data CD/DVD (Using your CD/DVD burner software) ( X UnSupported by my autoplay )
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ISO image
ISO image ISO image
1- ISO image ( \/ Supported by my autoplay ) W hen you finished your project, you can use ISO Image Creator to create a standard iso9660, Joliet format disc image. This image file contains all files under the project folder and its sub folder, and you can test it with a virtual disc device. This option will produces ISO image. It is usable by many another applications. Also you can burn it directly with your burner software like Nero. File System: ISO Creator will run with all your project files, folders and sub-folders, also you can Add Drag and drop any files, folders from your hard disk, you can Rename files, folders.
Properties: You can select file system type from ISO9660 or Joliet . also you can set Image information like (Volume, System ID, Application ID, Publisher ID, Data Preparer ID and Volume Set ID)
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ISO image
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Hard Drive Folder

Hard Drive Folder Hard Drive Folder

Hard Drive Folder:
Publish your project to hard drive folder on your computer. This option gives more flexibility to burn your project using your regular CD/DVD burning software or package it.
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Web/Email executable
Web/Email executable Web/Email executable
Create single executable file. T his option is perfect for small projects distributed through emails or web downloads.
1- You can set password for executable file. 2- You can change executable file. Copyright 2003-2011, Arafasoft, All Right Reserved.
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Main Window
Main Window Main Window Main Window

Main Window
Properties
1- Caption
Caption of title of window .
2- Style
Specifies the style of the window.
Show Title Bar: (Checked) - Normal window
Show Title Bar: (unchecked) - Window which has no border
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Main Window
Full Screen: - Full screen window Transparency: (Checked) - Window with abnormal shape, such as round, diamond or other shapes
3-Back color Background color of Page. 4- Default color Background color of Page change according operating system color 5- Background Picture Picture which is used to create abnormal shape (when Style is Custom mask) or to fill the background. Attention: 1-JPEG images can't be used to create shaped windows because the background color of JPEG images can't be detected exactly. 2- Every page has background Opacity(only effective on W indows 2000 or later) Click menu Project -> Project setting Specifies the degree of translucency. The value is between 50 to 255. A value of 50 indicates a completely transparent window. A value of 255 indicates complete opacity. 6- Width The Page width 7- Height The Page height 8- Project icon Project icon and main window icon Main Window Action Every page has all action you can select it and will do when page is loaded. See Actions. Copyright 2003-2010, Arafasoft, All Right Reserved.
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Button
Button Button Button
A push button that have many styles. Properties
1- Caption Specify the text string that appears on the button. To underline a character in a caption that appears on the button, include an ampersand (&) before the character. This type of character is called an accelerator character. The user can then select the button by pressing Alt while typing the underlined character. To display an ampersand character in the caption, use two ampersands (&&). 2- Back color Color used to draw surface. 3- Fore Color Select button text Color. 4- Over Color Color used to draw surface when mouse moves over. 5- Normal Picture Special the image that appears on the button. 6- Over Picture Special the image that appears on the button where mouse move on it. 7- Font Font used to draw caption. 8- T ext comment By this option you can send value (text) to text comment tool when mouse over on button tool 9- Graphic comment By this option you can send value (image) to Graphic comment tool when mouse over on button tool 10- Style Determines the appearance of the button. Window s 3.1 - Classic windows style button Window s 98 like windows 98 button Window s XP like windows XP button Mac button like apple Mac button Netscape6 like Netscape6 button Flat - Button with flat border Office XP like office XP button
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Flat 2 3D KD2
Button
Left , T op , Width , Height you can resize and move your button by value. Action Properties See Actions. Copyright 2003-2010, Arafasoft, All Right Reserved.
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Crystal button
Crystal button Crystal button Crystal button
W ith Crystal button tool you can generate abnormal and beautiful buttons and allows you control its appearance fully. Properties: Attention: Crystal button have special Properties window, to access it only double click on control. and the following dialog popups up.
1- Caption Specify the text string that appears on the button. To underline a character in a caption that appears on the button, include an ampersand (&) before the character. This type of character is called an accelerator character. The user can then select the button by pressing Alt while typing the underlined character. To display an ampersand character in the caption, use two ampersands (&&). Button Color :
2- Up area color The upper area Color used to draw on button surface. 3- Down area color The bottom area Color used to draw on button surface. 4- Color mouse hover Color used to draw surface when mouse moves over. 5- Color mouse down
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Color used to draw surface when mouse down. 6- Fore Color Select button text Color. 7- Button style Determines the appearance of the button.
Crystal button
8- Button Font Font used to draw caption. Left , T op , Width , Height you can resize and move your button by value. Action Properties See Actions. Copyright 2003-2010, Arafasoft, All Right Reserved.
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Media Player
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Media Player
Control used to embed W indows Media Player in menus. See this tutorial1 See this tutorial2 Properties
File/URL Specifies the file or URL to be played. Player Mode Specifies the style of control bar. Auto Play on showing Determines whether to start playing automatically after loading. Play Count /(Loop) Determines whether to play again when playing finished. Stretch to Fit Determines whether video will stretch to fit size of the control. Show Context Menu Determines whether to display popup menu when the right mouse button is clicked. See this tutorial1 See this tutorial2
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PDF Viewer
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PDF Viewer
The PDF object lets you display a PDF File (*.pdf ) on the page or dialog, just like it would appear in the Adobe Reader application or web browser. See this tutorial.
Properties Select PDF File Specifies the adobe acrobat document "PDF" to be displayed. Show Toolbar Determines whether to show or to hide toolbar of pdf viewer. Show Scroll Bars Show Or Hide Scroll Bars
See this tutorial.
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SlideShow
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SlideShow
Create a beautiful slideshow gallery with transition effects with Multi-Actions, only mouse clicks. See this tutorial. To Add slideshow Click Slide Show Properties
1- Select photo folder 2- Auto Play on showing (Start Slide Show Automatically when your project start) 3- BackColor Slide Show back color 4- Time between photos
Slide Show Button
See this tutorial.
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YouTube
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YouTube
How can play YouTube Video in your project? See this tutorial. 1- Add YouTube Object by click YouTube button
How can play YouTube Video in your project? See this tutorial.
1-Copy video link from your browser address bar. See this tutorial.
OR 2- Copy Embed code from video page in YouTube. See this tutorial.
OR 3-Or from any another site, right click on video window and from the menu select Copy embed html.. See this tutorial.
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Label Text
Label Text Label Text
The label object allows you to display static text on the page. The font, size, color and orientation of the text can all be customized to suit your needs. 1-Press Label T ext icon in tools. Double click on label control. and the Multiline dialog popups up.
Properties
Caption (Label Text) Caption shortcut Display T he T ime In Your Menu: To display the time in your menu only insert label control and set the caption to "##showtime##", This label will show the time now and auto update the time every one second. Display T oday In Your Menu: To display Today in your menu only insert label control and set the caption to "##showday##", This label will show Today now and auto update the caption every one second. Back color (Color of Label back ground) only when transparent is checked Fore Color (Color of Text)
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Font Size (Size of Text) Font Bold (Text font bold) Alignment text Determines how the text is aligned within the text box. (Right, left, center) T ransparent (no Back ground text only) Comment T ext (Text W ill auto display when mouse over on Label Text in comment text tool) Image comment (Select Image to auto Display W hen mouse over ) Left, Height, Top and width Label Text distance Left , T op , Width , Height you can resize and move your Label by value. Action Properties See Actions. Copyright 2003-2011, Arafasoft, All Right Reserved.
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Label link Text (like Hyperlink)

Label link Text (like Hyperlink) Label link Text (like Hyperlink) Label link Text (like Hyperlink)
A special label component that can receive mouse events. Label Link Text (same label text but Label Link Text have over color) Double click on label Link control. and the Multiline dialog popups up.
Properties
Caption (Label Text) Fore Color (Color of Label Text) Over Color (Color of Label Text W hen mouse over) Font Size (Size of Label Text) Font Bold (Text font bold) Left , T op , Width , Height you can resize and move your Label by value. Action Properties See Actions.
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Shape
Shape Shape Shape
A geometric shape that can be drawn on the window. Properties Attention: Shape control have special Properties window, to access it only double click on control. and the following dialog popups up.
Shape Determines the geometric shape that should be drawn on the window. BackColor Color used to draw surface. Border Color Color used to draw border. Border Width Determines the width of the border. T ransparent (no Back ground border only) Left , T op , Width , Height you can resize and move your Label by value. Action Properties See Actions.
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Scroll Text
Scroll Text Scroll Text Scroll Text

A billboard control which can display text and picture. Properties
Attention: Scroll T ext control have special Properties window, to access it only double click on control. and the following dialog popups up.
T ext Text to be displayed. Font Font used to display the text. Back Color Background color of the scroll text. Fore Color (Color of Text) Image Specifies the picture file that appears on the control. Direction Specifies the scrolling direction of the text. Speed Moving speed of the text.
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Text Box
Text Box Text Box Text Box

Likes windows multiline edit control Double click on label control. and the Multiline dialog popups up.
Properties
Caption Text to be displayed. Font Font used to display the text. Back color Background color of the text box. Fore Color color of the text. Font size Font size of text. Font Font used to draw caption.
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Text Box
Input Box with this option you select action to text box this action will do only when the user enter right value. T ext box actions text box have all actions when you select input box only. Action Properties See Actions.
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Rich text (for RTF Files)

Rich text (for RTF Files) Rich text (for RTF Files) Rich text (for RTF Files)
Rich edit control which can load and display rich text (.rtf ) files. Properties Rich T ext File Specifies the file name to be displayed. Back color Background color of the text box. Rich text Actions rich text have not any action.
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Image tool
Image tool Image tool Image tool
Advanced Image control: it is supports full transparency for most image types, including PNG, GIF, ICO, JPG, CUR, W MF, EMF and 32 bit per pixel bitmaps . Properties Attention: Image tool control have special Properties window, to access it only double click on control. and the following dialog popups up.
1- Browse Specifies the image file to be displayed. (image types supported by My Autoplay, PNG, GIF, ICO, JPG, CUR, W MF, EMF and 32 bit per pixel bitmaps) 2- Auto Size the control sizes itself automatically to accommodate the picture it contains. Stretch Determines whether the picture should be changed so that it exactly fits the bounds of the image control. 3- Opacity Specifies the degree of translucency. The value is between 0 to 100. A value of 0 indicates a completely transparent image. A value of 100 indicates complete opacity image. 4- Mask Color Specifies which color will be displayed transparent in the image. W hen you load an image file Left, top, height, width You can change picture width, height, left , top Image Actions Image has all actions Action Properties
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See Actions.
Image tool
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Gif Image
Gif Image Gif Image Gif Image

Displays a gif image, supports animated GIF Properties Picture image Specifies the image file to be displayed.
Left, top, height, width You can change picture width, height, and left, top Image Actions Gif Image has all actions Mask Color Specifies which color will be displayed transparent in the image. W hen you load an image file Action Properties See Actions.
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Text Comment
Text Comment Text Comment Text Comment
When user moves mouse on these controls, and the comment text property is not empty, Comment text will display the comment. You can change text comment position Properties Font size Specifies the font size used to show comments. Fore color color of text.
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Graphic Comment
Graphic Comment Graphic Comment Graphic Comment
When user moves mouse on these controls, and the comment graphic property is not empty, Comment graphic will display the comment. You can change graphic comment position
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File Tool
File Tool File Tool File Tool
By file tool you can display all files in any folder and when you click any file name the file will lunched in windows default program Properties Back color (Color of file tool back ground) Fore Color (Color of Text) Files Path (select folder) Extension (Write Extension of files which you want to display in file tool .the file tool will display files with Extension which you selected. For Example:- if you want display mp3 files only Here We write in Extension *.mp3 now all mp3 files will automatic display only. To display All Files write *.exe now all files display, for more than one Extension write (;) between every Extension for Example you want all picture type Now write *.bmp;*.gif;*.jpg;*.ico;*.cur)
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Built in player tool

Built in player tool Built in player tool Player Tool
Control used to play movie & sound in menus. This control not work alone but work by another control (when you give button play movie action and selected movie file in run time when click this button the media player will automatic appear and play this movie file) . Properties you can control in media player by actions (play, stop, Pause, volume up, volume, downand more) Also you can display play bar or hide it Example T o Play Movie File: 1- Insert Player Tool 2- Resize it 3- Insert button, change button text to "Play Movie File"
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set button action to "Play Movie file" Select Play In Same W indow Select Copy File From H.D To Project Folder Browse Your hard drive to select move file (My Autoply will copy it to your project folder) Click Save This Action Button Test Your project by press F5, or click save and test button.
Player T ool Controls: you can control in media player by actions (play, stop, Pause, volume up, volume, downand more)
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Arafasoft Virtual Drive Creator

Arafasoft Virtual Drive Creator Arafasoft Virtual Drive Creator Arafasoft Virtual Drive Creator
T ool is used for creating an extra drive without creating more partitions on the hard drive of your computer. W ith Arafasoft Virtual Drive Creator you can test your project without burn it.
This tool uses a folder as a basis for the extra drive and serves for making access to frequently used folders of your computer more easy. After creation, W indows Explorer will show an extra drive and container on your computer will appear extra drive. Example T o Create Virtual Drive: 1- Select available drive from "Available Drives" list 2- Select input folder (The folder will mount in virtual drive) 3- Click on "Create Drive" button Example T o Delete Virtual Drive: 1- Select the drive that you want delete it from virtual drives in use from "Available Drives" list 2- Click on "Remove Drive" button
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ISO image
ISO image ISO image ISO image
1- ISO image ( \/ Supported by my autoplay ) W hen you finished your project, you can use ISO Image Creator to create a standard iso9660, Joliet format disc image. This image file contains all files under the project folder and its sub folder, and you can test it with a virtual disc device. This option will produces ISO image. It is usable by many another applications. Also you can burn it directly with your burner software like Nero. File System: ISO Creator will run with all your project files, folders and sub-folders, also you can Add Drag and drop any files, folders from your hard disk, you can Rename files, folders.
Properties: You can select file system type from ISO9660 or Joliet . also you can set Image information like (Volume, System ID, Application ID, Publisher ID, Data Preparer ID and Volume Set ID)
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SFX Creator
SFX Creator SFX Creator SFX Creator
T ool for create stand-alone executable, it is very easy tool to create executable files.
This tool is very useful, it is like installer you can select output folder, exe icon, The file will auto run after extraction, Also with silent mode you can copy files to user system without any notifications messages
You can Customized executable file Information(Version, Description.........
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Also you can change executable file Icon
SFX Creator
1- Select Input folder (Folder that continue all your data files, folders and sub-folders) 2- Select Path to extraction your pack file 3- Select file to auto-run after extraction
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License
License License License
License: My Autoplay LICENSE AGREEMENT ================================================================= You should carefully read the following terms and conditions before using this software. Your use of this software indicates your acceptance of this license agreement and warranty. ================================================================= My Autoplay is SHAREW ARE. In the unregistered version of My Autoplay, you can experience all features of this program, but menus created with this version will show a nag message box. Please order the full version if you think it is useful. ================================================================= Software Licenses T here are 2 basic types of licenses issued for the Software: Personal License and Business License. (a) Personal License assumes that a single user can use one registered copy of the Software on one machine. Personal license for the Software allows creation of any number of autorun / autoplay shells for personal use. Creation of autorun / autoplay shells intended for commercial purposes is prohibited under personal license. Public distribution of autorun / autoplay shells created using the Software in any form is prohibited under personal license. (b) With a BUSINESS LICENSE, My Autoplay may be used by one and only one of the following ways: 1) Personally by a single person, who uses the software on one computer. 2) Installed on a single workstation used nonsimultaneously by multiple people. 3) Create autoplay menus for self and for free or commercial distribution. Who has to register? If you want to use the program on a regular basis, it has to be registered. If you want to use the menu for commercial or public distribution (corporations, institutions, public authorities, administration, clubs), you will have to get a license for the Business Edition. ================================================================= This software itself cannot be resold or used in any profit-generating activities without the author expressed written permission. The evaluator/user/buyer/owner is not allowed to attempt to reverse engineer, disassemble or decompile this software. Warning: T his computer program is protected by copyright laws and international treaties. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program, or any portion of it, may result in severe civil and criminal penalties, and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law. Copyright 2003-2011, Arafasoft, All Right Reserved.
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Contact
Contact Contact
Contact Please send your technical support questions, ideas, and bug reports to info@arafasoft.com. For new versions and any information about My Autoplay, please check out the home page: http://www.arafasoft.com If you are a registered user, and you have problems with registration, please include your registration name and order number in your message, thanks. Register In Shareware Version Menus by this version will display nag message Why I should register? If you want to use the program on a regular basis, it has to be registered. If you want to use the menu for commercial or public distribution (corporations, institutions, public authorities, administration, clubs), you will have to get a license for the Business Edition. By business Edition: You can distribute as many projects and as many CDs As you want for commercial or public purposes. You can find details of how to order My Autoplay on following URL. http://www.arafasoft.com Copyright 2003-2011, Arafasoft, All Right Reserved.
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F.A.Q
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F.A.Q F.A.Q
Frequently Asked Questions Frequently Asked Questions :
I have finished the registration of this program, but the nag screen keeps on showing at the beginning of the menus I have created, what shall I do? You may using *TRIAL VERSION from My Autoplay For security reasons *TRIAL VERSION Not accept Registration Information. 1- You should uninstall any previous version from My Autoplay or Power AutoPlay Menu Creator 2- You should download FULL VERSION from the link that we sent it in your order email to accept Registration Information. 3- Install FULL VERSION. 4- Use this Registration Information in your order email 5- Reopen your project in FULL VERSION, and click save button to stop nag screen. If I've re-formatted my PC, Is it possible to reinstall the software without new charges? Yes you can reinstall the software as you like at any time without any charges, also your registration data is valid for new versions.
I spent 3 hours developing a autorun file I liked, and Saved it before I left the program. Yet upon my return - there is no saved file to open. Where is the saved file or have I lost all my work? Load Existing Project: To open existing project click on Open Project button,
then browse your project folder,
then browse Data folder located in your project folder and select sys1 .esr file.
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I have a registered version of My Autoplay, can I upgrade to the latest version, and how about the price? You can upgrade to new versions for free, your registration data is valid for new versions. If your registration data is not accepted by new versions, please contact us and get a new one. Autorun works on my computer but not on another one? AutoPlay disabled: AutoPlay may be disabled in this computer, if the CD doesn't Autoplay try double clicking on the setup.exe file from the CD. Can I use the program to produce a menu screen that can be used on a stand-alone dvd player (with a T V)? No, this program is designed to create autoplay menus for Microsoft W indows system only, it can not create video dvd menus.
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Table of Contents

Introduction Welcome to My Autoplay Pro

Copyright 2003-2011, Arafasoft, All Right Reserved.

What is My Autoplay Pro? What is My Autoplay Pro?

System Requirements System Requirements System Requirements

Knowledge Base of AutoPlay Menu

Knowledge Base of AutoPlay Menu Knowledge Base of AutoPlay Menu

Quick Start Quick Start

Load Existing Project

Load Existing Project

Launch the project (.esr) file in Windows. Or

2- Select your project folder 3- click Data folder

4- Select "sys1 .esr" file 5- Click Open Button

Load Existing Project

Load Last Project:

Save Your Project

Load Existing Project

Moving or Copying a Project

Moving or Copying a Project

Project Setting Project Setting

Current Page Size:

Current Page Title:

Current Page Style:

Show Title Bar: (Checked) - Normal window

Show Title Bar: (unchecked) - Window which has no border

Current Project Transparent:

Saving the Current Project as Template

Saving the Current Project as Template

Saving the Current Page as Template

Saving the Current Page as Template

Edit Controls Edit Controls Edit Controls

Edit Actions Edit Actions Edit Actions

2- from properties window select actions tab

3- Click Action list and select Open Web Site

4- Enter URL For Ex. www.arafasoft.com

2- from properties window select actions tab

3- Click on Show all Actions button the following dialog popups up

None action bounded with the control.

Copyright 2003-2010, Arafasoft, All Right Reserved.

Page Manager (Multi-Page Menu)

Page Manager (Multi-Page Menu)

Copyright 2003-2011, Arafasoft, All Right Reserved.

Fonts Fonts Fonts

Publish Project Publish Project

Copyright 2003-2011, Arafasoft, All Right Reserved.

ISO image ISO image

Copyright 2003-2011, Arafasoft, All Right Reserved.

Hard Drive Folder

Hard Drive Folder Hard Drive Folder

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Web/Email executable Web/Email executable

Main Window Main Window Main Window

Caption of title of window .

Show Title Bar: (Checked) - Normal window

Show Title Bar: (unchecked) - Window which has no border

Button Button Button

A push button that have many styles. Properties

Crystal button Crystal button Crystal button

Slide Show Button

See this tutorial.

Label Text Label Text

Label link Text (like Hyperlink)

Shape Shape Shape