Copy an a web site to CD

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Copy an a web site to CD

This technique is implemented using a PC and the autorun works on a PC.

I want to create an autorun CD such that my home page (index.html)
opens up automatically when a user inserts the CD in their computer.

Contents of the CD Volume Label Associating an Icon autorun.inf startup.com References

The contents of the CD

autorun.inf (text)

icon-name.ico (an icon file)

startup.com (a command [.bat] file turned into an exe using the free Dos utility BAT2EXEC)

default.htm (the counterpart to index.html)

The files invoked via default.htm

Volume Label
Make sure you set the label for the CD. The label will be displayed along with your icon in the My_Computer window

Associating an Icon
You can provide an icon which will be associated with the CD application.
An icon size of 32x32 and 16 colors works.
Save it as icon-name.ico.
There are several icon editors available to create your own icons for the CDROM:

PC Magazine's Icon Editor 32 for Windows - Free

Axialis Costs $14 and they let you download a 30-day evaluation copy

Microangelo

autorun.inf
This textfile is created with notepad.
It contains the following:

[autorun]
open=startup.com
icon=icon-name.ico

startup.com
The "startup.com" file is a batch file that was converted from text to a ".com" file by using the PC Magazine utility BAT2EXEC (an old 16-bit utility qhich runs in a MSDOS window).

The content of the converted batch file is:

CMD /x /c start default.htm >NUL
COMMAND /c start default.htm >NUL

Comments on the content of startup.com

"CMD /x /c start default.htm" is for WinNT 4.0. WinNT does not execute internal commands (start) in a batch file unless you use the /x switch. The /c switch executes the string following the switch: "start" is the internal "command processor" command which will execute a program associated with a file extension and "default.htm" is associated with a browser (Netscape/IE).
"COMMAND /c start default.htm" is for Win95/98. Win95/98 will execute internal commands.
Win3.x does not have "start" as an internal command; so this will not work in Win3.x.
Both commands have ">NUL" so that error messages will not display when the wrong platform tries to execute the command.

References

BAT2EXEC: free Dos utility which converts BAT files to EXE files:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/win32dk/kb/Q136/2/14.TXT How to Test Autorun.inf Files
http://www.avdf.com/oct95/samp_autoplay.html Using Autoplay for Windows95
http://www.fadden.com/cdrfaq/faq03.html #[3-21]" CD Recordable Frequently Asked Questions
There is also a FREE called SHELLRUN program that will takes care of all of this which you can find at URL: http://www.phdcc.com/hispy/cdroms.htm but it displays its business name when executing.