If Buddy can get at this reg setting then it should be pretty easy start the projector use Buddy to grab the Autorun's state & stash this in a global turn Autorun OFF run the projector & on quitting, reset the Autorun as it had been before
hth -Buzz At 8:46 PM +0200 12/20/01, Jussi Jokinen wrote: >Thanks Brian, > > >yep, this is pretty much as I thought. Playing with registry isn't actually >the path I want to take...:) > >Not going to lose my faith though... maybe there's a wonderful Xtra >somewhere out there just waiting for me. > >Jussi > >> ---------- >> From: Brian Romanko[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: 19. joulukuuta 2001 19:20 >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: RE: <lingo-l> killing Media Player >> >> Jussi, >> >> This is a very sticky situation. Autorun is set on the system level, >> and as far as I know, there is no easy way to disable it. If I remember >> correctly, holding down the Shift key while inserting a CD will disable >> the autorun functionality. However, this puts the task on your users >> and could be confusing to some. Also, I don't even know if this works >> across all Os versions (95,98,NT,2000,XP). The last I checked was in >> Windows 98a. >> >> I know that the autorun setting is stored in the registry as well, and >> Buddy-API should be able to set the key to disable autorun, but you >> would have to reset it when your program ends. Of course if the >> Director app crashed, that would never happen and might leave users >> miffed. >> >> Plus, to make things even worse, the registry keys are different across >> each OS version. And, I think it requires a reboot to set in 95/98/ME. >> >> I hate to sound so dire, but this is definitely not one of those >> one-liners like: "the autoRun = false". >> >> Brian Romanko >> Lead Developer - Neo/SCI Corporation >> Member - Greater Rochester Macromedia User Group >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> Hi! >> >> Does anyone know how to prevent Media Player ( or any other default CD - >> player ) from launching on run time? In my project user is supposed to >> switch audio - cd:s back and forth - and it's not too nice to have Media >> Player poppin' up all the time... >> >> Cheers, >> >> Jussi Jokinen >> Tampere Polytechnic, Finland >> >> >> [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to >> http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, >> email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] >> > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to >http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, >email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) >Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
