What is Auto-Play? Auto-Play is a simple way to add a professional Auto-Play feature to the CDs and DVDs that you create. The registered version of AUTO-PLAY supports a personalised 'splash screen' graphic and playing music (Wave or MIDI) while the desired application or document is being loaded. The Auto-Play Suite includes: Auto-Play, the tool which is launched whenever your CD or DVD is inserted into the drive. The Auto-Play Configuration Utility, a wizard-like tool that helps you configure Auto-Play's features. The Auto-Play Menu Utility, which allows you to easily create an interactive menu for your medium. The Auto-Play Chain Utility, which allows you to "chain" together a series of commands to be exectued by Auto-Play and/or the Auto-Play Menu.

Downloading the Auto-Play Suite

1. Download the auto-play/apinstall32.exe file from http://www.informatics-consulting.ch/software/auto-play/apinstall32.exe (Switzerland) or
   http://www.informatics-consulting.de/software/auto-play/apinstall32.exe (Germany)
   and store it into a temporary directory, e.g. C:\TEMP
    
2. Double-click on the apinstall32.exe file to install CBText.

The apinstall32.exe program is a delivery shell for the auto-play32.msi installer. The following options are available with apinstall32.exe:

--extract (or) /X	Extracts the MSI file only (without starting the installation).
--dir (or) /D [path]	Specifies where the MSI file should be stored.
--keep (or) /K	Specifies that the MSI file is not deleted after installation.
--quiet (or) /Q	Hides the progress window (in implies --keep).
--version (or) /V	Displays the version information for both CBText and the installer.
--help (or) /?	Displays these instructions.

If you like what you see and would like to unlock the full potential of Auto-Play, please Register your copy! Thank you!

Why Register?

Auto-Play Feature Shareware Personal Professional Can launch any document when the media is inserted Can display a legal notice before the document or viewer is launched Supports individual images in the splash screen – Splash screen can be scaled to fit other image sizes – Supports an alternative splash screen layout – Splash screen can be hidden – Splash screen can placed anywhere on the screen – Plays music or sound while the document or viewer is loading – Copyright text in the splash screen can be changed – – An OEM version is available with your splash screen image compiled into the application – –

Auto-Play Menu Feature Shareware Personal Professional Maximum number of menu entries 3 12 12 Supports sub-menus – Supports background images – Supports alternative menu layouts – Both personal and professional licenses can be purchased on-line through the BMTMicro registration service: Click here to register an Auto-Play personal license (EUR 13.50). Click here to register an Auto-Play professional license (EUR 49.00). Click here to upgrade from a personal to a professional license by ordering an Auto-Play professional upgrade (EUR 35.50).

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For more information about the full range of features, Download the Auto-Play Suite and try it out. If you like what you see, please Register your copy to unlock its full potential! Thank you!

v3.2.140 - 26. January 2016

Auto-Play Suite (all programs):

• Updated PNG Library: Updated the PNG support library to libpng 1.6.21 (January 15, 2016). (Copyright © 1998-2016 Glenn Randers-Pehrson, et. al.)
• Updated JPEG Library: Updated the JPEG support library to jpeg-9b (January 17, 2016). (Copyright © 2016 Thomas G. Lane, Guido Vollbeding)
• All applications have been compiled with the MinGW implementation of GCC version 4.8.1.

Auto-Play (v3.2.140):

• Minor correction in the registration code (fix a possible buffer overflow).
• Updated the default splash screen to show my German URL (informatics-consulting.de).

Auto-Play Configuration Utility (v3.2.092):

• Minor correction in the registration code (fix a possible buffer overflow).
• Updated the About links to point to my German URL (informatics-consulting.de).

Auto-Play Menu Utility (v4.3.094):

• Minor correction in the registration code (fix a possible buffer overflow).
• Updated the default graphics to show my German URL (informatics-consulting.de).

Auto-Play Chain Launching Utility (v1.2.036):

• Changed the welcome message to my German URL (informatics-consulting.de).

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