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Subject: Re: FLASH: FS command - exec on MAC + Autorun
From: Eve Wilson
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 02:29:47 GMT

Autorun for Mac can only be set by the burning software ie toast
Someone posted this address a couple of weeks ago


www.were-here.com/forum/tutorials/cd_burn/index.html

However someone also informed me that most mac users have autorun disabled
because a virus about 5 years ago.

FS Command works on both platforms if you are using fullscreen....the exec i
have not used myself and do not know.








on 2/12/2000 9:01 AM, Ken Lanxner at kenatsimplelives [dot] com wrote:

> On 12/1/00 at 3:13 PM, Brian V Bonini <brianatlivenet [dot] net> wrote:
>
>> How does the FS Command 'exec' work on the Mac?
>>
>> For a CD-rom if I do: On (Press) FS Command ("exec",
>> "acrobat/win98/ar405eng.exe") End On
>>
>> Do I do the same thing for MAC? i.e.,
>>
>> On (Press) FS Command ("exec", "acrobat/macppc/ar405eng.hqx") End On
>>
>> Also, what is the equivalent of autorun.inf for the Mac?
>
> There is no Mac equivalent of exec and there is no such thing as .exe
> files in the Mac world. Mac programs will only run with user
> interaction. The .hqx file extension refers to a compressed file which
> will expand on download (assuming the user has the right software
> installed) but it will not run a program. Mac and PC operating systems
> behave very differently in how then run applications. I do not believe
> there is a way to autostart a program on a Mac, but perhaps I am wrong
> about that and others will correct me.
>
> Ken
>
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