LeanCD requires two DLLs, MFC42.DLL, and MSVCRT.DLL. These are large files and are no longer included in the distribution since many people already have them. By not including these files I have reduced the distribution package by 600K, so even though this will make installation harder for the people who do not already have the DLLs, I think it is worth it. If LeanCD will not run download one of the following sets of files:
http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vc/mfc42.cab - - (requires a cab viewer) Open the .CAB file, drag the .EXE to the desktop, and double click on it. The DLLs are installed for you. Don't forget to delete the .CAB file and the .EXE file!
http://grafi.ii.pw.edu.pl/gbm/x86/MSVCRT.DLL & http://grafi.ii.pw.edu.pl/gbm/x86/MFC42.DLL - - Place these files in the windows\system directory.
http://users.southeast.net/~rhwarner/software/mfc42.zip & http://users.southeast.net/~rhwarner/software/rt.zip - - Unzip the files and move them to the windows\system directory. Don't forget to delete the .ZIP file!
If you can not find these files, please email me, and I will find a new location for you to download them.
Making LeanCD work with CD autoplay. LeanCD can be set to automatically start when you insert an audioCD into your drive. The simple way to do this is to rename cdplayer.exe in the \windows\ directory, and then rename leancd.exe to cdplayer.exe. The more advanced way is complements of Jason Settle. In any explorer window, select the [view|options] menu. Click on the File Types tab, and double click on AudioCD. Finaly, click on Edit, and change the path from cdplayer.exe to the current location of LeanCD.exe. Be sure to leave the /play command line argument intact.
Make LeanCD automatically start when you boot, and play the current CD. The first part is simple. Right click on the Start button and select Explore. Open the StartUp folder (perhaps under the Program Files directory), and drag the LeanCD icon into it. This will create a shortcut to LeanCD.exe. Then right click on the new shortcut, and select properties. Click on the Shortcut tab, and then in the Target edit box, add a space, and the text /play.
In short: LeanCD Player is the smallest CD Player in the CD Suite from RC Software. Its goal is to be small and at the same time completely functional. It takes up a small amount of memory, and very little screen space. You can position it anywhere on the screen, make it stay always on top, select any track from a menu, fast forward and rewind within a track, and view the current location in a track, all in a 137X17 window. It also supports all the standard controls, such as pause, resume, and eject.
Motivation: I think programs should not waste screen space like most apps wantonly do. My program may not do all the things other players do, but it does more with its small amount of screen space than any other CD player I know of.
Because of its size the player is not quite as easy to learn how to use as the one that comes with Windows, but try sticking the Windows CD player in the unused space of your title bar! In fact, try that with just about any CD player and you will fail. Perhaps you have a 21" monitor, and have space to waste, if so, you will probably be happier with some other CD player. But if you want a CD player that you can always see, without giving up any useful space on your screen, I think you will want to learn how to use LeanCD.
The CD Suite is a set of software for playing audio CDROMs. It is currently unfinished, but a few of the programs that will make it up are complete enough to merit distribution.
This program is shareware, please register! Currently, registering entitles you to one copy of the programs in the CD Suite, and a free upgraded version of the CD Suite (shipping and hanlding extra), when Quatum CD player is released. Order now, because after Quatum CD player is released, you will no longer recieve a free upgrade.
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· $8: 3.5" disk sent by US mail. · $5: Zip file sent by email attachment.
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