1a) Download the zip file
and expand it into a sub-directory. See the gstmenu-from-zip below. Click on gstmenu.exe
to see a sample autorun, then click on GSTMENU.HLP to get an overview of how to use the
product.
1b) When you are ready to
start creating your own autorun, copy the 7 circled files to a work sub-directory. This is
where you will create your autorun program.
2) Go to your graphics
program, (yes the GSTMenu Development Kit assumes that you know how to create a graphic
bitmap). Create a normal bitmap as show on the left and a highlight bitmap as shown on the
right. The highlight bitmap is exactly like the normal bitmap except it is highlighted
with different colors and shapes to look different when the mouse travels over the area.
For more information on the graphics process click here.
3) Now copy the menu 1
normal and menu 1 highlight bitmaps into the work sub-directory. If you are going to have
more than one menu screen, you need to create a matched set for each screen.
4) Now click on the
GSTWIZRD.EXE (GSTMenu Wizard) to configure the title, sounds and actions for each
selection area. To find out more on how to use the wizard click here
5) After testing the
autorun you now create an AUTORUN.INF file with the following information in it. Now copy
this file to the root of the CD.
6) Now copy all of your
files in the work sub-directory to the CD. The AUTORUN.INF file shown above assumes that
you are putting all of the autorun files in an autorun sub-directory off of the root
directory.
7) You have to do more
work designing your screens and more manual copying of files in comparison to our other
product the GST
Autoplay Easel. Despite this extra work many companies prefer the GSTMenu Development
Kit because of the added flexibility and graphic effects.