Contents
 CD Player 1.3

Help Contents

How to Register

Command Buttons

Volume Scroll Bars

Program Dialog

Modes Dialog

Edit CD Dialog

Incompatibility

Error Messages

Thanks

About


Command Buttons

 Play

 Pause

 Previous Track

 Next Track

 Fast Rewind

 Fast Forward

 Stop

 Eject


Thanks

    Thanks to Australian Crawl, Beatles, Bob Marley, The Doors, Eric Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Midnight Oil, Nirvana, Steve Miller Band and v. Spy v. Spy for their great CD that motivated me in making this program.

    Hope you listen to a lot of nice CD's with this program ...


 Help Button

    Call WinHelp 3.1 on the current dialog window topic.


 Ok Button

    End dialog. If any changed electable options, confirm changes.


 Cancel Button

    Cancel current operation and restore previous options.


 Play Button

    Play the CD from the current position. If the CD was in a program pause mode the program is continued.


 Stop Button

    Stops the CD player and return to the first track. If in any program, the program is canceled. To play the program again go to the program window and press Play Prog button.


 Pause Button

    Pauses the CD player. To continue playing from the same point press the play button.


 Eject Button

    Eject the CD. This button is only enabled if your CD player can eject the CD. The program determines if your CD can eject through mci cdaudio command 'capability cdaudio can eject'.


 Fast Forward Button

    Seeks the CD forward a number of seconds defined in the modes dialog as Seek Sec.


 Fast Rewind Button

    Seeks the CD backward a number of seconds defined in the modes dialog as Seek Sec.


 Next Track Button

    Seek de CD to the next track in the disk. If in the last track and the repeat is checked, seeks to the first track.

    If in program mode, seeks to the next track in the program.


 Previous Track Button

    Seek de CD to the previous track in the disk. If in the first track and the repeat is checked, seeks to the last track.

    If in program mode, seeks to the previous track in the program.


How To Register

    This version of CDPlayer is free and can be freely copied as long as no alteration is made of any kind and all the files are copied  together. To obtain a registration code for your copy you must send me  your program number and I will send you your registration code. Nothing is charged for the registration.

    The fastest way to send me the program number is by an e-mail to my bitnet account. Another option is  to send it in a letter to my home address and  I will answer as soon  as possible. Registering, you will receive information on how to get the  latest version of the program (if any available), will be  notified of  program updates and will be free of that boring registration window.

    Don't forget to say in your mail the program version and MSCDEX vesrion (found in the about dialog), the place where you are (city, state and country), your age, your occupation and the CD's you best like.


Correspondence Address

Fabio Policarpo

BitNet    GFIPOLI@BRUFF.BITNET

Home      Av Independencia, 1090

          Pendotiba - Niteroi - RJ

          Brazil - 24300


Volume Scroll Bars

    The scroll bars control the volume of the CD audio sound. The maximum volume is at the top and the minimum at the bottom of the scroll bar.

    The left scroll bar, controls the Left Channel; the right scroll bar, controls the Right Channel; and the middle scroll bar controls Both Channels at the same time.


Right Channel Volume

    This scroll bar increases or decreases the volume of the right CD player audio channel.


Left Channel Volume

    This scroll bar increases or decreases the volume of the left CD player audio channel.


Both Channels Volume

    This scroll bar increases or decreases the volume of both CD player audio channels.


Program Dialog

    This dialog is only enabled if the CD is in paused or stoped. Through this dialog you can program CD Player to play only the tracks you like best or a random program.

    To add a track to the program, double-click the track in the CD Tracks listbox or select the track and press the Add button. The track is inserted in the program before the current selected track of the Program Tracks listbox.

    To delete a track from the program, select the track in the Program Tracks listbox and press the Delete button. The Clear Prog button delete all tracks from the program.

    To play the current program from the start, press the Play Prog button.

    If random is checked before you enter the program dialog, a random program will be generated. You can then edit the random program and play it pressing Play Prog button. If repeat is also checked another random program will be generated when the first one ends, but if you check repeat after you start to play the program, the same random program will be repeated.


Modes Dialog

    This is the configuration dialog of the program. The configurable options are:

Program Background

Start Modes

Minimized Time

Use CD Library

Seek Seconds


Background
Program Background

    Chooses the background of the main window of CD Player. There are some solid/dither colors and some gray patters.


Start Modes

    Start mode control the behavior of the program when it's started or a new CD is inserted.

    The possible start modes are:

Normal

Play

Random Start

Repeat Start


Start Modes (Random)
Start Modes

Random

    With this option checked, every time you start the program or inserts a new CD with the Play start mode selected, the start mode play will act as a random play.


Start Modes (Play)
Start Modes

Play

    In this mode, every time you start the program or inserts a new CD, the program starts to play it automatically.


Start Modes (Repeat)
Start Modes

Repeat

    With this option checked, every time you start the program or inserts a new CD with the Play start mode selected, the play will be repeated after it ends.


Start Modes (Normal)
Start Modes

Normal

    In this mode, nothing is done when you start the program or inserts a new CD.


Minimized Time

    With this option checked, when the CD is playing minimized, the current track and time is displayed in the icon title.


Seek Seconds

    Represents the number of seconds the program seeks the CD when you press the Fast Forward button or the Fast Rewind button.


About CD Player
About CD Player 1.3

    The about dialog contains the program version and the version of the MSCDEX you are currently using. You should use MSCDEX 2.10 or later in order to be fully compatible with this program.


Incompatibility

    I have noticed that some CD players do not handle the 'seek' mci command. If your CD is in pause or  stop  mode, and when you try to seek to the next or previous track the CD does not go on, is because yours is one of them. I have fixed that using a 'play from xx pause'  instead of 'seek to xx'. You can have this modified copy of the program  by telling me that together with your program number.

    I have tested the program a lot with the Panasonic CD player from the upgrade kit for Sound Blaster Pro. If you notice some other  incompatibility of any kind, please let me know and you will be the  first one to receive the fixed program.


Error Messages

- Unable to open cdaudio device !

    This message will occur if the windows cdaudio driver is not installed (trough drivers in control panel) or another program is using the cdaudio. You must have a MCI/MPC compatible CD player to use this program.

- Unable to load CDBTN.DLL !

    The file CDBTN.DLL must be in the CDPlayer directory or in the windows system directory. This file contains the buttons used in the program.


Installing CD Audio Device

    To install the Windows 3.1 CD Audio driver, go to Control Panel, double click the 'Drivers' icon, press the 'Add' button in the driver  window, chose the '[MCI] CD Audio' and press 'Ok'. Windows will ask you  for one of the installation disks.


Program Number

    The Program Number can be found in the registration window when you start an unregistered program.

    It can also be found in the win.ini file in the CD Player section.


Registration Code

    Is the number I will return to you to be entered in the registration window and make the program registered.


Repeat Switch

    When checked, the disk is played again from the first track when the last track is finished. If in a program play, the program is restarted after the last track of the program ends.


Random Switch

    Check this option and go to program dialog to generate the random program.


 Play Program Button

    If the program contains one or more tracks, starts to play the CD from the first track of the program.


Exit Program
 Exit Program Button

    Exits the program window without playing the current program. The program is not deleted and can be played later by going to the program dialog and pressing the Play Prog button.


Add Track to Program

    Add the current selected track from the CD Tracks listbox to the program before the current selected track in the Program Tracks listbox.


Delete Track from Program

    Delete the current selected track from the Program Tracks listbox.


 Clear Program

    Deletes all the tracks from the Program Tracks listbox.


CD Tracks List

    This listbox contains all the tracks from the current CD and their length. Selecting tracks and pressing the Add button insert the track to the program. You can also double-click the track to insert it to the program.


Program Tracks List

    This listbox contains all the tracks of the current program. Selecting tracks and pressing the Delete button deletes the track from the program.


CD Total Time

    Shows the total tracks and total time of the current disk.


Program Total Time

    Shows the total tracks and total time of the program.


Track Display

    Shows the current track and position of the CD. When a new CD is inserted, the total tracks and total time of the disk is displayed until any seek operation is made.


Program Total Time

    This group shows the total tracks and total times for the current CD and for the program.


Use CD Library

    With this option checked, you will be able to access the Edit CD Dialog where you enter the CD title, band/singer and the track names. The program window will be enlarged and the name of the current track will be shown in the status bar. The CD band/singer and CD title will be shown after you insert a new CD or after stop is pressed.


CD Title

    This field must be filled with the CD title.


CD Band/Singer

    This field must be filled with the CD singer, band, group or orchestra name.


CD Songs

    This group should be filled with the names of all tracks of the CD. You must use the scroll bar to access all the tracks of the disk. To go from one track to the other use TAB and SHIFT-TAB.


CD Songs Scroll Bar

    This scroll bar moves the songs window up and down, so you can access all songs in the current CD.


Edit CD Dialog

    This dialog is where you enter information about the current CD. You can only access this dialog if Use CD Lib is checked in the modes dialog. This information will be shown in the status bar as you walk trough the CD. The information fields are:

CD Band/Singer

CD Title

CD Songs


Status Bar

    This is where the information about the current CD is displayed. The Band/Singer and CD Title is displayed after you enter a new CD or stop button is pressed. The track name is displayed while the track is playing or paused.