Who can make a bitchin' autorun cd menu?

[Madrone]

I'm working on a project for work, and I need to make a couple of menus for the front end of the cds. I downloaded the trial version of AutoPlay Media Studio and created a pretty nice 1st page menu today - but the $500 price tag makes it a NO GO to my boss. So - I've got a sweet looking 1st menu I can't use for anything and that will self destruct 4 days from the mment of creation.

I don't know jack about vbs - and not enough time to learn it enough to piece together what I'm trying to do. I can't work PhotoShop in any way that's even remotely productive.... the free versions of autorun menu creators leave a finished product looking like - well - it was FREE. (that's not even true - I work with AWESOME free software every day - but there's nothing awesome about the freely available autorun programs)


Help?

[Moochy]

1. Maybe ask in the computer help forum?

Sounds like you already know the limits on the free stuff.

Generally the more work you do in Photoshop, the more control you'll have. The free tools seem to be able to let you create a graphic per button and script those to more shell commands. ie. install now, etc.

Why not put the menu choices into your installer itself, the "setup.exe" ? you'll have more control inside the installer than you would in a cheesy freeware autorun menu.

In other words have only two buttons, the install and the Exit. then make install kick off your installer with the choices you alluded to handled within it.

[Madrone]

2. Posted there as well.

I need a menu for the frontend of my installer. The installer creates .exe files configured to specifications that vary depending on the location the end user will be installing from. Rather than having a gazillion different cds w/ different options I need a menu that will allow me to place the various .exe installer files on the disc, then have the menu configured to handle which installer is used. I would also like a 2nd menu that will give users the choice of either the Mozilla suite or a Firefox/Thunderbird combo - in addition to the installers created by me, also on the cd.

The Autoplay Media Studio program worked great for me - and I'm not someone that knows my way around graphics AT ALL. I suspect a menu could be created in PhotoShop - but I don't know how to operate it. :cry:

Anyway - I need a graphical menu as the front end, and I am not able to do one in my installers.