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| ALL
NEW VERSION OF FASTMENU RELEASED! |
FastMenu 3.0 has
now been released! The new edition of one of our favourite
Autorun packages now includes advanced functions, including the ability to locate files, even if you enter the
incorrect path to them! An easier to use Menu Editor has been
developed, along with upgraded Set-up Wizard. New
functions, like sending an email via a button also help
you create professional menus easily! (click
here)
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| AUTO-VIEW
3.0 JUST RELEASED! |
AutoView Version
3.0 has been released! Now with a Set-up Wizard for even easier use. AutoView has had several important advancements in
design, including the ability to locate files, even if you enter the
incorrect path to them. The inclusion of installable viewers for your
files is now optional, making it possible for a one-step set-up process! AutoView has also been redesigned to work from the
root (base) directory of the CD, making the creation of your CDs
easier than ever! Simply run the wizard and complete the one step
process, then copy the contents of the directory to the root (base) of
the CD: That easy! What's more we are introducing this new version for
business use for the lower cost of US$39.95! (click
here)
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| TASK-O-MATIC
LIST MERGER RELEASED! |
Pollen Software has just released the Task-O-Matic List
Merger! This new companion software for Task-O-Matic allows you to merge tasks between lists, create new lists by extracting tasks from existing lists, and create lists from compiling tasks from various lists. This allows you more freedom than ever to manipulate your task lists, whether it be cross updating tasks from disparate lists, gathering a To Do list together from various task lists, or extracting out tasks to delegate. Try it now! With this release we have also released Task-O-Matic 3.2, download it now to take advantage of a number of performance tweaks, have direct access to the List Merger, and the ability to print your lists in small
type. (click
here)
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Pollen Software has just released the Task-O-Matic List Merger. This new companion software for Task-O-Matic allows you to merge tasks between lists, create new lists by extracting tasks from existing lists, and create lists from compiling tasks from various lists. This allows you more freedom than ever to manipulate your task lists, whether it be cross updating tasks from disparate lists, gathering a To Do list together from various task lists, or extracting out tasks to delegate.
(click
here)
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AUTOption
4.3 has now been released! This new release includes features such as the ability to send email by clicking a menu button,
and the ability to easily resort the order of buttons.
AUTOption 4.3 can be
downloaded from it's home page now! (click
here)
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| NEW
RELEASE OF EXPRESSALBUM OUT NOW! |
Pollen
Software's photo album software ExpressAlbum has just
been upgraded! This new release incorporates a number
of new features, including enhancements in design,
output, operation and ease of use. If you have a
digital camera, or wish to create photo albums for CD,
local or internet use, then check out ExpressAlbum
now! click
here.
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| NEW
VERSION OF TASK-O-MATIC RELEASED! |
Task-O-Matic Version 3.1 is now released and available for download! This new version of Task-O-Matic includes a number of enhancements over V3.0. Included in these are extra list management features, easier to use dialogs, tweaked and improved display, as well as increased skin detail.
Plus, check out Task-O-Matic's new "Starship" skin, available for download from the Skins page!
click
here.
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| NEW
VERSION OF BUTTON PUNCHER OUT! |
A
new version of the free (for registered users) Button
Puncher is now out! Button Puncher is a button
creation utility that can make the creation of
graphical button a breeze. This new version now
incorporates settable button width as well as a number
of other features and enhancements. If you have
AUTOption Graphic or Autorun Maestro you might want to
check it out now! click
here.
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| NEW
VERSION OF AUTOPTION GRAPHIC RELEASED! |
The
new version of AUTOption Graphic has now been
released! Complete with a new Set-up Wizard that makes
it easier than ever to create attractive menus fast.
This new Wizard can automatically create your entire
menu interface in a selection of styles, allowing you
to create your menu without providing any images! click
here.
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| NEW
BUILD: AUTOPTION GRAPHIC SET-UP WIZARD BETA! |
A
new build of the AUTOption Graphic Set-up Wizard Beta
has just been released. This new build corrects a few
minor issues with the first publicly released beta.
Download now to over come these issues, most notably
being the inability to recover from adding too many
buttons (>20) to a single menu. Visit the AUTOption
Graphic Set-up Wizard Beta site to download the new
beta! click
here.
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| NEW
AUTOPTION GRAPHIC SET-UP WIZARD BETA OUT! |
We
have just released for public evaluation a new
AUTOption Graphic Set-up Wizard beta. This new Wizard
should make is easy than ever to create autorun menus.
The wizard will not only set up your entire menu, but
will now optionally create all the graphics as well! You even get to
choose the graphical style! Visit the AUTOption
Graphic Set-up Wizard Beta site to download the new
beta! click
here.
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StyleSkin
2.0 has now been released and can be downloaded from
the StyleSkin web site. New features include the
ability to use any font in your design, export skins
in full Autorun Maestro 2.0 format, new textures,
faster rendering zooming and previewing, Windows XP
optimisations, as well as much much more. Visit the
StyleSkin site to download the new version! click
here.
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| TASK-O-MATIC
3.0 RELEASED! |
Task-O-Matic Version 3.0 now released and available for download! This new version of Task-O-Matic includes a wide range of new features, including the ability to export your lists to web pages, a new right-click menu, the ability to create lists of files in a directory, the ability to edit task descriptions directly in the list interface with a now expandable task description field, an Always-On-Top mode, ability to show an index of your lists in full numbered order, plus much much more!
Check out Task-O-Matic's web site for more information
as well as to download your copy, click
here.
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| AUTORUN
MAESTRO 2.0 NOW OUT! |
Autorun
Maestro 2.0 has just been released! With a host of new
features, including button and taskbar animation
options, easier to use Menu Editor, the capability for
fully customized sound schemes, a new image browser,
keyboard shortcuts and more! You can click
here
to check out the new version, as well as download a
copy!
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| IT'S
ALL A LITTLE SIMPLER STILL! |
We
have made an effort to make our software easier to
download and use, as well as our web site easier to
read and navigate. All
of our autorun packages now come in self extracting
EXEs! This has simplified the process of downloading
and extracting the software, and has allowed us to
simplify the
website, as well as file management for both users and
us. We have also made changes around the site to simplify
it's layout and navigation. These changes should help
users quickly locate, download and use the software
that interests them. We hope you enjoy our now even easier to use
autorun software!
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| NEW
VERSION OF AUTORUN ACTION FLASH! |
Autorun
Action Flash Version 4.1 has just been released. This
new version has had a number of new additions,
including recursive directory searching so you can
move your files when you write your CD and have your
Autorun link still work! A number of other features
and upgrades have also been added such as the new
ability to set your target window size. To check out
and download the new version, click
here
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| NEW
VERSION OF AUTOPTION GRAPHIC RELEASED! |
AUTOption
Graphic Version 4.2 is now out! Incorporating new
features such as task bar animation, individual button
sounds, an upgraded Menu Editor and Setup Wizard. The
Help system has also been improved, plus more! To
check out and and download the new version, click
here
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| FAQ/
TROUBLE-SHOOTER UPDATED! |
Our
FAQ/ Trouble-Shooter has just been updated to include
even more topics, solutions and answers to frequently
asked questions! We receive a great many enquires
regarding our autorun software, and we have placed the
most common questions, along with their answers, in
our FAQ/ Trouble-Shooter. So if you have any
questions, queries and the like, then be sure to check
it out!. To go to our FAQ/ Trouble-Shooter now, click
here
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| NEW
DIGITAL PHOTO ALBUMS SOFTWARE RELEASED! |
Those
users with digital cameras or other computer image
collections should check out Pollen Software's latest
release, SnapAlbum! SnapAlbum is advanced photo
management and display software that can create
attractive HTML based albums from your photos or
images. These albums can then be viewed in your
browser, uploaded to the Internet, or shared with
others via CD. For more details click
here
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| NEW
VERSION OF BUTTON PUNCHER OUT! |
The
Button Puncher is a free (for registered users)
utility which helps user create graphical buttons for
Autorun Maestro and AUTOption Graphic. Some users were
receiving an invalid control array error with the
previous release of the Button Puncher, this new
release overcomes this issue so that no-one should
experience the error. If you are a registered user of
AUTOption Graphic or Autorun Maestro, and have either
not yet downloaded the software or were one of the few
who experienced this error then please check out this
release Button Puncher. For more details
click
here
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| NEW
VERSION OF AUTOPTION RELEASED! |
A
new version of AUTOption has just been released! This
new versions offers some new functions, resolves a few
minor bugs and sees some rework of the help system. For more details
click
here
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| NEW
REGISTRATION DISCOUNTS! |
We
have found that many people choose to register more
than one of our autorun CD packages, not uncommonly
choosing to even register every one. These people can now save
a significant amount (up to 25%) when registering! We
have two separate options available, register any three
CD autorun programs, or register all eight CD autorun packages.
Either way you save a significant amount off the individual
price! We have set up options for both business and
personal users. For more details click
here
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Now
free for registered users of Autorun Maestro as
well as AUTOption Graphic! The Button Puncher, a
button creation program which allows users to quickly
create graphical buttons has been upgraded with a host
of new features! These include much faster button
creation, multiple button styles, browse to open
caption list and more! (click
here)
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| AUTORUN
MAESTRO + STYLESKIN PACKAGE! |
Due
to the recent release of the new version of StyleSkin
and its Autorun Maestro export features, and the
continuing popularity of the two with registering
users, we have now released a discount package for the
duo! You can now purchase registration to both Autorun
Maestro (personal or business) as well as StyleSkin
for a discounted rate of a 20% off the combined cost!
See our registration
form
for details now!
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| NEW
VERSION OF AUTORUN MAESTRO! |
Autorun
Maestro 1.1 has just been released! While this version
addresses a couple of small bugs in the first release,
more importantly it coincides with the latest release
of StyleSkin. StyleSkin now exports skins directly to
Autorun Maestro menus. This means you can use
StyleSkin to design complex and attractive 3D
interfaces easily, and then simply turn them into
fully featured Maestro menus with the click of a
single button! You can check out the latest version of
Autorun Maestro here,
or the new release of StyleSkin here.
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| VOLUME
DISCOUNTS NOW AVAILABLE! |
We
are now offering a discount of 15% off for purchases
of three or more of the same package, at the same
time. This means businesses who wish to purchase
license to use our software to author CDs in a number
of locations or computers can now receive a discount
on purchasing multiple licenses. All you have to do is
order via the relevant normal order form, and if you
put three or more in the quantity field, the discount
will automatically apply.
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| AUTORUN
MAESTRO NOW RELEASED! |
We
have now released our new powerful CD menuing software,
Autorun Maestro! After much development, Autorun
Maestro is now publicly available and ready for
purchase. This new menuing software incorporates
impressive new features not found in our other Autorun
CD software. These include a fully customisable graphical
interface with independently placed buttons,
transparency, increased button command options, over
10 screen locations as well as many, many other new
features. With its extensive features coupled with its
focus on ease of use, Autorun Maestro suits all users,
from beginner to highly advanced. You can read more
about Autorun Maestro, as well as download the
shareware, on Maestro's homepage right now! (click
here)
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| NEW
VERSION OF AUTOPTION! |
We
have just released a new version of AUTOption!
This new version (4.1) adds a few very useful
features. These include such features as a color
picker for your text color, intelligent file search,
and better catering for corrupt key files. You can
read more about, as well as download the program at AUTOption's
page. (click
here)
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| AUTORUN
MAESTRO BETA UPDATED! |
Our
new CD autorun software, Autorun Maestro, has just had a
new beta released! All known issues with the previous
version have been resolved, and a number of new
features added. For full details check out the
preliminary Autorun Maestro page (click
here)
or the Beta Testers Area (click
here)!
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| NEW
VERSION OF AUTOPTION GRAPHIC! |
We
have just released a new version of AUTOption Graphic!
This new version (4.1) adds a few very useful
features. These include such features as a color
picker for your text color, intelligent file search,
and better catering for corrupt key files. You can
read more about, as well as download the program at
AUTOption Graphic's page. (click
here)
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| NEW FAQ/
TROUBLE-SHOOTER RELEASED! |
Pollen
Software is proud to announce the launch of its new
advanced FAQ (frequently asked questions)/ Trouble
Shooter! This new help area will assist any existing
or new users of our autorun CD software in solving any
issues they might experience. We have programmed our
own software to create and maintain the FAQ/ Trouble
Shooter, and will continuously add to the information
presented. The format is a familiar tree-view style,
which all users should find easy to navigate. The
automated nature of this advanced new software means
we can keep the FAQ/ Trouble Shooter not only up to
date, but up to the minute! Click
here
to go to our shiny new FAQ/ Trouble Shooter now!
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| STYLESKIN
FORM SKINNING WIZARD RELEASED! |
The StyleSkin Form
Skinning Wizard (beta) has been released! This new tool allows Visual
Basic programmers to quickly and easily convert their programs into
fully skinned interfaces! The software not only redesigns the VB form,
but adds all necessary code (including a graphic TitleBar and drag
code), and creates an advanced StyleSkin template ready to skin! If
you program in VB, be sure to check out this addition. Registration to
the Skin Wizard is included with StyleSkin! Click
here for
more information.
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| AUTORUN
MAESTRO BETA RELEASED! |
Pollen
Software is proud to announce the arrival (beta) of
its latest CD autorun program, Autorun Maestro! Autorun
Maestro is the most advanced CD autorun software we have
developed to date, with features like freely shaped
forms, independently placed buttons, more button
functions, settable tab order, and much, much more!
You can check out the preliminary information and
download the beta at the Autorun Maestro homepage (click
here).
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Our entire website has been
redesigned! The new pages should not only be clearer
to read, but faster to load and easier to navigate.
The site has also been redesigned to be easier to
maintain. Please change your bookmarks to reflect the
new location of pages. We hope you like the new look!
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| FASTMENU 2.0
NOW RELEASED! |
FastMenu 2.0 is now
OUT! With a range of new features
FastMenu 2.0 is now complete with its own
Setup Wizard and upgraded Menu Editor. It
now supports animated title graphics and
an expiry feature! This new expiry
feature means you can advise the end user
that the information on the CD is now
considered out of date (great for
catalogue CDs, pricelists, product
brochures, company or personal resumes,
even such CDs as training and
certification programs) and let the user
know just where they might go for an
update etc.
You can check out the new version and
download you own copy at FastMenu's
homepage. (click
here)
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| FASTMENU V 2.0
BETA RELEASED! |
The Beta for
FastMenu Version 2.0 has now been
released! This new version will see the
addition of a number of new elements into
FastMenu, and our autorun software in
general! It introduces a new Setup
Wizard, graphic animation capability, as
well as a number of unique new features.
An "Expiry Date" feature has
been added. This can be used to let the
end user know the CD is now out of date
and can be very useful in product or
pricelist CDs. Also new features such as
the ability to drag and drop buttons to
move them in the button order, separate
Button Properties, Animation and Expiry
dialogs in the Menu Editor make the
software incredibly easy to use. You can
download and try out the new version in
the Beta Testing Centre! (click here)
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| STYLESKIN 1.1
BETA RELEASED! |
The Beta for
StyleSkin Version 1.1 has been released!
This new version introduces new Accent
Effects including Surface Shine, Display
Glow, Button Glow and Display Grain. It
also introduces a scrollable, sizable
Effects browser which displays thumbnails
of all your effects for easy selection!
For complete information, and to download
your copy StyleSkin site! (click here)
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| AUTOPTION
GRAPHIC BUTTON PUNCHER! |
The AUTOption
Graphic Button Puncher is a new program
which is free to registered users of
AUTOption Graphic! This great little
program has been designed to quickly
create any number of buttons for use in
AUTOption Graphic. Its great when
creating quick menus and you do not want
to worry about spending too much time on
custom buttons! Click
Here for full info!
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| AUTORUN
ACTION FLASH V4 RELEASED! |
Autorun Action
Flash Version 4 has now been released!
Autorun Action Flash now comes complete
with its own Setup Wizard, settable
screen location, the ability to prompt to
install a viewer, regcode masking,
settable execution timing... the list
goes on! Check out the Autorun
Action Flash WebPages for more details!!
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| AUTORUN
ACTION FLASH V4 BETA! |
The Version 4 Beta
for Autorun Action Flash is now available
for download! The new version will be
able to prompt for viewer installation,
have settable screen position, as well as
a separate Setup Wizard! You can download
the Beta Version from the Beta Testing Area
now!
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| STYLESKIN
GETS GOLD FROM ZDNET!!! |
ZDNet has awarded
StyleSkin its highest accolade, a 5 stars
Gold Medal! We thank the good people at
ZDNet, and we hope all our users enjoy
the award winning software! Please see
StyleSkin's site for more information of
this award-winning software! (click
here). We encourage
anyone creating graphical autorun
interfaces (e.g. AUTOption Graphic) to
take a look at what StyleSkin can do for
them.
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| STYLESKIN
IS NOW RELEASED!!! |
After an intensive development
process and much anticipation StyleSkin is now
RELEASED! StyleSkin now offers not only
revolutionary template driven rendering
capability, but a native template editor, 24
different texture styles (each adjustable),
specialised photo rendering capabilities (to turn
you favorite image into a skin), as well as a
full range of skinning features! All for only $29.95!!!!
Click Here to go to
StyleSkin's website!
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| AUTOPTION
VERSION 4.0 GETS GOLD! |
Following on the release and
subsequent 5-Star rating of AUTOption Graphic,
the newly released AUTOption V4 has also earned
the 5-Star rating by ZDNet! We encourage everyone
to have a look at these Autorun programs, they are both
powerful, easy to use menu programs that have now
been made even better in Version 4! For more
information on these programs, or to download
your copy, you can click on their respective name
in the menu to the left. Have Fun!
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| AUTOVIEW
VERSION 2 RELEASED! |
AutoView has undergone a major
upgrade! This version sees the introduction of a
separate INI editor, as well as the ability for
the author to set the installation message shown
to the User when the a viewer for his/her
document type is not found. Registration Code
masking has also been added, to help protect
registered users from piracy. For a full rundown
of the new features or to download your copy
please see AutoView's homepage! (click here)
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| AUTOPTION
VERSION 4 RELEASED! |
Following hot on the heels of the
release of Version 4 of AUTOption Graphic is the
Version 4 release of AUTOption (Standard). With a
host of new features, AUTOption 4.0 strengthens
the already powerful features of AUTOption. With
the inclusion of a Setup Wizard the AUTOption
package is now easier to use than ever, also
sporting upgrades to the Menu Editor. This
upgrade also encompasses such new features as
button animation, placeable minimise and exit
controls and a host of other upgrades! For a full
rundown of the new features or to download your
copy please see AUTOption Graphic's homepage! (click here)
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| AUTOPTION
GRAPHIC VERSION 4 RELEASED! |
With fantastic new features,
AUTOption Graphic Version 4.0 has now been
released! New features include button image and
placement animation, full keyboard access to
buttons, a Setup Wizard, improved Menu Editor,
RegCode masking, Minimise and Exit controls, the
list goes on! For a full rundown of the new
features or to download your copy please see
AUTOption Graphic's homepage! (click here)
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| BIG
CHANGES FOR A NEW COMPANY! |
Talk about changes! As you no doubt
have noticed we have become a company and we have
even gotten our own Internet Site! We wish to
thank all of the multitude who have supported us
and registered our software, especially those who
have provided invaluable feedback and suggested
feature enhancements. We ask that all our loyal
customers bear with us as we settle into our new
domain, obviously the site will have to be
tweaked a little to accommodate the changes. In
the meantime I encourage anyone who uses WinAmp
to check out our Pollen
Software WinAmp skins! Have Fun
and Thank You!
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| PUBLIC
BETAS FOR BOTH AUTOPTIONS! |
AUTOption and AUTOption Graphic
Version 4.0 public beta have just been released.
With a dizzying array of new features, the betas
for both programs have been released for those
adventurous enough to explore unfinished software.
If you consider yourself one of these bold
venturers then please take a look at the new Beta
Testing Area! (click here)
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We now have a skinning service! We
have introduced this service for FREE! (to
registered user of AUTOption and AUTOption
Graphic) You can design your skin using a
template and send it off to us, we'll then send
you four skins back, with different button
settings in each skin.
You
can check out this service more on the pages for
AUTOption or AUTOption Graphic!
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A number of new features have been
added to AutoPage!
You can now choose where you would like the menu
to appear on screen. You can select the center or
any of the four corners.
The menu editor/ creator has been redesigned to
allow easier, faster menu creation and editing.
Demo mode, where the screens were automatically
cycled has now been limited. This demo only
occurs if the User has not pushed a button,
minimising any disruption to the launched command.
Registration Code has now been masked. To protect
Users from having their registration code used by
someone else the registration code is now masked
in the INI.
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| AUTOPTION
GRAPHIC SETUP WIZARD BETA! |
All new! announcing the AUTOption
Graphic Setup Wizard. This program allows you to
set up your menu in AUTOption Graphic quickly and
easily. This wizard takes you through setting up
your menu step by step!!! Check it out NOW! (click here)
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| PHOTO
CLOCK FREEWARE RELEASED! |
We have released Photo Clock, which
is a fun little clock which you can customize by
adding your own background image and changing the
configuration and colors of the clock elements...
its
a special gift for our web browsers...and ITS
FREE! Have Fun!
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| MAJOR
UPGRADE FOR AUTOPTIONS! |
Both AUTOptions have had a major
upgrade, with new features and an even easier
interface to program in. Among the plethora of
changes are such items as:
Enhanced Button Setting and moving in
programmer.
Completely rewritten button properties
module in programmer. With scrollable image list
for setting button images (AUTOption Graphic Only).
All New Properties Dialog for Setting
button properties.
Accessory Text, a separate Formattable
Text area
Button Description - provide further
information on your buttons, then when the User
positions the mouse over a button the accessory
text changes to display the button description
you entered.
More accurate dialog positioning, and
faster load-up.
Fully redone Help Files.
Commandline Arguments for any and all
buttons.
Buttons can be individually set to exit if
the User clicks them.
Please
see help file for full information!
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| AUTOPAGE
& FASTMENU GET UPGRADED! |
You can now implement a full screen
background IN AutoPage by including a Windows
Metafile! Just create your metafile (in PowerPoint or another program capable of creating
and saving a Windows Metafile), name it "back.wmf"
and include it with your program. The the program
loads it will display the metafile behind it,
covering the entire screen.
FastMenu's
INI Programmer has been upgraded to allow easier
opening of sub-menu INIs. This has involved
adding a "Open" button to allow the
User to open any INI while in the INI programmer
(rather than dragging and dropping the INI into
the EXE file)!
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| NEW
- FREEPLAY FREEWARE!! |
FreePlay allows you to autorun a CD
whenever you wish. This handy little utility
simply starts the autorun program on the CD as if
you had just inserted the CD. This can be handy if
you have auto-insert notification turned off on
your machine. It can also be useful for normal
users who find themselves ejecting CDs just to
get the initial autorun menu to come up!
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| BOTH
AUTOPTIONS GET UPGRADED |
AUTOption and AUTOption Graphic have
both been upgraded! You can now create INIs for
installing viewers, in case the User does not
have a program capable of viewing the document
you tried to open. If the User does not have a
viewer for a document you have tried to open,
AUTOption can automatically load a new INI to
offer installable viewers, information and
options to the User. If the User does not have a
program (e.g. a Web Browser) capable of viewing
the document you are attempting to open on their
machine (e.g. a HTML document), then AUTOption/
AUTOption Graphic will immediately take them to a
nested menu (e.g. html.ini) from which they can
install the program. You can do this for as many
document types as you like! Please see help files
for full information!
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| AUTORUN
ACTION FLASH NEW VERSION |
There was a minor bug in the new
animated version of Autorun Action Flash. This
bug, which caused the flash screen to load up and
halt under some configurations, has been remedied
and anyone with Autorun Action Flash version 3.0
who has experienced these problems are advised to
download the new version (3.0.1).
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You can now add a Title Bar, as well
as have that text reflected in the Windows TaskBar! Title Bar Caption can be changed for
each menu/ submenu, or if no text is entered,
then no Title Bar will be displayed.
This
is particularly handy if you feel strongly that
you want text in the button in the TaskBar (in
order for text to appear there the program must
have a Title Bar)
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| ANIMATED
FLASH SCREENS WITH AAF |
With Autorun Action Flash you can
now have ANIMATED flash screens! Simple to
implement, and very flexible, you can animated
your flash screen with as many frames as you wish.
You can set the animation speed, which can cater
for a range of animation effects, from highly
graphical animations to simple screen swapping!
You can even cycle the animation indefinitely for
as long as the flash screen stays up!
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| AUTOPAGE GETS
WIRED FOR SOUND |
You can now implement full sound
schemes with AutoPage! With sound events for
Start, Exit, Scroll Left, Scroll Right and
Command execute! Each event is set by the
presence of the relevant wave file. You need only
include wave files for the events you wish to
associate a sound for, and the wave files can
easily be replaced with your own sounds. Full
details can be found in the programs readme file.
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| NEW
VERSION OF FASTMENU & MORE |
With FastMenu you can now pass
commandline arguments to any programs opened with
your buttons!
With
both FastMenu and Autorun Action Flash you can
now specify the CD-Drive in any Commandline
Arguments! With a new variable (%CD%) you can use
in your Commandline arguments you can specify the
drive your CD is in. This enhances the ability to
include on your CD programs which can open/ view/
edit the documents on your CD!
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For some software packages the
registration package people were sent indicated
they were authorised for personal use for any new
versions of the package which came out. This was
erroneous, as you are authorized for Purchased
Use for any new version which come out.
This
means that if you registered for Business Level,
then you are authorized for Business Use for any
new version which come out. If you registered for
Personal Level, the you are authorized to use any
new versions for Personal Use. Basically I'm not
going to charge you an "upgrade" fee to
get the new features.
I
have changed the registration package to reflect
this.
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A User found an issue with FastMenu
on their system when the program was run from the
CD. The program could not find the title bitmap
unless it was placed in the root directory. Not
sure why this happened, but suspect certain
versions of Windows caused it.
I
have rewritten the image loadup, and it now works
on these systems. If you were experiencing this
sort of problem, please download an update!
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There are New features for Both AUTOptions, AUTOption and AUTOption Graphic!
You
can now place buttons horizontal as well as
vertical! This means you can line the buttons up
horizontally (e.g. along the bottom of your
background), or vertically in a column (e.g.
along the right side of your background).
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| AUTOption
& AUTOption Graphic |
There appeared to be issues with
AUTOption and AUTOption Graphic when
Large Screen Fonts were used. This was most
obvious in AUTOption Graphic, where the
buttons were moved slightly to the right and down
when viewed on a computer with Large Screen Fonts
set on.
I
have reprogrammed the necessary modules, including
those in the AUTOption Programmers. This has
involved a change in the INI files, so existing
INIs will have to be recreated. If you have an
existing INI file set, you can open it up and
change the two large numbers on lines 6 and 7 of
AUTOption INI files or on lines 4 and 5 of
AUTOption Graphic INI files to allow loadup. The numbers would typically be divided by
15 to correct them (assuming you did not have
Large Screen Fonts set on your computer).
If
anyone still has any issues with Large Screen
Fonts, or any other matter, please do not
hesitate in emailing me. Its this way we find
problems which never occur in our experience.
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Well, you can see what I have been
doing for the past two weeks! As you have most
probably noticed by now, the site has had a
complete redesign! Could two sites be more
different???
The
site now pushes the limit of what is possible
with HTML today. I'm not saying it uses oodles of
Java, but rather that it should look good in the
latest browsers (I have tested it in MS Internet
Explorer 4.0 and Netscape Navigator 4.0 as well
as Internet Explorer 3.0), while downloading in
record time (as opposed to my old design which
took a significant amount of time to download,
and was not as well presented in Netscape).
I
have not seen the methods I have used here used
anywhere else, central to the design is the
fragmentation of the component parts of the
images. This allows both the flexibility of self
adjusting images, but also faster download time.
This means that the menu to the left has been
compiled, on screen, out of many slivers of
images, but comprising of only a few component
parts, which are then meshed to appear as one
image. I managed this by using the end caps and
dividers as images, while the "middle"
is a cell tile. This works vertically for the
Menu and Title Boxes, and horizontally for the
dividers and link boxes.
Due
to the advances made in HTML, this site may look
somewhat lacking in older browsers... in IE3 the
site will look as it has been designed with the
exception of the links which are all dark green (I
can only specify global color for links in this
version of HTML). You should upgrade. This site
is best viewed in True Color (or High Color, if
you must).
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I've been busy this last weekend (okay
and today, and yesterday) improving the options
in AUTOption and AUTOption Graphic! Both
have improved load-up, compatibility, more sound
options and new ReadMe's. I have also programmed
attractive sound event scheduling into the
programs (such that for example if the program
has a button click sound, and an exit sound, and
the program is set to exit when a button is
clicked then the program plays the button sound
and executes the button, then plays the exit
sound and exits, remaining on top until the
procedure is completed. Trust me, it looks and
sounds great.
AUTOption
Graphic has one more sound event than
AUTOption, Mouse-Over. It also has much improved
load-up for Slow CD-ROM drives. The program will
now load-up its graphics fully before showing
itself at all (this has been implemented on
AUTOption as well).
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Payment Systems have been set up for
the new software, and they are now for sale!
I
have also made some minor changed to the
AUTOption and AUTOption Graphic Executables.
There were a reported instance of the background
graphics having problems loading up on submenus.
I have reprogrammed this module and it should
work fine for everybody now.
In
both programs I have changed the load-up order so
that the initial load-up is smoother on slow
machines with slow CD-ROM drives. I have also
programmed it to now unload the buttons, load up
the background graphic, then load-up the new
buttons on menu swapping.
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I have upgraded all the programs
again! This round there are NO FUNCTIONAL CHANGES.
Instead I have modified them for cosmetic and
feedback improvements. These include:
All
programs have a new path code "%",
which indicates the file is in the same directory
as the application. PLEASE NOTE: This is for
cosmetic purposes only, and is not to be used for
anything other than commands (i.e. logo images,
INI files etc DO NOT use this). It has been
introduced to allow us to set the software up to
open its own files when you download them (regardless
of where you unzip them).
NEW
ICONS! I have given the programs a new set of
icons. These are more attractive, as well as more
indicative of the programs they represent.
Originally my design intention was to give them
all "generic" icons, which would be
suitable for representing the CD, however this is
probably not needed as it limits peoples
understanding of what is possible, as well as the
icons I can use for the programs.
Root
Directory Messaging. I have received over the
last week or so a number of emails from people
who are trying to run the software from the Root
Directory. As stated in the readme files this
DOES NOT WORK. Now the program will message the
User and ask that the program be moved from the
Root directory.
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TWO new programs released: AutoPage
& FastMenu! These programs are not for sale
at this point, as I set up ordering systems for
them.
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| Autorun
Action Menu Feature Enhancements! |
Autorun Action Flash has gotten its
own INI file programmer! You can now setup the
software using the supplied INI file generator,
allowing you fast and simple implementation of
the software.
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Please Note that today I have
upgraded ALL the programs with improvements that
makes them more compatible with executing some
older DOS programs and batch files! If you use
the programs for these purposes you may wish to
download the newer version for enhanced
compatibility.
I
have also made them compatible with Large Screen
Fonts. If you were experiencing the form (and
hence the background image) resizing too small
then you can download a new copy to fix it up.
All
Readme Files have been rewritten to make them
clearer and more consistent with each other. You
can read each of these from the respective
software's pages below.
In
preparation for Online payment the Registration
System has changed! For complete details on the
new Registration System and registration levels
available please click here.
ONLINE PAYMENT NOW AVAILABLE!
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An initial (beta) version of
AutoView was released. Fully tested version
available soon!
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