Shortcuts and Hints


NAVIGATION

Several shortcuts have been built into CD-Runner to help an experienced user 
more quickly navigate through screens and options. One of the biggest shortcuts
involves the mouse; although you can use the pulldown menus and/or command 
buttons to access everything in CD-Runner, a faster and more efficient way is 
to click directly on the item or "hotspot" on the screen. These hotspots are
easy to spot; when the mouse is moved over one, the mousepointer will change
from the default arrow pointer to a "hand" pointer.

For example, in the Audio CD player you may click on the Menu button and then 
click on the CD Jacket button to select a desired display type, or you may 
left-click the mouse on either the CD Jacket text in the music calendar window 
or directly on the display itself to directly bring up the display selection box, 
saving a step in the process. 

Another useful hotspot is the Audio CD and CD-ROM Runner disc drawers; simply
left-click the mouse on this hotspot to eject the audio CD or CD-ROM. Note that
you can also identify the hotspots by bringing up the CD-Runner help module
(press function key F1 anywhere in CD-Runner to see context-sensitive help). 
Simply move the mouse to the different parts of the faceplates and a pop-up 
help box will display the hotspot and describe its function. 

Note that both left AND right mouse clicks are available on some hotspot areas.


TIPS

The CD-Runner Main Menu screen includes a Tips popup box. Even if you have 
disabled the "display on startup" option on the tips box, you may view any or 
all of the tips by selecting the Main Menu Tips option. 

The following tips are available:

1. To move the Audio CD, CD-ROM, RD or Media Runner faceplates, simply click 
     and hold down the left mouse button and move the faceplate to the desired 
     position.

2. To re-center the Audio CD, CD-ROM, RD or Media Runner faceplates, simply 
     click the right mouse button on the faceplate.

3. To exit or quit a screen, press the Esc key (this is the same as clicking 
     on the Cancel, Quit or Exit command buttons).

4. To get help at any time, press function key F1.

5. To access the menu bar selections or commands buttons using the keyboard, 
     press and hold down the Alt key and press the letter which is underlined 
     (e.g. press "Alt F" to access the "File" menu selection).

6. To play a movie file (*.avi or *.mmm) or a wave or midi file directly, 
     enter the command line "CDLAUNCH <drive\path\filename>" 
     (e.g. CDLAUNCH C:\WINDOWS\MEDIA\CLOUDS.MID). This will load the Media Runner 
     and automatically play the file.

7. To run an application using CD-Runner directly, enter the command line 
     "CDLAUNCH <drive\path\filename>" (e.g. CDLAUNCH C:\WINDOWS\WORDPAD.EXE). 
     This will run the specified application and unload CD-Runner.

8. To change your default Web Browser for use with CD-Runner, access the 
     Setup-Advanced section.

9. If you minimize the Audio CD or Media Runners while they are playing a 
     desired selection, a convenient popup volume and track control will be 
     displayed on top of all screens. This allows you to change volume or 
     access the track commands while using another Windows application.

10. To move to any position in an Audio CD or Media Runner track, click directly 
      on the horizontal status bar (under the track number and time display).

11. If you are using multiple CD-ROM or Removable Drives, if you originally 
      entered a new application on the default drive and later place the CD-ROM or 
      RD in a different drive, CD-Runner will automatically find it and run it.

12. All hotspots in CD-Runner are designated by a "Hand" mousepointer. Any time 
      the mousepointer changes from a arrow-type pointer to a hand, you may click 
      directly on the text or graphic to perform the associated action.

13. Click directly on the Audio CD or CD-ROM Runner Disc Drawer to automatically 
      eject the CD in the default drive.

14. Click directly on any time display to change it's format type (e.g. click on 
      time when in elapsed mode to change to a remaining time display).

15. When playing a movie in the Media Runner, click and hold the left mouse button 
      and move the playback screen or faceplate to any desired position. Click the 
      right mouse button on either screen or faceplate to re-center both.

16. If there is no CD in the primary drive and the Disc Prompt screen is shown, you 
      may click on the "Ejected CD" icon to automatically load the CD and close the 
      drive door if you are using a "caddyless" CD-ROM drive.

17. You can easily turn your PC into a screen saver which plays audio CDs by using 
      the "CD-Jacket" option in the Audio CD Runner Library and selecting a directory 
      containing your favorite bitmap (BMP) files!

18. To hide the CD-ROM and RD Runners control panel, click anywhere on the recessed 
      panel. To open the door, click anywhere on the door panel. You may also set the 
      default control panel door state (open or closed) in the Setup section.

19. To remove the "on-top" volume and track controls popup screen (visible when 
      Media or Audio CD Runners are minimized and playing), click the right mouse 
      button on the popup screen.

20. You may remove the main CD-Runner screen from loading and go directly to the 
      Audio CD or CD-ROM Runners by changing the "display main menu on startup" 
      checkbox in the Setup section.

21. You can easily modify the colors and/or fonts used on all of the CD-Runner 
      faceplates and Disc Prompt screen by accessing the "Customize" option in the 
      Setup section.

22. The CD-Runner background wallpaper used may be changed (select new bitmap or 
      BMP file), eliminated, set to a custom solid color, tiled or stretched to 
      fit full screen in the Setup section.

23. You may select a custom Mixer to be used with CD-Runner or modify the internal 
      CD-Runner volume control options in the Setup section.

24. The CD-Runner Setup section contains an "Advanced" section which allows you to 
      set your Web Browser, Enhanced CD players and Password and other Miscellaneous 
      options.

25. Click the left mouse button on the Title or Description display in any of the 
      faceplates to display a drop-down selection box to select songs, movies, 
      applications, etc..

26. If you are using the background wallpaper, you may minimize or restore it by 
      clicking on the "WP-On" or "WP-Off" hotspots in the faceplate display windows.

27. To register CD-Runner to be used by the Windows 95 Autoplay feature, select 
      "My Computer", "View", "Options", "File Types", and "Audio CD"; highlight 
      "Play", click "Edit" and in the "Application Used..." line type: 
      C:\CDRUNNER\CDLAUNCH.EXE (or if using a different CDRUNNER directory 
      enter the correct name).

28. If CD-Runner is registered to be used by the Windows 95 Autoplay feature, then 
      you may use the Windows Explorer to display the Audio tracks on the CD loaded 
      & launch the Audio CD Runner to play a desired track simply by clicking on it.

29. To launch the Audio CD Runner directly from Windows, setup a shortcut using the 
      following command line: C:\CDRUNNER\CDLAUNCH.EXE AUDIOCD (or if using a 
      different CDRUNNER directory enter the correct name).

30. To add CD-Runner to your Start button, right mouse click on the Windows taskbar, 
      select "Properties", "Start Menu Programs", "Add", at command line box enter 
      CD-Runner executable (e.g. "C:\CDRUNNER\CDLAUNCH.EXE") or Browse, select 
      the Folder to place CD-Runner in (or create new folder), and enter a shortcut 
      name (e.g. "CD-Runner").

31. To launch an Audio CD or CD-ROM and bypass all CD-Runner screens, use the 
      CD-Runner Lite menu option (Start/CD-Runner Applications/CD-Runner Lite). 
      Note that CD-ROMs must initially be setup in CD-Runner to use this option.

32. To create a "CD Runner Lite" shortcut, add a new shortcut using the following 
      command line: C:\CDRUNNER\CDLAUNCH.EXE CDLITE (or if using a different 
      CDRUNNER directory enter the correct name).
