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Running a website from a CD...
Hello all,
this probably is a stupid question and cannot be done. but, if there was an outside chance i would love to know.
i'm working on cd content we provide to users with a user interface based soley in web content. at the moment all links/images/etc have to always have relative urls as opposed to root ones which creates all kind of havoc especially with those inexperienced few.
what i would like is an autorun.ini which simply starts some server software defining (automatically) the cd drive which contains our disc to be the root. then opening a browser window with our home page loaded and you're away!!
as a bonus i would love for the software to allow exe's and msi's also to be run from the browser interace without the 'save or open' dialogue.
thanks in advance
freedom
this probably is a stupid question and cannot be done. but, if there was an outside chance i would love to know.
i'm working on cd content we provide to users with a user interface based soley in web content. at the moment all links/images/etc have to always have relative urls as opposed to root ones which creates all kind of havoc especially with those inexperienced few.
what i would like is an autorun.ini which simply starts some server software defining (automatically) the cd drive which contains our disc to be the root. then opening a browser window with our home page loaded and you're away!!
as a bonus i would love for the software to allow exe's and msi's also to be run from the browser interace without the 'save or open' dialogue.
thanks in advance
freedom
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do you know how i can create a custom made server?
is there a tutorial out there on the web that you know of?
take it easy
freedom
is there a tutorial out there on the web that you know of?
take it easy
freedom
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Do you need to run any sort of server-side scripts? If not, you can just use an autorun.ini entry to load the index page in Internet Explorer:
[autorun]
open=start index.html
This would load the index.html file on the CD-ROM in Internet Explorer.
[autorun]
open=start index.html
This would load the index.html file on the CD-ROM in Internet Explorer.
Interesting issue. In order to use server-side script it must write a
language ad hoc? Where to find information?
language ad hoc? Where to find information?
running exe'e and msi's in not possible as it is outside the scope of the server. It is a client side stuff so the client browser's security restrictions apply. So this cannot be done.
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