FireUp
  Usage in Microsoft PowerPoint
 

Fire-Up can be usefull to copy files from a PowerPoint slideshow. Launching programs and opening files are standard functions of Microsoft PowerPoint.
 

Copying a file or folder

  1. Create a PowerPoint Slideshow, save it.
  2. Save the file or folder you want to copy in the same folder as your PowerPoint Slideshow, for example "Fire_Up.pdf".
  3. Copy the Fire-Up application to same folder.
  4. Rename the Fire-Up application to
    "<file/folder to copy>.<command>.<extension>"
    e.g. "Fire_Up.pdf.copy.exe" on Windows or "Fire_Up.pdf.copy.app" on Macintosh.
    For compatibility with Classic, your filename may not exceed 32 characters on Macintosh.
  5. Create a button or text in your slideshow, right-click on it and select "Action"
    A window pops up. Select "Run application" and select the Fire-Up application.
  6. Save your slideshow
  Open a file or folder when the user inserts a CD-rom
  On older Windows systems (< Windows ME), you can launch a program when the user inserts a CD-rom, but you can't open a file. With Fire-Up you can. A common use is to open an html or a readme file.
Although you could, it is not a common practice to create autorun CD-roms on Macintosh.
 

Opening a file (Windows)

  1. Create a folder for your project, this folder will be the root of your CD-rom.
  2. Save the file (or folder) you want to open in the your project folder, for example "Fire_Up.html".
  3. Copy the Fire-Up application to same folder.
  4. Rename the Fire-Up application to "<file to open>.<command>.<extension>"
    e.g. "Fire_Up.html.open.exe"
  5. Create text file "autorun.inf" in the project folder. Write the following lines:

    [autorun]
    open=Fire_Up.html.open.exe

    If you use spaces in your filename, put them between quotes. The autorun feature in Windows will consider separate words as command line separate arguments.

    Save the autorun.inf file.
  6. Burn a CD-rom
Note:
Users can disable the autorun feature.
You can find more information on the autorun feature on the Microsoft site.