XnView Software

I'm totally new to all of this so... bear with me. I downloaded this to the desktop and installed it. I can make a slide show. I went to the help directory and printed out the instructions for "Self Starting Slide Show on CD"

I followed the directions until step 11 which says that I have to go and open zip file for XnView in the temp directory I made. Ok I sort of get that but haven't done it yet. Does that mean I just sort of pretend that I didn't already install the entire program and open it up in that temp file?

Next question... there seems to be some issues/problems with the ini file not working on all computers, i.e. not starting, so if it doesn't can I just go to "start" on the menu bar then run and somehow get it to start that way? I need this to play on virtually every computer.

Thanks for any help!

Pixie

Welcome, pixie girl, to the XnView forum!

The description in the Online help for the self starting slide show still refers to XnView 1.70. In the meantime there's a much easier way to create a slide show that automatically starts from CD:

With XnView 1.90 you can create a single EXE file which contains a small Slide show viewer and all the images. There's no longer need to download XnView and burn it on CD together with the images, it is sufficient to burn the executable slideshow file and a file "autorun.inf" on CD.

A.) Creating an executable slide show file
To create an executable slide show file you
1.) select all your images which should become part of the slide show.
2.) Select menu "Create > Slide show" to open the slide show dialog.
3.) Sort your images with the buttons "Up", "Down", or "Sort>>" the way you like. Set the other options.
4.) Click on "Create EXE/SCR" button in slide show dialog.
5.) In dialog "Choose display area" you choose the display area for the slide show. "Fullscreen" is recommended. Confirm the dialog with "Create".
6.) The "Save as" dialog appears. Choose an appropriate folder and specify a filename for the executable slide show, e.g. "myslide.exe".
7.) Confirm the "Save as" dialog with "Save".

--> XnView will pack all the image files into the executable slideshow file with the filename you have specified.

You can test your slideshow by simply double-clicking on the executable.

B.) autorun.inf
In oder to start the slideshow automatically when inserting your CD, you will burn the additional file "autorun.inf" on CD. Assuming that you have named your executable slideshow file "myslide.exe", your entry in autorun.inf should contain:
C.) Burn CD
Once you have created executable slideshow file and the file "autorun.inf", you can burn your CD. It is recommended to begin with a rewritabable CD.

Please note that the description above is a bit in steno-style, the XnView Online help provides much more information on this matter, especially the autorun.inf file. You can read the appropriate chapter "Self starting slide show on CD" online.