WHITE PAPER December 1999 Prepared by Displays and Peripherals Division Compaq Computer Corporation Aero 1500/2100 Series HP/Cs: Autorun Feature The Aero 1500/2100 Series HP/Cs include an Autorun feature, aimed at the professional developer or power user. CONTENTS Executive Summary.................. 2 Procedure .................................. 2 Example ............................................ 2 1 WHITE PAPER (continued) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Aero 1500/2100 Series HP/Cs include an Autorun feature. This feature, aimed at the professional developer or power user, enables a user to run software on an Aero 1500/2100 Series HP/C automatically upon insertion in the unit of a Compact Flash card. PROCEDURE Using any text editor, the developer/user creates an autorun.inf file, analogous to the .inf file found on a CD-ROM, and stores it on a Compact Flash card. ! ! Only one application can be specified in the autorun.inf file. An [autorun] tag is included at the beginning of the file for consistency with the CD-ROM .inf format. The format of the command is: open=\Path\anyProgram.exe [parameters] The `open' verb is set equal to the program to be executed. ! ! When the Compact Flash card is inserted into the HP/C, the application specified in the autorun.inf file will run automatically. EXAMPLE An autorun.inf file containing the following code will run the Calculator program from the Windows directory: [autorun] open=\windows\calc.exe 2 ...