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- Notify Tray CD Player - Version 1.10
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- Written by Mats Ljungqvist, 1996. (mats.ljungqvist@enator.se)
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- Be sure to check http://www.artech.se/~mlt/software/index.html for new
- updates!
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- MSVCRT40.DLL is available at the homepage!!
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- *No* registration is needed, but if You like, You can send me an e-mail
- message telling me what You think about the program.
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- versions.
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- I take no responsibility by *ANY* damages caused by this program!
- (Whatever they can be...)
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-
- History
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- * This little applet was written because I was tired of the interface in
- CDPLAYER.EXE. I wanted something that was easier to control by clicking
- the mouse on a spot on the screen. I think CDPLAYER is hard to find in the
- tasklist if You have a number of apps running and need to pause. Pause
- is now just a double-click on the CD icon in the tray. I also though it
- would be cool to have a fast way to get the next track, also without
- having to find the CDPLAYER window. Yeah, the Taskbar is great, but I
- still think it's easier to handle the basic CD commands by clicking on
- the icon in the tray.
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- Features among others (Check WHATSNEW.TXT for added features in this version)
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- * CD Player that resides in the Notify Tray area of the taskbar in Windows 95 or
- Windows NT 4.0.
- * Features right-click menu with all common CD actions and a Tracks menu
- including the names of all tracks on the current CD.
- * Fast "left-click on icon" operation. One click to get the next track/play,
- two clicks to pause/resume, three to get previous track, four to stop.
- * Artist, title, track and time (optional) displayed in Tooltip.
- * Programmed play, repeat (whole or track) and random play.
- * CD DB Editor with Export/Import functions
- * ToolTip display options
- * Compatible with CDPLAYER.EXE included in Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0.
- Can replace CDPLAYER.EXE to feature autoplay etc.
- * Compatible with the track list used by CDPLAYER.EXE
- * Possibility to use a special ODBC plug-in to allow storing of CD DB in
- an ODBC database.
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- How to use
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- * Right click on icon in tray brings up the control menu consisting of
- the regular CD control commands, the Tracks menu, from which You can
- directly choose which track to play by looking at the track title.
- * Single left click on icon skips to next track/starts playing if stopped.
- * Double left click on icon pauses/resumes playing.
- * Tripple left click on icon rewinds to previous track.
- * CD Info is used to set the Artist name, CD title and track titles.
- Compatible with CDPLAYER.EXE.
- * Options is used to decide what time display format to use and some misc
- settings.
- * Use CD DB Editor to export/import or add alias (Right click on a disc)
- * Increase poll interval in options dialog if system slows down every now
- and then. (This is mostly a problem for Windows 95 users)
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- Replace CDPLAYER.EXE for AutoPlay and choosing track in Explorer.
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- There is two ways of changing the default CDPLAYER program, the first is
- changing the registry using the Explorer File types like this:
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- 1. Start Explorer
- 2. Choose meny View and menu item Options
- 3. Choose tab File Types
- 4. Select AudioCD in the file types list and press Edit
- 5. Select Play in the actions list and press Edit
- 6. Change CDPLAYER to the path of NTFY_CD.EXE and press OK
- 7. Press OK in the Edit File Type dialog
- 8. Select CD Audio Track in the file types list and press Edit
- 9. Select Play in the actions list and press Edit
- 10. Change CDPLAYER to the path of NTFY_CD.EXE and press OK
- 11. Press OK in the Edit File Type dialog
- 12. Press OK in the Options dialog
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- The second way is to replace the existing CDPLAYER.EXE with ntfy_cd.exe like
- this:
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- 1. Locate Your CDPLAYER.EXE.
- 2. Rename it to CDPLAYER.ORG.
- 3. Copy NTFY_CD.EXE to CDPLAYER.EXE.
- 4. That's it. NTFY_CD.EXE can handle the -PLAY, /PLAY and -TRACK options
- (At least I think so, I have only tested it with a couple of CD drives)
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- Enable and disable AutoRun in Registry (Thanx sissond@mail.vtls.com)
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- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom]
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- On:
- "Autorun"=dword:00000001
- Off:
- "Autorun"=dword:00000000
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- Comments, suggestions, bug-reports
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- e-mail to: mats.ljungqvist@enator.se
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- Happy usage!
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