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Software Support => DOS/WinCab => Topic started by: Karaokedude on January 15, 2007, 06:46:38 pm

Title: AUTO RUNNING on XP
Post by: Karaokedude on January 15, 2007, 06:46:38 pm

not sure if any one would know this but here goes

I can get Wincab to startup automatically no problem
and on exit to shut down windows totally ( after installing SP2)

what i am trying to do is run some kind of batch file so i could have
say 2 seperate  versions of the software with different parameters mainly the song selection

as i want to have different directorys with different types of MP3s in but wnat to be able to somehow chose which  directory to use

Title: Re: AUTO RUNNING on XP
Post by: blicky on January 16, 2007, 06:01:38 am

not sure if this is what you mean but running this batch lets you select which ini file to use.  All you have to do is save your jukebox.ini as a different filename but in the index section specify a different songpath. (You can also have different skins, credits anything)
Edit the batch file where i have "newskin" to whatever name you use.
copy and paste into a new file e.g. wincab.bat

@echo off
: :: the directory where wincab lives
cd\juke
: :: change the on screen message to whatever you like e.g. playlist1, playlist2
echo For cd skin press 1
echo For newskin press 2
set/p ini=[pick skin]
if %ini%==1 goto cd
if %ini%==2 goto new
:cd
wincab jukebox.ini
goto end
:new
wincab newskin.ini
goto end
:end

Title: Re: AUTO RUNNING on XP
Post by: Karaokedude on January 16, 2007, 08:48:17 am

ill give it a try should be fine

i was going to try a batch file but realised they have done away with the choice command in XP

Thanks

Title: Re: AUTO RUNNING on XP
Post by: Karaokedude on January 16, 2007, 08:53:30 am

:)

Works a treat

Title: Re: AUTO RUNNING on XP
Post by: Chris on January 16, 2007, 09:23:17 am

Thanks for catching this one for me, blicky!

Title: Re: AUTO RUNNING on XP
Post by: Karaokedude on January 16, 2007, 07:40:43 pm

is there a switch to run in full screen i was going to add to the start up would be nice if it was full screen

I miss pure dos  :(

i was going to run on a dos pc but just thought how does 6.22 handle the ID3 tags and long file names ??

Title: Re: AUTO RUNNING on XP
Post by: Karaokedude on January 16, 2007, 07:43:29 pm

Answred my own question on the full screen option

created a shortcut to the batch file and set the options of the shortcut

Title: Re: AUTO RUNNING on XP
Post by: Chris on January 18, 2007, 01:11:05 am

Quote from: Karaokedude on January 16, 2007, 07:40:43 pm

I miss pure dos  :(

i was going to run on a dos pc but just thought how does 6.22 handle the ID3 tags and long file names ??

DOSCab reads the tags just fine; if all your songs are tagged properly the file names won't be an issue.  They'll all be cropped, but you'll never see them.