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by andrew.thomas

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I am have great trouble find a program or process that will allow me to create a set up style wizard that i can put on a CD.

This is so that i can:

1. give a customer a CD

2. they can then put it in there CD drive

3. auto starts opening a window asking for information

4. it then go from one page to the next to the next (like exe setup but not programs to install)

5. all pages in this form are for collecting information (text, pictures, video)

6. and then it be sent to me by email, after it has collected all the information and send it in one go.

i use a wysiwyg program so can do pages with fields to collect the info, but am finding it hard as am just getting into it.

any programs i can use or any advice would be greatly appriciated.

Thanks.

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by maevinn

Hosting it on the web would give you a lot more flexibility. If they're going to be emailing it to you anyway, is this an option?

by andrew.thomas

You have inspired me to think differently about this, i have to admit there is more to the brief.

I was hoping to put it on a CD to send to my customers and to invite them to update there website for a cost and the CD would just control the format of how them send it, ie 10 fields for 10 picture MAX and send them a activation code/or something so they can only follow the process once.

I was thinking of how I could use html but I wouldn?t know how to make it auto exe from the CD and to collect the information from each page and send as one. Is this possible?

Many Thanks and thanks for helping, its my first post on here.

Andrew

by thumbsup2

Think about it from your customer's view point.

As someone who has several web sites myself, you can dang well bet that if a salesman sent me a CD which is supposed to collect my information and email it back to them, it would hit the trash bin long before it came anywhere close to my CDROM. Where's the security in that?

If I were you, I would re-think your project.

by maevinn

Yes, you can certainly set something up, but the auto-start option on a CD drive is one of the first things I disable. You wouldn't be able to override that, limiting your benefit.

Using an online form would be easier, give you better control, and allow updates much more readily.

by andrew.thomas

The CD would be a service i provide that my EXISTING customers would want and pay for. The CD would be the format in which they send their requirements to me.

There reason the is a cd in the first place is to control the amount of information they give me to update their existing website with.

the trust is not an issue, as i explained EXISTING CUSTOMERS and if they throw the cd in the trash they would be throwing money in the trash!

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