In message of 20 Oct, "La Greenall" <animaus@ntlworld.com> wrote: > I'm not expert enough to know the absolute details but it will be the > tiny autostart files which Windows uses to 'play' the CD automatically > when it is inserted. Other Osses need different startup files (I > believe), so without these the user will have to dig into their version > of the File Manager and manually open/run the data files on the CD. I suspect people who normally use Mac, Unix, Risc OS, etc will be very used to doing exactly that. It is normal practice to open up directories (folders to some) and double lcick on things like PDF files. So the question is whether this is what the user did and if so, what problem did he then have. I regard PDF as a remarkably satsifactory format for exchanging information between all these formats; I use it regularly and have not had anyone have any problem apart from the odd one who did not have a PDF-reader (Acrobat on PCs) program on their machines. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Peter Abbott [mailto:PeterAbbott.Eymore@btinternet.com] > > Sent: 20 October 2005 14:42 > > To: SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [SoG] Creating CDs > > > > > > I produce Cds for our Society and recently received this message. > > > > 'I was very surprised to find that the CD I got from you is for > > Windows PCs only - no Macs, no Linux. Again, no other FHS has sent > > one with a restricted format: it's so simple to add the basic files > > needed for cross-platform support.' > > > > The Cds are ISO 9660 and autostart. The data files are all pdf format > > which I know is OK on a Mac because I have tried them. > > > > Anyone know what other 'basic files' are needed for Mac and Linux > > systems please? Once you have created a PDF file, there is no need to add any other files on any operating system. Mind you it is worth while ensuring that the PDF file you have created conforms to nothing more complicated that Acrobat version 3. -- Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@powys.org For a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org