CD ROM – How do I Produc
23-Mar-93 05:04:36
Sb: #43581-CD ROM – How do I Produc
Fm: Daniel G Mintz 70322,1065
To: JOe Laden 70020,103
I recently when through the same set of questions.
My company — small integrator in the DC area — was asked to produce 5000 CD's
for a Federal agency containing text and images. <the next CD is to contain
some video, a more interesting challenge>
We ended up using a search engine called Folio which works pretty well. Their
new version will run under both DOS and Windows.
In general terms, remember that the CD is just another disk drive. If you put a
copy of your database on it — and, of course, pay any associated royalties —
then your users will be able to use your database software. If you write a C++
front end and put the executable on the CD, the users will be able to use that.
And, like we did, if you use some kind of retrieval engine then the users can
utilize that retrieval engine.
If you would like to discuss anything further, feel free to ask specific
questions on CIS or call me at (703) 893-1030.
– Dan