Installation Options
The installer offers several options during installation to allow
the installation of some optional utility programs as well as the
creation of a Desktop Icon and setting up AutoStart operations for
the CMStart or CM Control Center applications. This section describes
these various options.
Optional Utilities
There are three optional utilities that can be installed. Thes are the
CM Control Center, the CMPrint Utility, and the CMList utility.
The CM Control Center
The CM Control Center (CMCC) is a resident tool-tray utility that lets you
set the startup mode, download files, launch games, and provides several
other options that are useful. It avoids having to start the GUI when all
you want to do is a download.
The CMPrint Utility
The CMPrint Utility is used to print out a graphical representation of
your map. It produces high-resolution prints or JPG files with the controls
labelled showing the functions that the map has assigned to them.
The CMList Utility
The CMList utility also lists the assigned map functions, but it only
produces an on-screen text listing that can be saved to disk if desired.
It's handy when you're creating a new map as it lets you check quickly
to see what buttons and functions have been used. The file can be saved
as a plain-text file and opened with NotePad or any plain-text editor.
Other Options
There are four other options that can be set during the installation.
No Startup Action
This is the default, which is to do nothing at all at Windows restart.
Run CMStart at StartUp
If this option is selected, a shortcut will be created in the StartUp
group so that the CMStart utility will run when Windows restarts. The
CMStart utility will then reactivate the last map that was downloaded.
The CMStart option is disabled if the CM Control Center is being
installed since the CM Control Center should be use for AutoStart in
that situation.
Run the CMCC at Startup
This option is like the one for CMStart, but it runs the CM Control
Center rather than CMStart. This is a more powerful option as you can
select the mode to be set at StartUp and the CM Control Center offers
several other useful options.
Create a Desktop Icon
This one is pretty much self-explanatory. Check the box and the installer
will create an icon to start the CH Control Manager GUI for you.
Update Options
If you are updating an existing installation rather than creating a new
one, the options for the three StartUp actions and the Desktop Icon are
disabled. They will just remain as they were set during the inital
installation. You can manually create the shortcuts yourself. For an
AutoStart function, the shortcut needs to be created in the "Start"
buttons "Programs -> StartUp" section so that they will be run when
Windows restarts.
Also note that any existing icons or shortcuts will not be removed during
an update. This is mainly a concern if you originally installed the option
to AutoStart using CMStart, then added the CM Control Center. Normally you
would want to create a StartUp shortcut to the CM Control Center and delete
the one that existed for CMStart. It does no harm if both shortcuts run,
whichever runs last will be the one that ultimately determines what will
actually happen, but you'll probably want to delete the one that isn't
really being used.
