[Bman]

Hello.

I'm burning a Mac&Pc Cd with Toast 7.1, and by clicking on the "more" button I find out that I can add a background picture. I select one, and push the burn button.

I expect that when I insert and double click the newly created CD, the main window now shows this background image.

This, however doesn't work. I insert the new CD, double click it, and the background is still white as always.

Have I gotten everything wrong, and the background image feature is something completely different?

Can someone explain what the problem is? Maybe some obscure setting I forgot?

I'd be happy for any suggestion.


Thanks in the meantime, Bman :-)

[Blueimac]

I have'nt completely explored everything you can do with Toast 7.1 yet, So after I read your post I tried it.

It worked !!!

Under Format I used Mac & PC ( which should not matter )
Checked off Auto-Open disc window
Then "More"
Checked off "Picture"

Then went to a folder I have lots of Apple Images in and used a Rainbow Apple Image that for some reason does'nt have an extension

When the disc window opened I did'nt see the image at first until I expanded the window because the image was so big that even with the window taking up the entire screen you still could'nt see the whole image

What type of background image did you use ? Wallpaper, jpeg or some other type ?

Let me know if one of them works

Update: I just burned a Data DVD only this time I used a wallpaper image with a jpeg extension,
Worked again

I hate to ask a dumb question, But just to over the check list, After you selected a image did you click the OK button on the "More" window and did it close before clicking the Burn button ?

Also once the CD or DVD is mounted and the window is open go to the "Show View Options" in the Apple menu and see if the "Background" option at the bottom has "Picture" selected. It will automatically use the Image you used for the Disc.

This post has been edited by Blueimac: 23 July 2006 - 04:19 AM

[Bman]

Hi Blueimac, I don't think I've done anything different. It doesn't work here, dunno why. Maybe there's a secret setting in the OS, which supresses the display of background images.
I tried to use a jpg, so I don't see why this should be the problem, with jpg being the most common image files on a comp.

I did however check the CD on a PC today, and there was the image file on the CD. Not that it displayed it, but Toast at least burnt the #$^@ thing onto the CD.

Very strange indeed...

Thanks for youre reply

[FarmerBob]

I don't think that anyone is doing anything wrong. This feature does not seem to be intact. I was able to get the BG image with anything. But the file/folder arrangement is where I'm having problems. It says in the user guide that you can select the view and then rearrange things. Well in Icon view you still get List and can not move things around.

In T6, I could drop a pre-arranged folder on the contents window and get exactly how the window was set up. In T7 files are all over the place and not by my doing.

I love the Background and hiding files options, but need to be able to put a background in and arrange two files in specific places. Also adjust the size of the window to have it auto-open, another great feature that I got to work with a BG image. But the only way to get close is presetting this in the Finder. One of the two files that is basically placed outside the widow as an initially "hidden", but accessible if needed when the window is expanded, jumps up to the upper left corner and the one in view is just were I put it. But as I said this is all done in the Mac Finder and not Toast. Because, it won't in Toast.


I'm thinking this is a buggy feature on all parts.