User`s guide

Virtual CD v4 Documentation
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Alternatively, you can just save the data in a 'definition file', which contains the
information (see below) for creating the virtual CD, without actually making a virtual
CD at this point. To do this, select Save from the File menu. The file is saved with the
extension .VCX, and can be opened in the Virtual CD Editor at a later stage and used
to create a virtual CD.
The .VCX file stores only the structure of the virtual CD you have defined
(references to files and folders), but not the actual data that the virtual CD will
contain. This means that, for example, if you save a definition file that
indicates the folder "C:/Pictures", and then modify the contents of that folder
before making the virtual CD, the virtual CD will contain the modified content, rather
than the content that existed at the time you saved the definition file.
You can edit the content of an existing virtual CD by loading its VC4 file in the
Editor. When the modified CD is written, the changes are stored in a new CD
session which is added by the Image Writer. The resulting virtual CD is thus a
multisession CD.
Properties of a Virtual CD
Some of the settings you configure when creating a virtual CD can be changed later in
the Properties dialog. The easiest way to open this dialog is to right-click on the virtual
CD in the Management window. The Properties dialog is divided into 3 pages:
General Dialog Page
Eject on exit ejects the virtual CD when the computer is shut down; if you do not
select this option, the virtual CD is inserted automatically when you start the computer
again. This setting is especially important for virtual CDs stored on a network. In this
case, this option ejects the CD when you log off the network. If you don't select this
option, the virtual CD is inserted again as soon as the network connection is re-