Use Gui4Cli for CD AutoPlay
Windows has a feature called AutoPlay to allow you to automatically run a program when a CD is inserted into a CD-ROM drive.

When Windows realizes that a CD has been inserted, it will search for a file named Autorun.inf. This is a text file (like a script file) specifying the name of the executable to run and, optionally, an icon to represent the CD in file listings.

You can use Gui4Cli as the executable, and instruct it to automatically load a script to provide an interface for the CD.

Make a directory called "scripts" on the CD to keep our sciprts in, and a gui called "start.gui". The Autorun.inf file would contain the following:
[autorun]
open=Gui4Cli.exe -instance CD_INST "HOME:scripts/start.gui"
icon=CD.ico
The -instance CD_INST tells Gui4Cli to start up as a new instance. This is done to ensure that the "Home:" assignment   is the path to the CD, so we can find the scripts. The command line will startup Gui4Cli, runing the "scripts/start.gui".

The root of your CD should have the following:

  • Autorun.inf - [as shown above].
  • Gui4Cli.exe
  • Gui4Cli.exe.manifest - [this is needed for XP, ignored by others]
  • CD.ico - [any icon, to represent your CD in file lists]
  • SCRIPTS - [Folder, containing "start.gui" and any other files needed]

The "start.gui" and the rest of the interface can be anything you want. I had an HTML file displaying the text I wanted and the following gui:
G4C CDAUTOPLAY

WINDOW 155 118 393 242 "CD Autoplayer"
    winattr style resize

xOnLoad
    GuiOpen #this

xOnClose
    quit

// This browser will show our welcoming text..
XBROWSER 5 5 383 189 :AutoStart.htm
    attr resize 0022

XBUTTON 278 203 100 30 'Next >>'
    attr resize 2200
    path = $$this.path
    extract path root root
    run 'explorer.exe' "$root"
    quit

XBUTTON 173 203 100 30 "Cancel"
    attr resize 2200
    quit