Here are some examples of how people have used FindinSite-CD and Dynamic-CD.

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Well known software authors such as Microsoft and Sun routinely supply developers with information on CD (often DVD). The medium can contain massive quantities of information, all instantly available and it can contain examples running outside the confines of a HTML browser if required. A search engine on the CD (like FindinSite-CD) makes it much easier to find what you're looking for.

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A Builders Merchant has developed a sophisticated web site to provide their customers with a wide range of information. However a significant number of their customers do not have constant access to the internet from their desk top so they want to distribute their web site on CD. Because their web site uses scripts to access a database it can only work on CD with a program such as Dynamic-CD.

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A weaving machine manufacturer has traditionally supplied detailed manuals on paper. Now one CD can hold Spare parts catalogues, maintenance schedules and technical drawings as well as training media and health and safety notices.

A significant point with this example and the previous one is that of internet access. Many companies have strictly limited connection between their internal networks and the internet because they are worried about security and because they don't want employees to waste time browsing. In addition to this many people who would have traditionally looked through manuals or catalogues are out on the shop floor or on building sites working with a lap-top.

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A small cooperative has been supplying its customers with a catalogue four times a year. They are concerned about the environmental impact of distributing information on paper but they cannot justify the expense of setting up an on-line shop. They cut their costs and paper consumption by offering their customers the option of taking the catalogue on CD. The information is simply extracted from the format being sent to the printer but with the addition of a search engine.

As a second stage they include their stock database on CD with simple script (.ASP) pages giving access to it. A facility is also provided on the CD to email orders back to the supplier.

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An organisation runs a major conference once a year as well as several seminars at different times around the world. In general the speakers are altering their presentations up to the eleventh hour. Although asked to send the material in well in advance in PowerPoint format some speakers arrive with the data on disk on the morning of their talk. By using FindinSite-CD the organizers benefit from being able to produce a copy of the entire conference proceedings on CD at the close of the conference. The CD includes a fully searchable collection of the PowerPoint presentations, the speeches in Word format, miscellaneous spread-sheets with example calculations and supporting data as well as previously published articles in pdf format.

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A complete course is put on CD including lecture notes, slides, worked exercises, tests, data spreadsheets and even text books where the college or lecturer holds the copyright. Rather than follow the expensive route of converting all the data to a bespoke "electronic course" format the files are linked by a simple HTML framework and made searchable by including FindinSite-CD on the CD.