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Glow Java Applet   Commerical Version 1.0





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This is a single line message presentation applet. Every message can be linked to a URL. User has full control over colors, font faces, font sizes, font styles and timing.


As an example here's the code I used for the applet on top :

<applet code="glow.class" width=500 height=38>

<param name="regcode" value="">
<param name="info" value="Applet by Gokhan Dagli,www.geocities.com/japplets/">

<param name="bgcolor" value="0">

<param name="text_font" value="Courier">
<param name="font_size" value="26">
<param name="font_style" value="1">
<param name="text_color" value="0000ff">
<param name="blur_value" value="7">
<param name="coefficient" value="1.06">
<param name="text_align" value="center">
<param name="xoffset" value="10">

<param name="delay" value="50">
<param name="stop" value="2500">
<param name="fadewidth" value="80">
<param name="target_frame" value="_self">

<param name="text1" value="Glow Java Applet is available!">
<param name="link1" value="http://www.geocities.com/japplets/">
<param name="statusbar_message1" value="Glow Java Applet is available!">

<param name="text2" value="Made by Gokhan Dagli.">
<param name="link2" value="http://www.geocities.com/japplets/">
<param name="statusbar_message2" value="Glow Java Applet">

<param name="text3" value="Glow is a text effect applet.">
<param name="link3" value="http://www.geocities.com/japplets/">
<param name="statusbar_message3" value="Glow Java Applet">

<param name="text4" value="Download Now !">
<param name="link4" value="http://www.geocities.com/japplets/glow.html">
<param name="statusbar_message4" value="Click here for download Glow.">

</applet>



Information:

Author: Gokhan Dagli
Site URL : http://www.geocities.com/japplets/
Applet URL : http://www.geocities.com/japplets/glow.html
Class File : glow.class
Mail : quickshare@excite.com
This effect contains the code by Gokhan Dagli, used under a licence. Before using this applet you must read the license agreement.
You can use the applet freely to enhance your web pages (commerical or non-commerical). However, I placed a status bar message that will appear when the applet is online on a site and regcode parameter isn't correct.
Registration Cost : 19USD . You can buy it when finished testing (try before you buy). Buy it once, use same regcode for new versions! You have to pay small amount of money and receive your registration codes (regcodes). You can buy the registration code using a credit card through Regsoft secure servers. Click here!



Glow's parameters are explained below : The following instructions describe the meaning of the available parameters for this applet:


ParametersValue
<applet code="glow.class" width=500 height=38>The applet tag identifies the location, class file name, and size of a Java applet. The first part of the tag code=glow.class, identifies the name of the Java applet. The second and third part of the applet tag identifies the width and height of the applet (usually measured in screen pixels).
<param name="regcode" value="">Registration code (if you have it). In the "regcode" parameter, place the registration code you purchased from us. You have to pay small amount of money and receive your registration code (regcode). Click here for buying regcode.
<param name="info" value="Applet by Gokhan Dagli,www.geocities.com/japplets/">Information about the Glow Java applet. The info parameter must be included for the applet to run. It is case sensitive, and the number of spaces between words must be identical.
<param name="bgcolor" value="0">"bgcolor" is the background color.
"0" for white background,
"1" for black background
<param name="text_font" value="Courier">This parameter specify the font used to display the text. You may choose from among many fonts. For example there is Arial, Helvetica, Courier, TimesRoman.
Examples:
"Arial"
"Courier"
"TimesRoman"
"Helvetica"
<param name="font_size" value="26">This parameter specify the font size of the displayed letters. This depends alot on the font you are using.
<param name="font_style" value="1">Use 0 for PLAIN, 1 for BOLD, 2 for ITALIC or 3 for ITALIC BOLD to set the style of the display.
<param name="text_color" value="0000FF">This parameter sets the color of the texts. Uses hexadecimal color codes.
<param name="blur_value" value="7">This is a parameter for blur effect. 1-30.
<param name="coefficient" value="1.06">This is a parameter for extra light for only black background.
<param name=text_align value="center">This tag identifies alignment of the text messages. left or center. If "text_align" parameter's value is "left", you must increase the"xoffset" parameter.
<param name=xoffset value="20">Number of pixels for left margin. (for left alignment). If "text_align" parameter's value is "left", you must increase the"xoffset" parameter.
<param name="delay" value="50">This is the delay in milliseconds between redraws. In other words it represents the speed of the transition. To make your animation more fluid you should decrease the time (so be carefull for CPU overhead for too old computers and big sized applet. Typically 15:minimum, 200:maximum , 30-60 :good).
<param name="stop" value="1600">This is the time, in milliseconds, the text should be waiting before transition again.
<param name="fadewidth" value="60">Try and see. 1-2000
<param name="target_frame" value="_self">Target frame. Sometimes you want the URL to be opened in a particular frame or in a completly different window. Use this parameter to specify the destination of the URL to open.
<param name="text#" value=" ">Message body. (# =1,2,3...,number of message). You must start at 1 and increase by 1 at each time.
<param name="link#" value="">The absolute and/or relative URLs.
<param name="statusbar_message#" value="">You can set a message for each text message in the "statusbar_message" code. "statusbar_message1" is the message displayed with the first text message, "statusbar_message2" the second image, etc.
</applet>The last part works like all other HTML tags and defines the end of the applet tag </applet>.


Getting Started

  • Place the class file (glow.class) in the directory containing the HTML document into which you want to insert the applet (or into a different directory, and add the correct CODEBASE= attribute).
  • Add the applet tag to your HTML document in the position you want Glow Java applet to appear.
  • The info parameter must be included for the applet to run. It is case sensitive, and the number of spaces between words must be identical (entirely single-spaced). If you try to run the applet and you see the message "info parameter error", it denotes a problem with this parameter.
  • Java is case sensitive.
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Troubleshooting & Support

  • Please send me any questions, requests or remarks you might have to: quickshare@excite.com
  • Usually the easiest way to customize the applet is cut and paste the applet tag information used in the sample and modify it to fit your web page.
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  • If you see a "class not found" message, this means what it says -- your browser can't find the .class files specified. You've forgotten to copy the .class file (glow.class) to the necessary directory.
  • Make sure that your <APPLET> tag, closing </APPLET> tag, and all <PARAM> tags have < and > brackets. Check that the value for every parameter is enclosed between " signs.
  • If you see a NullPointerException displayed in the browser status-bar, it's most likely to be caused by a mistake in an parameter. Check it.
  • If the applet runs, but you can't make it do what you want it to do, please take another look at the documentation.




Glow Java Applet- Copyright (C) by Gokhan Dagli 2000