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 AnnounceIT v1.0 free Applet. No more heavy
Gifs !. This Applet displays as many text messages as
you need with different "fade out". AnnounceIt
is very easy to install on your web page. You have to fill
basic parameters for a simple use. Extra parameters are
also available for advanced users. It is best viewed with
IE 4.x or Netscape 4.x (Netscape 4.05 or higher) but it
works under any java capable browser with JVM 1.1.5 or higher.
Features :
Unlimited messages.
Fade out effects.
Hyperlink parameter.
Font customisation.
How
to install AnnounceIT ?
Download the complete demo package
here (6.2
Ko - zip file) :
First you have to
copy announceit.class and a.class
in the directory of your web page. Then you have
to fill the applet tag in the HTML source. The AnnounceIT example above is the result of :
<APPLET CODE="announceit.class"
CODEBASE="./" ALIGN="BASELINE" WIDTH="468"
HEIGHT="60">
<!-- Text Parameter
-->
<PARAM NAME="text_0" VALUE="No more
heavy Gifs ...">
<PARAM NAME="wait_0" VALUE="150">
<PARAM NAME="fadeout_0" VALUE="blur">
<PARAM NAME="text_1" VALUE="AnnounceIT
V0.5 Applet#is out !!">
<PARAM NAME="wait_1" VALUE="200">
<PARAM NAME="fadeout_1" VALUE="wind&right">
<PARAM NAME="text_2" VALUE="Save download
time ...#... It's so easy">
<PARAM NAME="wait_2" VALUE="150">
<PARAM NAME="fadeout_2" VALUE="blood">
<PARAM NAME="text_3" VALUE="... coming
from JavaZOOM#http://www.javazoom.net">
<PARAM NAME="wait_3" VALUE="150">
<PARAM NAME="fadeout_3" VALUE="fog&left">
<!-- Hyperlink parameters -->
<PARAM NAME="link" VALUE="http://www.javazoom.net">
<PARAM NAME="target" VALUE="_blank">
<!-- Font Parameters -->
<PARAM NAME="fontname" VALUE="Courier">
<PARAM NAME="fontsize" VALUE="24">
<PARAM NAME="fontstyle" VALUE="bold">
<PARAM NAME="fontcolor" VALUE="00FF77">
<PARAM NAME="bgcolor" VALUE="001122">
<PARAM NAME="align" VALUE="center">
<PARAM NAME="valign" VALUE="center">
<PARAM NAME="yspacing" VALUE="-5">
<!-- Extra Parameters -->
<PARAM NAME="timeout" VALUE="100">
</APPLET>
What
are the PARAMETERS
?
Basic Parameters :
You can choose the width and the
height of AnnounceIT Applet through the WIDTH
and HEIGHT parameters.
You must have ONE or more messages to display. You
must fill in ALL parameters for each message !
- text_0
: Message
displayed number 0.
- text_1
: Message
displayed number 1.
- ..........
- .......... and so on.
Each message could hold more
than one line. You need to use # as a separator.
- fadeout_0
: Name
of the fade out effect for message number 0.
- fadeout_1
: Name of the fade out effect for message number 1.
- ..........
- .......... and so on.
- Here is the list of fadeout
effect :
- wait_0
: Number
of frame to wait while message 0 is displayed.
- wait_1
: Number
of frame to wait while message 1 is displayed.
- ..........
- .......... and so on.
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Next, You can choose URL you want
to link from AnnounceIT.
- link
: URL to link when you click on the applet.
- target
: Target frame of the link. Remove this parameter if
you want the current page to be the target. Try "_blank"
to link to a new window.
Finally, You can choose the
fonts you want to use.
- fontname
: Name of the font you want (e.g Helvetica, Courier,
...). Default is Helvetica
- fontsize
: Size of the fonts. Default is 30.
- fontstyle
: Style of the fonts (bold, plain, italic). Default is plain.
- align
: Horizontal justification of text (left, center, right). Default
is center.
- valign
: Vertical justification of text (top, center, bottom). Default
is center.
- yspacing
: Space between lines in a message. It could be negative.
Default is 0.
- fontcolor
: Color (RRGGBB) of the fonts. Default is FFFFFF
- bgcolor
: Background color (RRGGBB). Default is 000000
Extra Parameters (for advanced users) :
You can choose the number of frame
per second through the fps parameter (default
is 20).
timeout
parameter defines maximum wait time to reach the end of
the fade out effect. Basically, the applet waits the effect
has vanished but if the effet is iso or puzzle then the effect never vanish.
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