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General
Description:
AnnounceIT v0.5 freeApplet. 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 but it works under any java
capable browser.
AnnounceIT is a
free fading text banner applet. It displays as many messages as
you need with fade out effects such as blur, fog, and
wind.
Important:
Your browser must be Java enabled to properly view this
page.
Here's how to
do it:
1. Click here to
download announceit.class
2. Extract and Save
"announceit.class" on the same directory where your page html
resides
3. Copy and paste
the code below to your HTML page source and edit it according to
your requirements
4. Upload your html
page and "announceit.class" on the same directory at your
server.
<APPLET
CODE="announceit.class" CODEBASE="./" ALIGN="BASELINE"
WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="60">
<!-- Text
Parameter -->
<PARAM
NAME="text_0" VALUE="Slow loading animations are a thing of the
past ...">
<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="Don't wait! ... say it quickly with
AnnounceIT">
<PARAM
NAME="wait_3" VALUE="150">
<PARAM
NAME="fadeout_3" VALUE="fog&left">
<!-- Font
Parameters -->
<PARAM
NAME="fontname" VALUE="Courier">
<PARAM
NAME="fontsize" VALUE="24">
<PARAM
NAME="fontstyle" VALUE="bold">
<PARAM
NAME="fontcolor" VALUE="001166">
<PARAM
NAME="bgcolor" VALUE="FFFFFF">
<PARAM
NAME="align" VALUE="center">
<PARAM
NAME="valign" VALUE="center">
<PARAM
NAME="yspacing" VALUE="-5">
<!-- Extra
Parameters -->
<PARAM
NAME="timeout" VALUE="100">
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To understand above text and modify it according to
your requirements, follow this
guide:
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 : Message displayed number 1.
- ..........
- .......... and so on.
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- Here is the list of fadeout effect
:
- blur
(fuzzy effect)
- fog&left
(message disapears with right to left motion)
- fog&right
(message disapears with left to right motion)
- wind&right (message is blown from left to
right)
- shadow&left (message vanishes from right
to left)
- blood
(message falls)
- iso
(expanding effect)
- puzzle
(same as iso with a random 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 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
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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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