Description: Use the HTML Applet tag parameters
to configure CircleBanner. No parameters are required.
All have defaults. Overview:
| Name |
Explanation |
Default |
| message |
The text. |
"CircleBanner" |
| direction |
clockwise, counterclockwise |
counterclockwise |
| url |
A link. |
(nothing) |
| fontname |
The set of logical fonts is specific to the
Java implementation. IE 4.0 supported fonts (Dialog,
Helvetica, TimesRoman, Courier, DialogInput,
ZapfDingbats). Netscape 4.04 supported fonts
(Dialog, SansSerif, Serif, Monospaced,
Helvetica, TimesRoman, Courier, DialogInput,
ZapfDingbats). |
Helvetica |
| fontsize |
The font's point size (app. 1/72 of an inch). |
12 |
| fontstyle |
BOLD, ITALIC, PLAIN |
PLAIN |
| fontpadding |
Extra space (in pixels) applied to both the
font's width and height. |
0 |
| background |
Background color specified in the RBG Color
Model. |
000000 |
| foreground |
Foreground color specified in the RBG Color
Model. |
FFFFFF |
| image |
A background image. |
(nothing) |
| imageattribute |
How the background image will be displayed: center,
tile, scale |
center |
| effects |
Special random color effects for characters: fixedcolors,
fixedpastels, randomcolors, randompastels |
(nothing) |
| seed |
A seed for pseudo-random numbers. Set this
parameter to a whole number to always generate
the same series of colors for the 'effects'
parameter. Typical examples: 233280, 9301,
49297. |
(nothing) |
| pause |
The number of milliseconds to pause between
painting the screen. Effects the rotation speed. |
100 |
| rotationfactor |
0 - 100 and above.. A factor which
determines the next location of a character
during rotation. 0 = the next pixel location. 100
= the next location in the set of areas for
characters of this font that can be evenly spaced
around the perimeter. Effects the rotation speed
and smoothness of animation. |
100 |
| radius |
The radius (in pixels). The radius cannot be
negative. |
1/4 of which is smaller, applet height or
applet width. |
| x |
The horizontal pixel location of the circle's
center. |
1/2 of which is smaller, applet height or
applet width. |
| y |
The vertical pixel location of the circle's
center. |
1/2 of which is smaller, applet height or
applet width. |
Coding for the demo applet:
<APPLET CODE="CircleBanner.class" WIDTH="200" HEIGHT="200">
<PARAM NAME="message" VALUE="#1Archive">
<PARAM NAME="direction" VALUE="counterclockwise">
<PARAM NAME="x" VALUE="100">
<PARAM NAME="y" VALUE="100">
<PARAM NAME="radius" VALUE="55">
<PARAM NAME="fontname" VALUE="COURIER">
<PARAM NAME="fontstyle" VALUE="BOLD">
<PARAM NAME="fontsize" VALUE="30">
<PARAM NAME="image" VALUE="back.gif">
<PARAM NAME="effects" VALUE="fixedpastels">
<PARAM NAME="imageattribute" VALUE="tile">
<PARAM NAME="rotationfactor" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="pause" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="seed" VALUE="2202">
</APPLET>
Java Source: CircleBanner.java
Author: Michael Raillard
(raillard@arn.net)
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