Image Scroller Applet V1.00 by Sureshot - Users manual
Table of contents
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1. Introduction
2. Install
3. Uninstall
4. Setting up Image Scroller Applet on your web site
5. Examples
6. Final words
7. FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
1. Introduction
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Make your site come alive! Create beautiful tickers
with the Image Scroller Applet. Image Scroller Applet
can run in the middle of a web page or in a pop up window.
It supports both vertical and horizontal scrolling.
Image Scroller Applet is JRE 1.1 compatible.
2. Install
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Unzip the files in a directory of your choice. If you don't have a zip extractor, please download
Winzip at http://www.winzip.com/.
Do not use any white spaces in the path name where you install the software.
For example, do not unzip the software in "C:\Program Files\applet\", prefer "C:\prog\applet\".
These files are unzipped on your computer:
faq.html
index.html
manual.html
resources.jar
imagescroller.jar
3. Uninstall
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Just delete the files.
4. Setting up Image Scroller Applet on your web site
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In order to add a scroller to your web site, please follow the instructions below.
1. Add the APPLET HTML code in your web page. You should add the following
to your .html file:
<APPLET CODE = "se.bysoft.sureshot.products.webeffects.applet.ImageScrollerApplet.class"
ARCHIVE = "imagescroller.jar,resources.jar" WIDTH = "300" HEIGHT = "30"
ALT = "Your browser understands the applet tag but isn't displaying any applet." >
<PARAM NAME="info" VALUE="Image Scroller Applet - http://www.bysoft.se/sureshot/webeffects/">
</APPLET>
You may have to change the values of WIDTH and HEIGHT properties depending on the size
of your scroll.
2. Create the images used in the scroller. In this example
we assume that you have named them image0.gif,
image1.gif, image2.gif and image3.gif.
3. Configure the Image Scroller. This is done by creating a file called 'config.txt'. The
file should have the following format:
#############################################################
# #
# Configuration template file for the Image Scroller Applet #
# #
# http://www.bysoft.se/sureshot/webeffects/ #
# #
#############################################################
#
# The number of pixel that the image should move whenever
# it is redrawn. A higher number will make the scroll
# move faster.
#
pixels=1
#
# How often the scroll should be updated/redrawn. The time is
# specified in milliseconds. A small number will make the
# scroll move smoother and faster.
#
updateRate=10
#
# Should the applet scroll horizontal or vertical. Use
# true or false.
#
horizontal=true
#
# The images used in the scroll.
#
image0=image0.gif
image1=image1.gif
image2=image2.gif
image3=image3.gif
Configure the image scroller by changing the values above.
4. Copy 'config.txt' and the images to a temporary directory. Create a .jar archive
containing the 'config.txt' and the images by running the 'jar' command.
(The jar command is part of the Java SDK).
cd c:\tmp\imagescrollertmp\
jar cf resources.jar *
resources.jar should now contain the configuration file and the images.
5. Upload the necessary files on your web site. You should upload the .html file,
imagescroller.jar and resources.jar. Upload them in the same directory. Test the scroller.
5. Examples
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Open index.html to view an example.
6. Final words
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If you have questions about the software,
would like to make a comment or have found a bug
please send us an email!
If you are using the scroller your site, please let us know. We will add a link to your site on
the Image Scroller Applet home page.
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by Sureshot