Fountain.zip (Fountain.class + Fountain.html) 

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HTML Example

 
<!--------------    General settings    --------------------------------->
<applet code="Fountain.class" width=400 height=80>
<param name=Author value="Author: Vladimir N. Korotkov; www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Byte/3392">
<param name=stepMax value=30>
<param name=sleep value=50>
<param name=longSleep value=0>

<!--------------    Default parameters for all text strings    --------------------------------->
<param name=trajectoryD value=2.5>
<param name=modeD value=0>
<param name=downUpD value=1>
<param name=trackD value=1>
<param name=dissolveModeD value=0>
<param name=dissolveStepD value=10>
<param name=dissolveDelayD value=90>
<param name=colorBgrndD value=0>
<param name=shadowShiftD value=0>
<param name=colorShadowD value=666666>
<param name=fontNameD value=TimesRoman>
<param name=fontStyleD value=1>
<param name=fontSizeD value=52>
<param name=groundD value=8>
<param name=urlD value="http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Byte/3392/">

<!--------------    Optionalal settings for text strings    --------------------------------->
<param name=text0 value="Colored Fountain">
<param name=colorLeft0 value=FF0000>
<param name=colorRight0 value=0000FF>

<param name=text1 value="Try|different settings !">
<param name=colorBgrnd1 value=FFFFFF>
<param name=fontSize1 value=38>
<param name=ground1 value=11>

</applet>

Applet parameters

 

General settings

  
width, height width and height of the banner
Author compulsory parameter
stepMax  number of frames to show one text string appearance 
sleep time of delay in msec between frames 
longSleep time of delay between text strings 

Default parameters for all text strings

 Default value is used for any string if there is no corresponding optional parameter for this string. 
trajectoryD curvature of the pixel trajectory 
modeD one [0] or three fountains [1]
downUpD draw letters from bottom [1] or from top [0] 
trackD draw tracks of the pixels [1] or no [0]
dissolveModeD dissolve track gradually [0] or randomly [1]
dissolveStepD dissolve for ... steps
dissolveDelayD delay of dissolution on ... %
colorBgrndD background color  * 
shadowShiftD shadow shift in pixels
colorShadowD shadow color  * 
fontNameD font name  ** 
fontStyleD font style 
fontSizeD font size
groundD distance below the letter bottom
urlD URL

Optional settings for text strings

 The following parameters influence only on the current string. Only parameters text0, text1, ..., textN*** are required.  You can change value of any default parameter for any text string in obvious manner, using parameterN instead of parameterD. 
In addition you can: 
a) devide text into 2 lines with | , see text1 in HTML example; 
b) define colors of the left and right parts of the string, otherwise random colors are used. 
textN text of N'th string
colorLeftN color of the left part of N'th string
colorRightN  color of the right part of N'th string

Easy Setup

The easiest way to set up the applet on your site is to start with general and default parameters from HTML example and to change only text0, text1, ..., textN. Then customize fontsize0, fontsize1, ..., fontsizeN and so on ...
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* Hexadecimal RGB color code is used: FFFFFF is white, FF0000 is red, and so on.
** The standard Java font names are Dialog, DialogInput, Courier, Helvetica, TimesRoman, and ZapfDingbats.
*** 10 different strings are possible in freeware version, so text9 is last.

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