Terminator.zip      


HTML Example

 
<!--------------    General settings    --------------->
<applet code="Terminator.class" width=300 height=100>
<param name=Author value="Author: Vladimir N. Korotkov; www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Byte/3392">
<param name=sleep value=0>
<param name=longSleep value=1000>
<param name=stepN value=30>
<param name=backColor value=FF1493>

<!------------    Default parameters for all text strings    -------->
<param name=fontNameD value="Helvetica">
<param name=fontStyleD value=1>
<param name=fontSizeD value=32>
<param name=colorD value=b0c4de>
<param name=groundD value=5>
<param name=urlD value="http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Byte/3392/">

<!--------------    Optional settings for text strings    ----------->
<param name=text0 value="Terminator">
<param name=fontSize0 value=55>

<param name=text1 value="Try|different settings !">
<param name=color1 value=6a5acd>

</applet>


Applet parameters

 

General settings

 
width, height width and height of the banner
Author compulsory parameter
sleep time of delay in msec between frames 
longSleep delay at the moments of the maximum readability  
stepN number of frames per text string 
backColor color* of the background; if the value is negtive, then image background.jpg is used 
amplitude amplitude of the metal wave, default value is 0.2 

Default parameters for all text strings

Default value is used for any string if there is no corresponding optional parameter for this string. 
fontNameD font name  ** 
fontStyleD font style: plain[0], bold[1], italic[2], bold+italic[3] 
fontSizeD font size
colorD metal color*
groundD additional distance below the line bottom to correct the line position
urlD URL

Optional settings for text strings

The following parameters influence only on the current poster. 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 devide text into up to 3 lines with | , see text1 in HTML example; 
textN text 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 ...

Copyright & Freeware

Vladimir Korotkov is the author of this applet.
You can use this applet freely to enhance your own private homepage. However, I placed a small label in the rigth low angle, and the applet is connected with my home page, when it is clicked with a mouse in this area.

* 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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