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*                           animator(F2.6)                      *
*                            Java Applet                        *
*                         Written by Mark Qian                  *
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ANIMATOR is an appelt written by Mark Qian. It displays an user-specified
animated image with sound.  It plays a user-specified sound(an au file) 
when mouse cursor moves over the applet area. It also provides a on_click
function to open a given URL address.  In additional, it allows you display a
message in the status bar when mouse cursor move over the applet. 
animator is an AdWare at this time.
     

PARAMETERS:
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         target   - target window where the target URL will be opened.
                    You can set it to a sub frame if you use frames so
                    that the URL is opened in the sub frame.  You can 
                    also set it to one of following

                      _top 
                       Bowser will place URL page into top-level window of the browser

                      _parent 
                       Bowser will place URL page into parent window of the widnow
                       where HTML resides

                      _self 
                       Bowser will place URL page into the widnow where HTML resides

                      _blank 
                       Bowser will place URL page into a new window


         speed       -  The speed of animation.
         soundmode  =0  Sound is played when mouse cusor over Animator;
                    =1  Sound is played when clicking;
                    =2  Sound is played when mouse cursor over Animator
                        and stop when mouse cuusor exits;
         animatemode=0  Animation is always on;
                    =1  Animation is on only when mouse cursor moves over it;
                        (This mode allows you increase the performance of your system.)
                    =2  Animation is on only when it is clicked and the animation
                        will be played only once.(This mode is useful when you try to
                        show some action such as opening a door. 
                    =3  A mouse click only cause animator to switch frame once.
                        (This mode is useful when you try to illustrate a series of 
                        pictures.)    
                    =4  Animation is always on except mouse cursor within Animator;                      
         imgname     - the names of image files including their paths.  For example,
                       if you like to place image file named myimage_1.gif, myimage_2.gif,
                       ..., myimage_n.gif in a directory named images, you need to assign
                       a following value to imgname:  value=images/myimage_
         nimgs       - number of images used for animation.  
         audiofile   - the audio file that should reside in
                       the directory where the applet resides.
         on_click    - an URL address whose content will be opened by browser
                       when clicking at the applet.  Just set it to "" to disable it.
       

		 The sound played by this applet can be turn On/Off dynamically button another
		 applet wrtten by Mark Qian, CButton. 

            
            

INSTALLATION:
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If you are a webmaster or experienced person, just follow the brief
instructions below. 

IMPORTANT:
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   *   If you are NOT familiar with Java applet installation and Unix environment, *
   *   Please follow the detail instructions in                                    *
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   *   http://www.coolshare.com                                                    *
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   *   to install it.  Don't try it youself.                                       *
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BRIEF INSTRUCTIONS (for experienced people only):
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  0). Unzip animator.zip in your local machine (you had done this step).
  
  
  1). Run SETUP.BAT to rename class files. Because PKUNZIP will extract the
      class file, animator.class, to ANIMATOR.CLA,  you have to RENAME 
      the class file to animator.class if you prefer to rename them menually.
	  Similarly, rename anload.CLA 
      to load.class and rename COMMON.CLA to common.class 
	  Note: all names of classes are in lower cases.     
  
  2). Open TEST_ANI.HTM with your browser locally. If it works locally,
      go to next step.  Otherwise, go to Mark's home page for detail
      instructions.
      
  3). Try TEST_ANI.HTM online(Ignore this step if you think that you 
      REALLY know what to do). 
  
         - place animator.class and anload.class in the place you want in your server.
           (FTP program may change animator.class to animator.cla. Rename class files
            if needed).
         - place TEST_ANI.HTM, MAIL*.GIF, and EMAIL.AU to the same directory
         - change access attributes of all the files above to readable(744)
         - Browse TEST_ANI.HTM from your local machine
         
      If it works, go to next step.  Otherwise Go to Mark's page for instructions.
         
   
   4).Use your own stuff
         
         - add following HTML statements into your HTML's body  
 
            <applet code="animator.class" width=103 height=50>
            <param name=speed value="9">   
            <param name=imgname value="MAIL">
            <param name=nimgs value="13"> 
            <param name=audiofile value="EMAIL.AU"> 
            <param name=status_text value=""> 
            <param name=on_click value="http://www.coolshare.com/html/mark.html"> 
            </applet>

  
  
      - replace parametes such as "on_click", "imgname", "audiofile" with your stuff.
  
  
  5). If it works, enjoy it!! (If you like to do its hard-working author a favor, Drop him an 
      Email to let Mark know It runs OK).  Otherwise, go to Mark's page for detail instructions
      of troubleshooting.


    
Go Mark's Home Page(http://www.coolshare.com") to see more exciting applets!

Or Email Mark at ok@coolshare.com

 