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Flag Applet

Congratulations

Congratulations on choosing this enhancing applet from DanCity. Please read through the following Licence agreement before using the software.

FlagApplet.
Copyright © 1999 Dan MacFarlane.
Licence Restrictions
At all times the software remains Copyright © 1999 Dan MacFarlane. The licensee shall not modify, decompile, disassemble, decrypt, extract, or otherwise reverse engineer Software. Any work derived from the software may not be distributed without the explicit permission of the author.

Disclaimer of Warranty
THE AUTHOR MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE SOFTWARE, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

Liability
IN NO EVENT WILL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED BY LICENSEE AS A RESULT OF USING OR DISTRIBUTING THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS DERIVATIVES.


The Flag Animation Applet

The FlagApplet animates a single user defined image to give the appearence that the image is blowing in the wind like a flag. The flag seen below has been produced from a single gif image by the FlagApplet, which is available for use on your website. It is possible to animate any single image to produce a three dimensional wavy effect which makes your flag appear to be being blown in the wind, well kinda - if you squint and use your imagination.




How To Use It

Follow these simple steps to enhance your web page.
  • Download and unzip the Flag Applet distribution files.
  • Paste the relevant applet code (see below) into your html page source.
  • Copy the files, including: your_Own_Page.html, your_Own_Flag.gif, and FlagApplet.jar to your webserver.
The following code is the minimal required to produce an animated flag. It should be placed within the html source of your page. The value of the image parameter must be the location of the relevant files, and the other parameters must remain unchanged. The height and width of the applet should be suitably adjusted for the image being used. For the 'Generation Animation' text to appear the width must be set to at least 160.

<APPLET ARCHIVE="FlagApplet.jar" CODE="FlagApplet.class" WIDTH=160 HEIGHT=100>

     <PARAM NAME="copyright" VALUE="(c) 1999 Dan MacFarlane">
     <PARAM NAME="home"      VALUE="http://www.dancity.com/">
     <PARAM NAME="image"     VALUE="myflag.gif">     

</APPLET>
Optionally, you can customize the FlagAppet further by including any of the following parameters within the Applet tag. You may set the background colour, using the background parameter. You may set the number of frames generated for the animation, using the frames parameter. Note that the more frames you have the slower it will run, but it will be smoother. You may also set the Applet to act a hyperlink using the href parameter and optionaly include a target for the link. 
<PARAM NAME="background" VALUE="#000000">
<PARAM NAME="frames"     VALUE="8">
<PARAM NAME="href"       VALUE="http://www.dancity.com/">
<PARAM NAME="target"     VALUE="_new">


What It Will Cost

This applet is absolutely free. However I do ask that you include the 'copyright' and 'home' parameters within the applet tag and credit my work suitably, not trying to pass it off as your own. You may also choose to place a DanCity Java gif on one of your web pages to acknowledge my work and let others know where to find applets for their own pages. You can find DanCity Java gifs on the DanCity site.




How To Get It

You can download the most recent version of this applet and other applets at The DanCity site.



If You Experience Problems

The applet has been extensively tested and you should not experience problems. However, the unforeseen may arise. If you do have problems with this applet then you should first of all consult the Using Java Applets FAQ found on the DanCity site.

If you still encounter problem then send me an email here describing as precisely as possible the symptoms, circumstances and the nature of your problem. Where possible you should also include a URL where the actual problem can be seen.



Animated GIF Service

DanCity offers a service to convert your animated applet flags into animated GIF images. There are several advantages of converting your flag to a GIF animation. You can find out more about this service on the DanCity FlagGIF Page. We recommend that you check it out!



Remember

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