Twirl

Description: Select an image that you want to use for the effect and save it as a GIF or JPEG. If you want to make a NavBar then place your buttons vertically or horizontally next to each other in one image. Now insert the applet tag into your html-document. The easiest approach would be to cut and paste the applet tags from one of the examples that came with this package and then edit the parameters. Explanation of what the parameters do is listed below. If you are using a wysiwyg-editor (PageMill, Dreamweaver, etc..) then the recommended approach is to select the applet from one of the examples and "copy and paste" it to your own file. You can now play with the parameters to configure it to your liking. The fastest way of doing this is by using a good wysiwyg-editor.

Applet parameters

width, height	These are the standard applet tags describing the width and height of the applet in pixels.
image	The filename of the image to use. This is relative to the html-document.
lightsizex, lightsizey	This is the size of the lightsource in pixels.Default is 70.
angle	Decides how much the applet 'twists'. Default value is 50.
bg	The color used for background in format rrggbb.
light	The amount of light that the lightsource consist of. Default is 128. If you don't want a lightsource, set this value to zero and the lightsourcing routine won't be called.
url	The target url when using the applet as a button or NavBar. If using a NavBar then this value is any number of target url's, separated by a space character. Omit this if the applet is not supposed to link to anything. * Tip - You can issue a mailto: command as you would in HTML, i.e. mailto:boef@usa.net! *
target	This option lets the user specify which frame to open a target url in. If omitted, it targets the default frame.
orientation	This is the orientation of the NavBar. v for vertical or h for horizontal. Case-sensitive.

 

HTML code of the applet:

<APPLET archive="DuriusTwirl.jar" width="230" height="230"
align="middle" code="DuriusTwirl.class">
<PARAM name="image" value="face.jpg">
<PARAM name="lightsizex" value="0">
<PARAM name="lightsizey" value="0">
<PARAM name="light" value="0">
<PARAM name="bg" value="000000">
<PARAM name="angle" value="40">
<PARAM name="reg" value="43752326">
</APPLET>