Animator.java
Usage: Place these class files (and these image files and audio files) within your HTML directory.
Java Source: Animator.java
HTML Source:
<applet code=Animator.class width=55 height=70>
<param name=imagesource value="images">
<param name=endimage value=10>
<param name=soundsource value="audio">
<param name=soundtrack value=spacemusic.au>
<param name=sounds value="1.au|2.au|3.au|4.au|5.au|6.au|7.au|8.au|9.au|0.au">
<param name=pause value=200>
</applet>
Notes:
<APP CLASS="Animator"
IMAGESOURCE="aDirectory" -- the directory that has the animation
frames (a series of pictures in GIF
format, named T1.gif, T2.gif, ...)
STARTUP="aFile" -- an image to display at load time
BACKGROUND="aFile" -- an image to paint the frames against
STARTIMAGE="aNumber" -- number of the starting frame (1..n)
ENDIMAGE="aNumber" -- number of the end frame (1..n)
PAUSE="100" -- milliseconds to pause between images
default - can be overriden by PAUSES)
PAUSES="300|200||400|200||100" -- millisecond delay per frame. Blank
uses default PAUSE value
REPEAT="true" -- repeat the sequence?
POSITIONS="100@200||200@100||200@200|100@100|105@105"
-- positions (X@Y) for each frame. Blank
means use previous frame's position
IMAGES="3|3|2|1|2|3|17" -- explicit order for frames - see below
SOUNDSOURCE="aDirectory" -- the directory that has the audio files
SOUNDTRACK="aFile" -- an audio file to play throughout
SOUNDS="aFile.au|||||bFile.au" -- audio files keyed to individual frames
>
You can specify either an IMAGES list or a STARTIMAGE/ENDIMAGE range,
but not both. The IMAGES list is a string of frame numbers in the
order in which you wish them to display, separated by vertical bars. STARTIMAGE and ENDIMAGE let you specify a range of images. Specifying
an ENDIMAGE that is numerically less than the STARTIMAGE will display
the images in reverse order. Both parameters have default values of
1, so specifying only STARTIMAGE="15" means "play the frames in
reverse order from 15 to 1." Saying only ENDIMAGE="13" means "play
the frames from 1 to 13." Of course, you can use both STARTIMAGE and
ENDIMAGE together.
Author: Herb Jellinek from Sun Microsystems
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