Demo

Demostration of Buttons Applet.

Description

The applet displays a regular button with text. When pressed it will display the URL site that it's referred to. The background of the applet can changed to a different colour or an image so that it can match the background of the current page it's displayed in.

Usage/Parameters

nButtons The number of buttons to display.
row The number of rows in the applet.
col The number of columns in the applet.
bgImg The background image to be displayed. (optional)
bgColour The background colour to be displayed. (optional) The list of colours are:
  • black
  • blue
  • cyan
  • darkGray
  • gray
  • green
  • lightGray
  • magenta
  • orange
  • pink
  • red
  • white
  • yellow
textColour The text colour to be displayed in. (optional)
target The frame in which the URL should be displayed in. (optional)
text?? The text which the button displays, "text0" is associated to the first button.
link?? The link which the button refers to, "link0" is associated to the first button.

Example

Here is an example of the HTML source code for embedding this applet: 

    <applet archive="Buttons.jar" code="Buttons.class" width="150" height="25">
        <param name="target" value="main"> 
        <param name="row" value=1>
        <param name="col" value=2> 
        <param name="nButtons" value=2> 
        <param name="text0" value="Home">
        <param name="link0" value="../home.html"> 
        <param name="text1" value="Java"> 
        <param name="link1" value="../java.html">
    </applet>

Version Updates

Version 1.1

  • Made the applet compatible with web browsers which only support Java 1.0. Added background support with either have a background as an image or a colour.

Version 1.2

  • Made the applet so that the entire address doesn't have to be entered when having references to a url.

Download

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