Please read attached license.txt file before using the software.

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Please include in your html code the SoftCorporation LLC. ownership information,
as it is shown below in Example of HTML File:
 
The initial developer of this Java applet is SoftCorporation LLC. href="http://www.softcorporation.com/products/textbanner"

This information is invisible in the browser but helps us to distribute
the software and required by license agreement.
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TextBanner Java applet parameters:


 "BNRFILE"  - name of a file with banner description.
              You can add symbol '*' to file name to select banner file randomly.
              If you use '*' in file name, specify separated with comma max number
              to replace '*' symbol.
              (Example: value="myadvert.txt" or value="brn/ad*.bnr, 15")

 "QUERY"    - String, adds to file banner name a string "q=QUERY", where
              QUERY is a value of this parameter.
              (Example: value="sport", defines "brn/myadvert.bnr?q=sport")

 "RANDOM"   - Integer > 0, adds to file banner name a string "r=RRRRR",
              where RRRRR is a random number with length, defined by this
              parameter.
              (Example: value="3", defines "brn/myadvert.bnr?q=sport&r=564")

 "TARGET"   - The frame name to display target URL in, equals
              "_self", "_top", "_blank", or the name of a frame.
              Default is "_self". Used only if target URL is specified.
              (Example: value="_blank", target URL opened in new browser window).

 "SHOWTIME" - Integer, defines a time in seconds to display every banner.
              "0" - the banner changed after all text scrolled, or all
              pictures has been shown.
              "-1" - the banner itself defines a time to change to the next
              banner.
              (Example: value="60", the banner will change every minute).

 "COLOR"    - Initial color of the banner, default is "black". When the color
              is not specified, the copyright information displayed.
              You can select colors from:
              "white", "red", "green", "blue", "yellow", "orange", "cyan",
              "magenta", "pink", "lightgray", "gray", "darkgray", "black",
              or define custom color as "#RRGGBB", where RR,GG,BB are defined
              in HEX format.
              (Example: value="#FFFFFF", initial color is "white").

 "DEBUG"    - Used for testing only, value "yes" allowes to see debug
              messages in a browser Java console screen.

 "NAME"     - Used for testing only, default is "TextBanner". Allowes to
              distinct debug messages from different banners.



Banner description file.


    Banner description file has similar format to XML. The difference is that
    each attribute is valid for all next elements, till it is redefined.
    Element cannot include another element.
    Banner description file has 3 elements: "bnr", "img", "txt".

    1. "bnr"   - banner element, has no content, has attributes:

    "link" - link to the target url, (don't forget about "http://").
    "speed" - text scrolling speed, (0 - 100).
    "fadespeed" - image fading speed, (0 - 100).
    "showtime" - show time for banner, in seconds.
    "bgcolor" - banner background color.
    "fade" - fade quality for banner, (1 - 7).
    "fademethod" - fade method for banner, (1 - 13).
    "txtheight" - text height for this banner.
    "txtbgimage" - text background image.
    "txtbgcolor" - text background color, used if there is no background image.
    "next" - next banner description file name.
    "nextmax" - max number to replace '*' in banner description file

    Example: <bnr txtheight="40" speed="90" next="bnr/4.bnr"/>


    2. "img" - image element, has no content, has attributes:

    "src" - image source file name.
    "width" - image width.
    "height" - image height.
    "bgcolor" - image background color, default "black".
    "showtime" - show time for each image, in seconds.
    "fade" - fade quality for each image (1 - 7), 0 - no fade.
    "fademethod" - fade method for each image, (0 - 14).
                   0 - plain fade
                   1 - left --> right
                   2 - left <-- right
                   3 - top --> bottom
                   4 - top <-- bottom
                   5 - left & top --> right & bottom
                   6 - left & top <-- right & bottom
                   7 - right & top --> left & bottom
                   8 - right & top <-- left & bottom
                   9 - left --> <-- right
                  10 - top --> <-- bottom
                  11 - circle from center
                  12 - white noise
                  13 - random fade method selection
                  14 - incremental fade method selection


    Example: <img src="img/park.jpg" showtime="10" fade="5" fademethod="13"/>

    3. "txt" - text element, has a text content, has attributes:

    "size" - text size.
    "style" - text style, ("plain", "bold" "italic", "bolditalic").
    "color" - text color.
    "font" - text font name.
    "ascent" - text ascent.
    "shade" - text shade.
    "shadecolor" - text shade color.
    "value" - text as an attribute, no encoding allowed.

    Example: <txt size="25" shade="2" shadecolor="lightgray" ascent="32"
             style="bolditalic" color="blue">AT&amp;T</txt>

    Following characters in content text must be encoded:

    & - "&amp;"
    < - "&lt;"
    > - "&gt;"

    Following characters in content text may be encoded:

    " - "&quot;"
    ' - "&apos;"

    Comments are allowed in banner file: <!--This is a comment-->



Example of HTML File:


<html>
<head>
  <title>Text only sample</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff">

<div align="center"><center>
<br><br>
<applet CODE="TextBanner" ARCHIVE="TextBanner.jar" WIDTH="640" HEIGHT="40">
  <param name="BNRFILE" value="bnr/tb1.bnr">
  <param name="SHOWTIME" value="-1">
  <param name="COLOR" value="white">
  The initial developer of this Java applet is SoftCorporation LLC. href="http://www.softcorporation.com/products/textbanner"
</applet>
</body>
</html>



Example of Banner File:


<bnr link="http://www.softcorporation.com/products/textbanner" bgcolor="white" speed="80"/>

<txt size="38" ascent="32" style="bold" color="red">Java</txt>
<txt size="8" style="plain" ascent="11" value="(TM)"/>
<txt size="38" ascent="32" style="bold"> TextBanner</txt>

<txt size="25" shade="2" shadecolor="lightgray" ascent="32" style="bolditalic" color="blue">
Copyright © 2001 SoftCorporation LLC.
</txt>

<txt size="38" shade="0" ascent="32" style="bold" color="red">Java</txt>
<txt size="8" style="plain" ascent="11" value="(TM)"/>
<txt size="38" ascent="32" style="bold"> TextBanner</txt>

For more information about this applet visit http://www.softcorporation.com/products/textbanner