The file names in some parameters can be relative or full URLs. The following is an explanation of each parameter. Some parameters are optional and can be left out of the html code.
foreColor - the color of message text that is displayed while the applet loads images over the network.
backColor - the color of the background that is displayed before any images are loaded. Also used for the color of the background if no backTileImage is specified.
backTileImage - optional - the static image that is tiled behind everything.
mousyMessFont - optional - the fontname,style,size of the mousyMessage
The available Java font names are:
"Helvetica", "TimesRoman", "Courier", "Dialog", "ZapfDingbats".
The spelling and the case of the letters is important.
The available Java font styles are:
"Plain", "Bold", "Italic", "BoldItalic".
The spelling and the case of the letters is important.
The size can be anything you want as long as it is greater than zero.
mousyMessColor - optional - color of the mousyMessages.
mousyMessBackColor - optional - color of the filled rectangle behind the mousyMessage text.
pic1 - This is where you specify the image of the first clickable area that you created in step (2) above. The second and subsequent clickable area images are specified with 'pic2', 'pic3', 'pic4', etc... The integers in the parameters must start with '1' and increase by one without skipping any integers.
pic1Down - optional - This is where you specify the 'down' or 'pressed' state image of the first clickable area that you created in step (3) above. The integer in this parameter must match the clickable area that it relates to. In other words, the 'down' image for 'pic2' must be specified with 'pic2Down' and 'pic3Down' is for 'pic3' etc...
pic1URL - optional - the URL that the browser will link to when the mouse is clicked on the first clickable area. The given URL can be relative to the current document or a full URL. The integer in this parameter must match the clickable area that it relates to. In other words, the URL for 'pic2' must be specified with 'pic2URL' and 'pic3URL' is for 'pic3' etc...
pic1URLFrame - optional - the name of the target frame to open the clickable area's URL into. The integer in this parameter must match the clickable area that it relates to. The value can also be one of the following reserved strings that have special functions:
"_self" show in the current frame
"_parent" show in the parent frame
"_top" show in the top-most frame
"_blank" show in a new unnamed top-level window
pic1MouseMessage - optional - the text message to display when the mouse is over the the first clickable area. The integer in this parameter must match the clickable area that it relates to. This text will be the color specified in 'mousyMessColor' and will appear on top of a small floating rectangle filled with the color specified in 'mousyMessBackColor'. The floating rectangle will follow the mouse pointer and the text will change depending on which clickable area the mouse is over.
<alternate html> - used if the user's browser does not support java. Replace this entire line with whatever you want to display if the user has an old browser that can't run java applets. If the user's browser can run java then this html code will be ignored.
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