Slide Servlet
It is a Java servlet allows you to share documents. How does it work
? Run the servlet. On the main screen you can create some topic (channel,
presentation). Type the name (let it be Acme presentation) and any
password you will associate with this topic. As soon as you do that, everybody
who is running the same servlet will be able to join this topic (channel).
They do not need password for this. Run the same servlet from the another
box (or just simply in the another window). Join to Acme presentation
topic. Go back to the main window, type some URL, e.g. http://coldjava.hypermart.net
(you can choose any of course) and press Go button. See - the same
page will be opened in the any window joined to this topic ! And you do
not need to update (refresh) browser on the client side. So your client
do not need to do something. He/She will see the same page you typed in
the main window. In other words it is similar to the PUSH.
Type another URL (show your next slide) etc. This is a main idea.
Features:
1. You can create script file with your slides. It is a text file located
anywhere on your local box. Each line describes one slide (empty lines
and lines starts with # or // are ignored) in the tab-separated format:
URL Any mnemonic name
E.g.:
http://www.sun.com Main Sun's site
http://java.sun.com Main Java page
// etc.
Press Browse button, select your file and press Read
button. Now you can select pages from the list.
2. You can share local files. E.g. select any .doc file in the master
window. The same Word document will be opened in the any joined browser.
3. As a presentation creator you can any time return back to the topic
page (Re-enter) using the password you choose for this topic.
4. You can manage all topics using administrators password. See below
how to set this password.
the usage is:
http://your_host/servlet/SlideServlet
Configuration file for your slide show must be included
as an initial parameter for this servlet. Parameter name is config.
So in your servlets.properties file you must have some like this:
SlideServlet.code=SlideServlet
SlideServlet.initparams=config=path_to_your_configuration_file
Configuration file is a text file, each line describes
one parameter in the form of
param=value
Empty lines and lines begins with # or // are ignored.
Current version supports the following list of parameters:
# working directory (cache) on your server. This parameter is mandatory
dir=some_server_directory
# administrator's password. Default value is welcome
admin=your_secret_word
# screen's background (default value is #FFFFFF)
bgcolor=#FFFFFF
# screen's foreground (default value is #000000)
forecolor=#000000
# font size (by default is current browser's font)
size=2
#font face (by default is current browser's font settings)
face=Arial,Times
# title. Default value is 'ColdJava's slide'
title=My slides
# head. You can set here some file contains any html-code. This code
will be
# outputted at the beginning of each page. So you can set for example
some banners.
# By default this value is empty
head=path_to_your_file
# timeout (client's refresh time) in seconds. By default this value is 15
timeout=15
# How to open non-html document. 0 - open in the browser, 1 - open in the
# separate window. Default value is 0
window=0
Note: slide's configuration file can be saved anywhere on your server.
Just set the proper path in your servlet.properties file.
What is new in 1.34:
- new parameters added
What is new in 1.33:
- some bugs fixed
- mime suppot extended
What is new in 1.32:
- mime support extended
What is new in 1.31:
- some bugs fixed
For downloading: SlideServlet.class
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