StarLink


<applet code="Links.class" archive="starlink.jar"
		width=240 height=200 COLOR="#000000">
	<param name="Target" value="_new">
	<param name="NumberOfStars" value=3>
	<param name="Star1-X" value=30>
		<param name="Star1-Y" value=30>
		<param name="Linkname1" value="JavaBoutique Home">
		<param name="Categorie1" value="Site">
		<param name="Distance1" value="6.0 Lightyears">
		<param name="URL1"
			value="http://javaboutique.internet.com">
	<param name="Star2-X" value=90>
		<param name="Star2-Y" value=120>
		<param name="Linkname2" value="Applets">
		<param name="Categorie2" value="Section">
		<param name="Distance2" value="1.0 Lightyears">
		<param name="URL2"
			value="http://javaboutique.internet.com/applets/">
	<param name="Star3-X" value=220>
		<param name="Star3-Y" value=20>
		<param name="Linkname3" value="Articles">
		<param name="Categorie3" value="Section">
		<param name="Distance3" value="2.0 Lightyears">
		<param name="URL3"
			value="http://javaboutique.internet.com/articles/">
	<param name="Textred-value" value=255>
	<param name="Textgreen-value" value=64>
	<param name="Textblue-value" value=128>
	<param name="Planetred-value" value=0>
	<param name="Planetgreen-value" value=128>
	<param name="Planetblue-value" value=255>
</applet>
The parameters for the Star-multi-linker are very simple to configurate :
  • Target - Specifies how the page should be opened which is refered to in the single frame. You can use a framename, window name or following parameters for
    • _self - Opens in the same frame, window
    • _parent - Opens in the parent frame
    • _top - Opens in the Top frame
  • NumberOfStars - Number of Stars (actuall links) in your starmap
  • StarI-X - (I is a number between [1,NumberOfStars]) X-coordinate of the Star. Range [0..240] and only natural numbers (1,2,3)
  • StarI-Y - (I is a number between [1,NumberOfStars]) Y-coordinate of the Star. Range [0..150] and only natural numbers (1,2,3)
  • LinknameI - (I is a number between [1,NumberOfStars]) Name of the destination
  • CategorieI - (I is a number between [1,NumberOfStars]) Additional text you can add to the destination for example to categorize it
  • URLI (I is a number between [1,NumberOfStars]) Destination-URL. You can specify a URL as you would do in a normal HTML-context this means http:// for an absolute URL or without for a relative URL
  • Textred-value - Red-value for the displayed text. Range is [0..255] and default 255
  • Textgreen-value - Green-value for the displayed text. Range is [0..255] and default 255
  • Textblue-value - Blue-value for the displayed text. Range is [0..255] and default 255
  • Planetred-value Red-value for the displayed planet. Range is [0..255] and default 255
  • Planetgreen-value Green-value for the displayed planet. Range is [0..255] and default 255
  • Planetblue-value Blue-value for the displayed planet. Range is [0..255] and default 255
You have to specify all the stars otherwise the Applet won't work!!!!

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