SpaceFlight Applet V1.03 (28 August 1996)
Copyright 1996 by Bennet Uk (e-mail: bennet@dataway.ch)

The SpaceFlight Java-applet is another little text effect you can add to your
homepage.

TAG SYNTAX
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<APPLET CODE="SpaceFlight.class"
     WIDTH="aNumber"                  -- the width (in pixels) of the applet
     HEIGHT="aNumber">                -- the height (in pixels) of the applet
<PARAM NAME="FPS"
     VALUE="aNumber">                 -- the number of frames to be painted
                                         per second
<PARAM NAME="NUMSTARS"
     VALUE="aNumber">                 -- the number of stars
<PARAM NAME="TEXT"
     VALUE="String1|String2|String3"> -- the text strings to fly by
<PARAM NAME="TEXTCOLOR"
     VALUE="Color1|Color2|Color3">    -- the colors of the strings
<PARAM NAME="FONTNAME"
     VALUE="aString">                 -- the name of the font to be used
<PARAM NAME="FONTSTYLE"
     VALUE="aNumber">                 -- the style of the font: 0 = normal,
                                         1 = bold, 2 = italic, 3 = bold-italic

The colors in the TEXTCOLOR parameter should be 24-bit RGB values. If the
number is preceded by "0x" or "#", it will be interpreted as a hexadecimal 
value, if preceded by a "0", as an octal value. Otherwise the number will be 
regarded as decimal. 

You may omit one or more colors, in which case the last specified color will 
be used. If, for example, you have four strings and the TEXTCOLOR value is 
"#FF0000||0000FF", the first two strings will be shown in red and the second 
two in blue. 

As an example, here's the tag used on the applet's web-page: 

<APPLET CODE="SpaceFlight.class" WIDTH=250 HEIGHT=100>
<PARAM NAME=fps VALUE=12>
<PARAM NAME=numstars VALUE=50>
<PARAM NAME=text VALUE="This is|Bennet Uk's|SpaceFlight applet!|(Nice to see you here...)">
<PARAM NAME=textcolor VALUE="#FFFF00|#00FFFF|#FFFF00|#8080FF">
<PARAM NAME=fontname VALUE="Helvetica">
<PARAM NAME=fontstyle VALUE=3>
</APPLET>


USE THIS APPLET!
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The use of this applet on non-commercial homepages is free (commercial pages: 
mail me if you are interested). If you use it, I would appreciate it if you put
a link to my page (http://www.dataway.ch/~bennet/), and send me an e-mail so
that I know where my applet is being used. 


DISCLAIMER
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Bennet Uk shall not accept any responsibilies for damages resulting from the 
use of this applet and makes no warranty or representation, either express or 
implied, including but not limited to, any implied warranty of merchantability 
or fitness for a particular purpose. 


FEEDBACK
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Any comments, suggestions, bug-reports and questions about this applet should 
be sent to me by e-mail. Your feedback is greatly appreciated!


VERSION HISTORY
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The latest info can be found at:
     http://www.dataway.ch/~bennet/java/SpaceFlight.html

Version 1.03 (28 August 1996)
     Seemed to have fixed strange bug which caused MSIE 3.0 to crash when the
     JIT compiler was enabled.

Version 1.02 (19 August 1996)
     Improved performance slightly by using fixed-point numbers.

Version 1.01 (22 July 1996) 
     Added FONTNAME and FONTSTYLE parameters. 

Version 1.0 (19 July 1996) 
     First public release. 


