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JWMenu is a Menu Bar Based Menuing Applet. It has MANY configurable parameters.

It as inspired by HOT Strip a menu system made by Robert Young

Imporvements over HotStrip Include:

More Parameter Control
The ability to display Pulsating Style Lines instead of Static only
As always, Free SOURCE!

How Mine is Deficient: (I gotta include this too or you'll accuse me of not reporting All the News! :)

No MouseOver MouseClick Sound Support (You can code this youreself.. it's easy)
No Current Page Color (Active Link) (AColor Not Implemented)
No Default Highlighted Entry Parameter (What's the use?)

My Thoughts on this Applet:
So far, I've used this site as a place to vent my frustrations at the Java Community (If it can be called that) for not providing the proper level of support (i.e. code examples etc...) and especially to show the world that the stuff these people are charging an arm and a leg for is not that hard to do. The creator of this Wonderfull Applet on the other hand made a great applet and released it to the world Charge free. I Just wanted to let the world know that I think Robert Young's Applets are Kicken! so I made mine as a tribute to him...Now, if you wanna know someone who pisses me off...... then go check out www.opencube.com (They're charging close to $200.00 for their work.)

Parameter Usage is as Follows:

Parameter	Default	Description
font	"Helvetica"	Item Font (Helvetica, Courier, etc..)
msgfont	"Helvetica"	Item Description Font (Helvetica, Courier, etc..)
style	"PLAIN"	Item Font Style (Bold, Italic, Underline)
msgstyle	"PLAIN"	Item Desc. Style (Bold, Italic, Underline)
size	10	Item Font Size
msgsize	8	Item Description Size
fps	15	Frames Per second Update Speed
bgcolor	"DD0000"	Background Color (Hex String)
tfcolor	"F0F0F0"	Item Color (Hex String)
thcolor	"FFFFFF"	Item Highlight Color (Hex String)
tmcolor	"FFFFFF"	Item Description Color (Hex String)
linecolor	"FFFF00"	Line Color (Hex String)
acolor	""	Active Link Color (Not Implemented)
lcolor	"FFFF00"	NOT IMPLEMENTED
numitems	1	Number of Items in Menu
spacing	60	Default Spacing between items
usearrow	"NO"	Whether or not to display Arrow (YES, NO)
deftarget	"_top"	Default Target if none specified (Frames)
location	"TOP"	Where applet's located (TOP Bottom)
astyle	1	NOT IMPLEMENTED
fadespeed	10	Speed of fade for fading lines 0 for no fade
linedist	8	Distance offset in pixels from center of lines
barwidth	25	width in pixels of bar
text<x>	"No Text"	Text Item Number <x>
url<x>	hehe find out!	LinkTo URL Item Number <x>
message<x>	""	Leave Blank for No Message (Item <x>)
target<x>	defaultTarget	Explicit Target Control for Item <x>
width	You MUST SET THIS	Applet Width
height	You MUST SET THIS	Applet Height

Applet Notes:

This applet will allow usage with minimal setup
Choose 0 for Fade Speed if Static Lines are Desired
Choose the same color as the background for linecolor if no lines are desired (I was going to implement Lines/NoLines/FadeLines as the AStyle Parameter, but I got lazy
Start at 0 for Items (ex: text0,url0,message0,target0)
An unassigned Target goes to Default Target
An Unassigned Default Target goes to _top
An Unassigned Message is Left Blank
An Unassigned Text Item is replaced with "NO Text"
An Unassigned URL Item goes to .... My Favorite Site
Fade Speed and FPS are kinda interchangeable (Be careful High fps's lead to heavy processor usage, whereas a low fps will result in an applet that is not very responsive

An Example:

this is created with the following code:

APPLET CODE="jwMenu.class" WIDTH="320" HEIGHT="38"
PARAM NAME="font" VALUE="Helvetica"
PARAM NAME="style" VALUE="PLAIN"
PARAM NAME="size" VALUE="10"
PARAM NAME="msgsize" VALUE="9"
PARAM NAME="fps" VALUE="50"
PARAM NAME="bgcolor" VALUE="000000"
PARAM NAME="tmcolor" VALUE="9077F0"
PARAM NAME="tfcolor" VALUE="FFFFFF"
PARAM NAME="thcolor" VALUE="FF0000"
PARAM NAME="linecolor" VALUE="00FF00"
PARAM NAME="numitems" VALUE="5"
PARAM NAME="url0" VALUE="http://smell.thepit.net"
PARAM NAME="url1" VALUE="http://smell.thepit.net/winter"
PARAM NAME="url2" VALUE="http://smell.thepit.net/thete"
PARAM NAME="url3" VALUE="http://smell.thepit.net/jeff"
PARAM NAME="url4" VALUE="http://www.bluesnews.com"
PARAM NAME="target0" VALUE="_top"
PARAM NAME="target1" VALUE="_top"
PARAM NAME="target2" VALUE="_top"
PARAM NAME="target3" VALUE="_top"
PARAM NAME="target4" VALUE="_blank"
PARAM NAME="message0" VALUE="The Java RE Labs"
PARAM NAME="message1" VALUE="QWatch Homepage"
PARAM NAME="message2" VALUE="Thete's Homepage"
PARAM NAME="message3" VALUE="DA Fantasy Football Page!"
PARAM NAME="message4" VALUE="QuakeNews"
PARAM NAME="text0" VALUE="Home"
PARAM NAME="text1" VALUE="QWatch"
PARAM NAME="text2" VALUE="Thete"
PARAM NAME="text3" VALUE="Jeff's"
PARAM NAME="text4" VALUE="Bluesnews"
PARAM NAME="spacing" VALUE="25"
PARAM NAME="fadespeed" VALUE="10"
PARAM NAME="location" VALUE="top"
PARAM NAME="usearrow" VALUE="yes"
/APPLET