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LaserBeamer Applet by Peter Hellmann >>>

Previously Rambling Tutor offered demos of two laser applets by Peter Hellmann called Laser Effects I & II.Ten years later it seems no one offers the separate applets anymore. So by scouring the 'net I found this one that seems to offer the same effects as the other two. You can find and download his applet zip file at JavaBoutique.

This applet is designed to be used with ad banners or header graphics. That does not limit you to those types of graphics, however.

Now, you will notice that there are a lot of parameters to define in this applet. I won't get into detail about all of the parameters here, but will mention you need to keep the "link-url" through "link-enable" parameters unchanged in order to keep this free from registration. Peter does a fine job of explaining it all in the LaserBeamer.txt file included in the zip.

The website domain shown in the applet and a different one on JavaBoutique's website are no longer valid for Peter Hellmann. So I don't know how you'd register the applet anyway. But keep the stuff the as-is.

For Homestead Sitebuilder users, note the codebase tag (in red) added in the first line and the files/ (in red) added in front of the name of the graphic in line three. You will need to keep those. Refer to the main applets page for details.

Be sure to upload both the LaserBeamer.class file and your image file to your Files Manager when you publish your page. Otherwise, all you'll see is an empty box where the applet should be.

<applet code="LaserBeamer.class" width=200 height=85 codebase="files/">
<param name="bg-color" value="0,0,0">
<param name="banner" value="files/rtbanner.jpg">
<param name="banner-x-pos" value="0">
<param name="banner-y-pos" value="0">
<param name="banner-top-os" value="0">
<param name="banner-bottom-os" value="0">
<param name="banner-left-os" value="0">
<param name="banner-right-os" value="0">
<param name="laser-origin-x-pos" value="200">
<param name="laser-origin-y-pos" value="80">
<param name="laser-origin-region" value="50,80,175,10">
<param name="laser-origin-type" value="RANDOM">
<param name="laser-x-step" value="1">
<param name="laser-y-step" value="2">
<param name="laser-type" value="NATURAL">
<param name="laser-beam-color" value="255,0,0">
<param name="laser-spot-color" value="-1,-1,-1">
<param name="laser-beam-spot-aspekt" value="0.25">
<param name="laser-beam-hue-increment" value="0.005">
<param name="thread-sleep" value="10">
<param name="sequence-sleep" value="20">
<param name="link-url" value="http://www.brightman.to">
<param name="link-target-frame" value="_top">
<param name="link-enable" value="1">
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</applet>

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The above graphic is 185x47.Your applet width and height should be larger than the graphic in order for the laser effect to be visible. Accordingly, you will need to use the right values in the "laser-origin" parameters (lines 10-12) based on the size of your applet.

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