Ghost

Last Updated:
   3/21/1996 - initial released.
 
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Ghost is a Java applet which can "roam" around the Web. 
That means that it will live until browsers are turned off. 
Ghost can display dialog boxes with specified picture and text
with sound.  TOP %25 at JARS!
Ghost is an adware (FREE!!).

  
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Parameters

   period      - Determent how long the message lasts (default is 20)

   waittime    - How long Ghost will wait before launching the 
                  first message.This feature gives your visitors
                  hard times to figure out where Ghost come from.
                  (default is 20)

   popupStyle  - 0 means no dialog will be popup. Only sound will
                    be played.
                  1 means a dialog will be popup. This is the default.

   soundStyle  - once means play the specified sound only once.(default)
                  loop means play the specified sound repeatly.

   targetDelay - delay period to switch browser to the specified URL.
                  (This feature is not available due to Java's security policy)

   playorder   - Order of displying Ghost pages. The default is "random".
                  The other one is "continue";

   stepX       - Horizontal step size of the message box (default is 2)

   stepY       - Vertical step size of the message box (default is 2) 

   limitX1     - Left limit of the messagebox topleft conner (default is 0)

   limitY1     - Top limit of the messagebox topleft conner (default is 0)

   limitX2     - Right limit of the messagebox topleft conner (default is 2000)

   limitY2     - Bottom limit of the messagebox topleft conner (default is 2000)

   page1       - Specify the first "page". A Ghost "page" consists 
                  of following fields:

                     title - this text field will be display as the title
                             of the popup dialog.
                     URL   - the URL to be open when clicking at the
                             corresponding picture or text.(This feature
				             is not available due to Java's security policy)
                     image - url of the image file to be displayed 
                             in the dialog
                     text  - the text to be displyed in the dialog
                     au    - url of the audio file to be displyed in
                             the dialog		
								   
                     All the field above are dilimited be "#" sign.
                     You can leave the field empty (But all "#" has be
                     present to hold their places).

                     For example, if you don't want text, you may wnat
                     to set a page

                     <param name=page2 value="page2#http://www.coolshare.com##This is a mode with only text. Click to see Mark's cool applets! They are FREE!!#Sound2.au">
                           
						   						   						   								   				   						  							   						    								   						      
                         
   page2       -  Second Ghost page

    ....

   pageN       -  Nth Ghost page (N < 4 for Adware while no limit for registered shareware)

   targets     -  The URLs to be opened by Ghost 
                  (This feature is not available due to Java's security policy)

   opentarget  -  The place to open specified URLs
                   They can be _self, _blank, _parent, and so on 
                  (This feature is not available due to Java's security policy)


   The following sample are the HTML codes which are used in this page.
   This sample demostrate how those four styles are used:

	  1). No text not picture
	  2). Text only
	  3). Picture only
	  4). Both picture and text


<applet code=ghost width=5 height=5>
<param name=period value="5">
<param name=waittime value="1">
<param name=msgrate value="100">
<param name=popupStyle value="1">
<param name=soundStyle value="once">
<param name=targetDelay value="5">
<param name=page1 value="No Text nor Picture#http://www.coolshare.com###Sound1.au">
<param name=page2 value="Text Only#http://www.coolshare.com##This is a mode with only text. Click to see Mark's cool applets! They are FREE!!#Sound2.au">
<param name=page3 value="Picture Only#http://www.coolshare.com#Ad2.gif##Sound3.au">
<param name=page4 value="Picture And Text#http://www.coolshare.com/savers#Ad3.gif#This is a mode with both picture and text. Click to see the best screen saver in the world!#Sound4.au">
<param name=targets value="http://www.best.com#http://www.aimnet.com#http://www.centigram.com">
<param name=opentarget value="_blank">
</applet>


  

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