Step by step

Main window
Menu:

File | Quit :     Exit Easy Applet Builder.

Tools | Wav2Au :    Launch the wav2au converter. Select a wav file and then a au destination file. The converter will convert your sound wav file to a valid Netscape au sound, readable by Java applets.
Tools |Options :     Set a few options.
Tools | Register :     Show the register window to enter the registration code.

Applets samples | Choose applet :     Show a preview of the selected applet in the default browser.
Applets samples | All applet s page:    Show a page with all applets

Help | Main help:     Show the help window.
Help | Tutorial:     Show the help window, tutorial section.
Help | About:     Show the about window.

Buttons:

Show preview: Show a preview in default browser of the applet you are currently cutomizing.
HTML: Open the ‘HTML and needed files’ window, where you will get the HTML code and copy the needed files.

You will find below the parameters descriptions in step 1 and 2. 
A parameter can be : 
•	Required :   you must specify a value, but there is often a default value.
•	Optional :   a value is not needed.
•	Not for this applet :   the parameter does not concern this applet.

The parameters in step 1 and 2 are the most common parameters to the applets. Parameters in step 3 are parameters specific to an applet. To see them in details choose in the list in the help window and click “ specific parameters help”.

Note : Java applets support JPEG (*.jpg) and GIF files (*.gif)  as image files, and AU files (*.au) as sound files. You can use the Easy Applet Builder wav2au converter to convert your wav files to au files.

Step 1: general properties

Label :                                          Description :

Width :	                                       The applet width (pixels).

Height :                                        The applet height (pixels).

Background color :                     The applet background color.

Background image :                   The background image (usually automatically centered).

No Java message :                       This message will be displayed if Java is not enabled on the user browser.
On load sound :                            The location of the sound which will be played when the 
                                                      applet starts.

Loop :                                           Check “ Loop ” to loop the onload sound. This sound will terminate only when the browser will quit the current page.

Step 2: mouse events

Label :                                          Description :

On mouse over StatusBar message :                    This message will be displayed in the browser status bar when the mouse pointer is over the applet..

On mouse over sound :               The location of the sound which will be displayed when the mouse pointer enters on the applet area.

On mouse over background color :  The background color when the mouse pointer is in the applet area. (check “ enabled ” to enable the background color change.

Enabled :                                      Check this to enable the background color change.

Message :                                      The text to display on the applet area (automatically centered).

Message height :                           The text height (pixels).

Enabled :                       	Check this to enable the message display.

Message color :                             The text color.

On click sound :                            The location of the sound which will be displayed when the user clicks on the applet.

On click link :                                             The page URL where the browser links when the user clicks on the applet.

Target :                                           The target of the link : - "_blank" : show in a new unnamed top-level window
                                                              - "_self" : show in the current frame
                                                              - "_parent" : show in the parent frame
                                                              - "_top" : show in the top-most frame

Step 3: specific parameters

Step 3 contains the specific parameters. Choose the applet in the listbox and click “ specific applet parameters ”.

HTML and needed files window

Save needed files into… : Copy the needed files (applet class files, image, sounds…) in a selected directory.

Copy into clipboard :    Copy the HTML code shown in the small memo into the windows clipboard, then you can paste it in the html file where the applet will stand.

Save as text :   Save the HTML code as a text file.
Save .html preview page :   Save the HTML web page you eventually previewed before.