WildView - OfficeNews Demo

fficeNews Demo

This OfficeNews example demonstrates how an electronic office newsletter can be created using the WildView applet. The WildView display below features article text that scrolls in the center of display, and photos related to the article that are displayed to the left and right of the scrolling text. Notice that while two photos are sometimes simultaneously displayed, the photo that is not directly related to the text being scrolled is faded to gray.

pplet Tag

The applet tag for the OfficeNews demo is shown below.

<APPLET CODEBASE="../../Java" WIDTH="402" HEIGHT="139" CODE="WildViewApplet.class"> <PARAM NAME="background" VALUE="DocExamples/OfficeNews/ONBackground.JPG"> <PARAM NAME="panelSet1" VALUE="DocExamples/OfficeNews/OfficeNews.TXT"> </APPLET>

anel Set File

The panel set file used by the OfficeNews demo is shown below.

<PANEL name=Photos module="WVPanelImage" hidden=true w=75 h=102 image="DocExamples/OfficeNews/OfficePhotos.JPG" loadTrigger=Text> <PANEL name=LeftPhoto module="WVPanelFx" x=27 y=18 w=75 h=102 clock=100 frames=10 sourcePanel=Photos preRender=true> <PANEL name=RightPhoto module="WVPanelFx" x=301 y=18 w=75 h=102 clock=100 frames=10 sourcePanel=Photos preRender=true> <PANEL name=Text module="WVPanelTypewriter" x=107 y=18 w=188 h=102 clock=40 charClock=25 fontSize=14 fontStyle=bold pause=enter leading=-3 fontColor=ffff00 initWait=Photos mouseX=0 mouseY=0 mouseW=402 mouseH=139> <RATE 3> WHAT'S NEWS? Monday, August 25th <CLEAR> <RATE 1> WE LAND THE MARS MISSION! <TRIGGER panel=LeftPhoto sourceX=0 sourceY=0 sourceW=75 sourceH=102 effect=Evaporate filter=none> Last week, Samantha Stevens received a call from NASA asking if our company would be interested in designing a spacecraft for a manned mission to Mars. NASA's primary requirement was that the spacecraft design needed to be completed by the middle of the week. <TRIGGER panel=LeftPhoto effect=Fade filter=Gray> <TRIGGER panel=RightPhoto sourceX=75 sourceY=0 sourceW=75 sourceH=102 effect=Evaporate filter=none> Jenny Clark immediately rushed to the library to begin researching spacecraft design. Since up until this time our company has manufactured only potato chips, Jenny had to work non-stop to design a functional, yet safe, spacecraft within the time constraints. <TRIGGER panel=RightPhoto effect=Fade filter=Gray> <TRIGGER panel=LeftPhoto sourceX=150 effect=Left filter=none> Last Wednesday, Margaret Sanchez presented our company's proposal to NASA. As you all have probably heard by now, Margaret's proposal was received with cheers and NASA has given us the go-ahead to begin construction for a planned launch date just two weeks from today. <RATE 3> <TRIGGER panel=LeftPhoto sourceX=0 sourceW=0 sourceH=0 effect=fade filter=none> <TRIGGER panel=RightPhoto sourceX=0 sourceW=0 sourceH=0 effect=fade filter=none> <CLEAR> <RATE 1> BILL'S DISK STILL MISSING! <TRIGGER panel=LeftPhoto sourceX=225 sourceW=75 sourceH=102 effect=Evaporate filter=none> Bill Wherzitat STILL cannot locate the diskette that contains the second quarter financial data. Without this data, we will not be able to make our quarter end filing with the IRS. <TRIGGER panel=LeftPhoto effect=Fade filter=Gray> <TRIGGER panel=RightPhoto sourceX=300 sourceW=75 sourceH=102 effect=Evaporate filter=none> Meanwhile, Sam Spade in Accounting is trying to piece the required data together based on what paper trail that we have. <TRIGGER panel=LeftPhoto effect=fade filter=none> If you have any information regarding where Bill's diskette might be, please call him on extension 3452. Also, if you have any information that might assist Sam, please give him a call on extension 911. <RATE 3> <TRIGGER panel=LeftPhoto sourceX=0 sourceY=0 sourceW=0 sourceH=0 effect=fade filter=none> <TRIGGER panel=RightPhoto sourceX=0 sourceY=0 sourceW=0 sourceH=0 effect=fade filter=none> <CLEAR> <RATE 1> DAVID SMITH IS NEW CFO <TRIGGER panel=LeftPhoto sourceX=375 sourceW=75 sourceH=102 effect=Left> <TRIGGER panel=RightPhoto sourceX=375 sourceW=75 sourceH=102 effect=Right> David Smith, has joined our company as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Smith has stated that his highest priority is to organize and to streamline the Accounting Department to prevent loss of critical data. <RATE 3> <TRIGGER panel=LeftPhoto sourceX=0 sourceW=0 sourceH=0 effect=fade> <TRIGGER panel=RightPhoto sourceX=0 sourceW=0 sourceH=0 effect=fade>

mage Files

The image files used by the OfficeNews demo are shown below.