Trying out a few more countdowns

[BobBrazeal]

<APPLET CODEBASE="http://members.home.net/bbrazeal4/cls/" CODE="BeanCounterDate.class" WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=145>
<param name="date" value="14 Sep 2001 11:45:00">
<param name="display" value="days, seconds">
<param name="background" value="http://members.home.net/bbrazeal4/bkgnd/disneycharback.jpg, 0, 122, 200, 20">
<param name="imagefont" value="http://members.home.net/bbrazeal4/fnt/half_freehand1.gif"></APPLET>

 

[StormAlongBay]

Thanks for figuring it out. Now I know it's not a lost cause.

I just did a search in Altavista.com and found I think the same beancounter class

 

[BobBrazeal]

That's the one. I even sent an e-mail to the guy that wrote it and got a reply back. There is no problem using that class and distributing it as long as there isn't anything charged for distributing or using it.

One big problem will be that just like the clipart, anytime anyone opens a thread with one of these in it, there is a hit on the site where you have the class stored and any backgrounds and font files. Thank goodness the files are small but there could be a bandwidth issue at your hosting site if their limit is small.

Can't place them on a DIS site at this time. I'll see if JC working on that. These are a smaller hit than a lot of the clipart that is out there now.

 

[StormAlongBay]

I hope JC can get the class uploaded or let the users upload this type to their private sites here.

Boy, there is a lot of tweaking with the positions. Trying to get my text and numbers aligned

Also, I'm trying to understand how the code can extract the digits from a 'gif' file

I had resized some of the existing ones. At first they worked and now they don't.

Well, I'll keep playing. Good job again on figuring this out.

 

[BobBrazeal]

I understand the trouble you are going through. I had the same problems. Still not good at it. This might not be the best solution in the long run as it is a pretty basic counter app but it works and that is better than anything we've had before.

I went through the same thing with the sizing of the font graphic. I think I've got it figured out now. E-mail me and we can go through it that way rather than here on the board. My e-mail is bbrazeal@home.com.

As to the "parcing" of the gif file, I've seen that same method used by hit counters. I've even used it to build a hit counter with FrontPage. I've got a link to a whole site of counter digits for hit counters. I haven't looked to see if they are built the same as the gif's he uses here. I think they are a bit different but probably could be adapted. Here is the link.

Digit Mania

 

[Cricket2]

First off OUTSTANDING.

You saved me a whole lot of trouble. The image is very nice as well.

Secondly, as long as the bg image stays under the guidelines for size requirements it is fine. The class is small enough, and the calculations are fast enough that I don't see any problems with it. There is no focus drag to speak of.

I'm going to work on forcing the DIS server to accept the class now. I will borrow your images for testing purposes Bob. Hope you don't mind.


Cross your fingers.......

You can un-cross them, it didn't work the way that I had hoped it would.

I have another idea but it will take me a few minutes.

JC




"I'll be back....."

 

[StormAlongBay]

JC,

First off, thanks for helping out here.

Secondly, is it possible for this class (and possibly some more later) to be uploaded into a central DIS site for all to use? It can at least cut down on some of the site storage.

Just a thought

PS: What do you mean it didn't work? I just saw your countdown right before my reply and your edit.

 

[Cricket2]

You did?

Let me put it back and wait longer.

<APPLET CODEBASE="http://www.wdwinfo.com/sites/family/" CODE="BeanCounterDate.gif" WIDTH=155 HEIGHT=200>
<param name="date" value="14 Sep 2001 11:45:00">
<param name="display" value="days, seconds">
<param name="background" value="http://members.home.net/bbrazeal/backgrounds/tinkerbackwide.jpg, 0, 177, 155, 20">
<param name="imagefont" value="http://members.home.net/bbrazeal/fonts/half_freehand.gif">
</APPLET>

 

[Cricket2]

I can't see it.

 

[Chris C]

I don't see it either JC, using Netscape or IE

 

[BobBrazeal]

Can you see it in my signature. I know others have. I see the code that you've pasted into your post. I've got the BeanCounterDate.class file hosted on another site where I can load it. The DIS sites won't allow you to load a .class file. I'm assuming that the problem is that it can't process the *CODE="BeanCounterDate.gif"* statement.

I wouldn't know right now how to get around that. The .class file has to be hosted somewhere it can be loaded as a .class file.

 

[StormAlongBay]

JC,

Maybe my eyes were playing tricks on me.

I tried that trick you tried to do. Renaming the class to gif did not work for me last night.

<applet CODEBASE= "http://www.geocities.com/kevg99_2000" CODE="BeanCounterDate.class" WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=150>
<param name="date" value="13 Aug 2001 06:30:00">
<param name="display" value="days, seconds">
<param name="imagefont" value="http://www.geocities.com/kevg99_2000/led2.gif">
<param name="alignment" value="31, 80, 123, 170">
<param name="background" value="http://www.geocities.com/kevg99_2000/bg6.gif, 10, 121, 180, 25"></APPLET>

 

[Cricket2]

That's what I thought. I was pretty sure that a class had to be loaded as a class and not just data.

Some files can however be just data.

.swf's for instance.......


(This one is a whopper but it should work)

<OBJECT><EMBED src="http://www.wdwinfo.com/sites/family/countdown.gif" menu=false quality=high salign=RT bgcolor=#FFFFCC WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=150 TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></EMBED></OBJECT>

(I hope...)

 

[BobBrazeal]

Way to go "Storm". Lot of tweaking to get it all to fit in the 200 pixel width, huh?

I'm surprised that your getting it showing up from a geocities site. They block image references from their sites. You might keep an eye out. You might find these references getting blocked at some point. Also, keep an eye out there for bandwidth usage. They don't like a lot of bandwidth being used that they can't piggyback their advertising to.

 

[StormAlongBay]

Thanks.

Man, I'm having a hard time with this font spacing and Geocities. I'm trying to move the others to my DIS site and leave the class file on Geocities.

Sorry to keep modifying my posts.

Moderator,
Is this the forum for these test posts? I do not want to cause any problems.

 

[BobBrazeal]

Sorry JC, I missed an earlier post of yours.

Thanks for the comment about the image. I thought you'd probably recognize it. Wasn't it you that posted a bunch of images a while back for people to download and use? This was one of those. I was just looking for a place to use the Soccerers Apprentice and Tinkerbell. This seemed like a great place. Then with the text options in MSPDv2 the text looked like it was made for that sepia look! What luck, huh?

 

[BobBrazeal]

Storm, I had the same idea over the weekend. I moved the background and font files to my DIS site and left the class file on my other site. I got the same results. I'm not sure what the problem was with that but it didn't work.

I may try to see if I can get the Java source from the author and see if we can work with it.

 

[Cricket2]

I just moved the class file. I never thought that the class, font and bg image might have to exist in the same directory.

Try moving all three together and change the ext's to .gif for the class file and see if it works that way. It shouldn't make any difference but it might be worth the try.

Can anyone see the flash countdown on page one?

Don't forget Bob that you can do this and more with Flash. It needs to be Flash 5 exported due to the action scripting of the getdate() function but it can do so so much more.

I have a .fla that does work but it's squirley right now.
It's some christmas-countdown code that I'm trying to convert.

(Wow 4 c's)


SAB: Yes, this is the place to try out this stuff BEFORE you put it into a signature or regular board post. That way if somthing wacko happens, I can fix it before it goof up other board posts.

JC

 

[StormAlongBay]

Great.

Looks like I have to keep all files on Geocities until something else happens. Geocities will not like this and there are times when geocities does not respond to requests for files. We get that red X at times.

I'll keep looking to see what I can find out.

JC, I still can not see yours on page one

We'll figure this out yet

 

[BobBrazeal]

JC,

I can't see the Flash counter on page 1. I know I've got the Flash add-in loaded as I can see Flash pages elsewhere. I'm not sure what the problem is.