Download source code	You can use the source code for the applets above any way you like. Note that it comes "as is" with absolutely no warranty. For ideas and background material, a list of acknowledgements is given at the end of this page.
General information	The source code zip file contains Borland JBuilder 3.5 project files. All source modules can be built with JDK 1.2.x and JDK 1.1.8. For each project, a subdirectory jdk11 contains a simple bourne shell script to build JDK 1.1 jar archives. Though all applets behave fine with JDK 1.2, a variety of recent browsers is only capable of running JDK 1.1 applets. To use the shell scripts, you may have to adapt the path to your JDK 1.1 binaries. The classes were modeled using Together Control Center 4.2. I provided Together projects with models as well. All files from the zip archive are in UNIX text format, using "\n" for line feed rather than IBM PC style "\r\n". If that is a problem for you, just open and modify the files with wordpad.exe. For additional information on applet parameters, refer to the parameterInfo provided by the applets or the source code. The applets have been tested with Netscape 4.6 and MS-IE 4.0.
ImageLink applet	The purpose of the ImageLink applet is to provide a means for individually designing toolbars with URL links assigned to each toolbar link field. A link field can contain standard AWT buttons, images or applets. The applets running on top of this page demonstrate the link field options. It should be possible to run any Java applet within an ImageLink link field. On this page, the applets embedded in ImageLink link fields run standalone below. The page source should give you an idea on how to pass applet parameters from the ImageLink applet to contained applets. Parameter Format Info audioClip Pathname Path and name of an audio clip file to be played when a link field gets activated. orientation 1 Character "h" for horizontical or "v" for vertical orientation of the toolbar. labelSize Integer Width/height of the label pane in pixels. labelFont Font name;Integer The name of the font to be used for the label, followed by a ";" and the integer font size. background 6 Hex digits (0xffffff) Color of the applet background for both the link and the label panel. linkPanelBackground 6 Hex digits (0xffffff) Color of the background of the link panel. Overwrites the background value. labelPanelBackground 6 Hex digits (0xffffff) Color of the background of the label panel. Overwrites the background value. labelBackground 6 Hex digits (0xffffff) Color of the background of the labels. Overwrites the labelPanelBackground value. gap Integer Gap in pixels between the link fields.
SimpleIFS applet	The SimpleIFS applet demonstrates some principles in the computation of fractal sets. The same operation is applied to ever smaller areas again and again. At present, four different sets or IFSObject classes are implemented. Using these, SimpleIFS can display CauchyRectangles and three types of iterated function systems (IFS). The SierpinskiTriangleIFSObject uses probabilities to apply its transformations to the original set - therefore the resulting set differs every time the applet is run. If you watch closely, you will notice that the triangles that appear to be placed at random by the SierpinskiTriangle IFS form several larger triangles themselves. Parameter Format Info SleepInterval Integer Time in milliseconds between iteration steps background 6 Hex digits (0xffffff) Color of the background of the IFS, that is the color of the rectangle that fills the whole applet window. foreground 6 Hex digits (0x000000) Color of the foreground of CauchyRectangle, that is the color of the ever smaller rectangles. IFSObjectClassN Class name followed by integer index Class of an IFSObject that implements the operations for a specific set.
PingPong applet	The PingPong applet shows an arbitrary number of moving and spinning geometrical objects, being reflected at the applet borders. The colors of the objects and the applet background can be adjusted to fixed and changing colors. Also, the start position, direction and speed of movement of the objects can be adjusted by parameters. Generally, the parameters for diffenrent object attributes are separated by ";". Objects are described by a basic geometrical figure (i.e. "Ball", "Oval", "Rect", "Poly", "Star", "CogWheel", "PunchedCogWheel", "DoubleCogWheel"). Next comes the object's Hex color followed by an integer color shifter value. All other attributes depend on the kind of figure described. Objects get parameter names Object<n>, e.g. Object0, Object1, ... . Objects are numbered in Z-order, making Object0 the lowermost being covered by all other Objects. Figures can be assigned any object number, as long as they form an uninterrupted zero based sequence. For simplification, the possible figure names will be given parameter names Object0 ... ObjectX. Parameter Format Info SleepInterval Integer Time in milliseconds between moving all objects background 6 Hex digits (0xffffff);Integer Color of the background of PingPong applet, followed by an integer color shifter value. Every time the objects are moved, the RGB color values are incremented or decremented by the color shifter value, giving the impression of continually changing colors. fills the whole applet window. Object0 Attributes separated by ";". Ball;0xff00ff;1;20;30;2;5;6 Figure name "Ball", Color=0xff00ff, Color shifter=1, x-start=20, y-start=30, moved 2 pixels in x-direction each step, moved 5 pixels in y-direction each step, diameter=6 pixels. Object1 Attributes separated by ";". Oval;0x0000ff;3;40;80;2;4;20;40 Figure name "Oval", Color=0x0000ff, Color shifter=3, x-start=40, y-start=80, moved 2 pixels in x-direction each step, moved 4 pixels in y-direction each step, x-diameter=20 pixels, y-diameter=40 pixels. Object2 Attributes separated by ";". Rect;0x00ff00;9;30;90;5;18;8;8 Figure name "Rect", Color=0x00ff00, Color shifter=9, x-start=30, y-start=90, moved 5 pixels in x-direction each step, moved 18 pixels in y-direction each step, x-diameter=8 pixels, y-diameter=8 pixels. Object3 Attributes separated by ";". Poly;0x0000ff;0;50;50;1;1;1; -10;0;10;0;10;20;0;30 Figure name "Poly", having an arbitray number of corners. Color=0x0000ff, Color shifter=0, x-start=50, y-start=50, moved 1 pixels in x-direction each step, moved 1 pixels in y-direction each step, rotation=1 degree each step, Corner0(-10,0), Corner1(10, 0), Corner3(10, 20), Corner4(0, 30). Object4 Attributes separated by ";". Star;0xff0000;1;200;100;2;3;1; 5;40;70;0.5 Figure name "Star", having an arbitray number of corners. Color=0xff0000, Color shifter=1, x-start=200, y-start=100, moved 2 pixels in x-direction each step, moved 3 pixels in y-direction each step, rotation=1 degree each step, 5 corners, x-diameter=40, y-diameter=70, ToothRatio=0.5. Object5 Attributes separated by ";". CogWheel;0x00ff00;1;100;200; 5;2;-1;12;120;120;0.75;0.9;0.79 Figure name "CogWheel", having an arbitray number of teeth. Color=0x00ff00, Color shifter=1, x-start=100, y-start=200, moved 5 pixels in x-direction each step, moved 2 pixels in y-direction each step, rotation=-1 degree each step, 12 corners, x-diameter=120, y-diameter=120, ToothRatio=0.75, Outer flat ratio=0.9, Inner flat ratio=0.79. The "flat ratios" determine how much the star's prongs will be flattened to form a cogwheel tooth. Object6 Attributes separated by ";". PunchedCogWheel;0xff0000;1; 0xffffff;1;100;200;5;2;-1; 10;100;150;0.75;0.9;0.79;0.3 Figure name "PunchedCogWheel", having an arbitray number of teeth. The cogwheel gets an oval punch in its middle. Color=0xff0000, Color shifter=1, Punch color=0xffffff, Color shifter=1,x-start=100, y-start=200, moved 5 pixels in x-direction each step, moved 2 pixels in y-direction each step, rotation=-1 degree each step, 10 corners, x-diameter=100, y-diameter=150, ToothRatio=0.75, Outer flat ratio=0.9, Inner flat ratio=0.79, punch ratio=0.3. The "flat ratios" determine how much the star's prongs will be flattened to form a cogwheel tooth. The punch ratio determines the diameter of the punch relative to the unflattened cogwheel diameter. Object7 Attributes separated by ";". DoubleCogWheel;0x00ffff;1; 0xffffff;1;200;100;3;4;1; 10;140;140;0.75;0.9;0.79; 0.5;0.8;0.9;0.81 Figure name "DoubleCogWheel", having an arbitray number of teeth. The cogwheel is punched by a second cogwheel in its middle. Color=0x00ffff, Color shifter=1, Punch color=0xffffff, Color shifter=1,x-start=200, y-start=100, moved 3 pixels in x-direction each step, moved 4 pixels in y-direction each step, rotation=1 degree each step, 10 corners, x-diameter=140, y-diameter=140, ToothRatio=0.75, Outer flat ratio=0.9, Inner flat ratio=0.79, inner cogwheel punch ratio=0.5. Inner cogwheel toot ratio=0.8, inner cogwheel outer flat ratio=0.9, inner cogwheel inner flat ratio=0.81.
Boing applet	The Boing applet simply moves an oval over a background of two rectangles. Parameter Format Info SleepInterval Integer Time in milliseconds between moves of oval MarginRatio Integer Ratio withX / dX (With and movement of oval. iL Integer Color shift increment of left rectangle iR Integer Color shift increment of right rectangle iO Integer Color shift increment of moving oval cL Hex Hexadecimal RGB start color of left rectangle cR Hex Hexadecimal RGB start color of right rectangle cO Hex Hexadecimal RGB start color of moving oval