Abut Sub-Parameters

VALUE inside <PARAM> tag has structure of semicolon-delimited list of sub-parameters. If you want delimiter other then semicolon, use DelimiterChar applet parameter. If you want to use semicolon as part of sub-parameter, precede it with escape character (default is backslash, changeable through EscapeChar applet parameter).

You can to exclude a sub-parameter from the list. Example: "Some Label;;BOLD" - second sub-parameter is excluded, and default value is used instead. More examples ";Dialog" - first sub-parameter is excluded, "Some Label;" - equivalent to "Some Label". 

Every sub-parameter obeys some rules of how it has to be formatted.

List of shared sub-parameter types
(there may be other sub-parameters private to the particular parameter)

<BackgroundColor> - Syntax is the same as for the ForegroundColor.

<Boolean> - "TRUE" or "FALSE" (case insensitive).

<Char> - Single character. If more than one character is entered, only the first applies.

<FontName> - Case sensitive name of the font.

Supported Java fonts:

• Dialog
• SansSerif
• Serif
• Monospaced
• Helvetica
• TimesRoman
• Courier
• DialogInput
• ZapfDingbats

Feel free to experiment with another font names, but be careful about cross-platform compatibility.

<FontStyle> - BOLD, ITALIC, BOLDITALIC (or ITALICBOLD). Underlined style is not supported due the limitations of Java. Case insensitive.

<FontSize> - Font size in points.

<ForegroundColor> - Color of text. Supports three formats:

1) Single integer - decimal representation of 4-byte unsigned integer, in which byte 0 (least significant byte) is blue, byte 1 is green and byte 2 is red component of RGB coded color. Byte 3 (most significant byte) is unused and should be zero. Hexadecimal support will bi added in the future.

2) RGB - three integers from 0 to 255 (for red, green and blue) delimited by spaces. For example: "255 255 255" is white, "255 0 0" is bright red.

3) Named color (case insensitive) - recommended. Supported colors:

Absolute:

• BLACK
• BLUE
• CYAN
• DARKGRAY
• GRAY
• GREEN
• LIGHTGRAY
• MAGENTA
• ORANGE
• PINK
• RED
• WHITE
• YELLOW

System specific:

Will be implemented...

<Frame> - Target frame or window for URL. Defaults to "_self".

Supported special frame names:

• "_self" - Shows document within the window and frame that contain the applet.
• "_parent" - Applet's parent frame. If the applet's frame has no parent frame, acts the same as "_self".
• "_top" - Top-level frame of the applet's window. If the applet's frame is the top-level frame, acts the same as "_self". If there is a parent frame, but that parent frame has no parent, then "_top" acts same as "_parent".
• "_blank" - New, unnamed top-level window.

You can also use name of some frame or window defined in your presentation. If a target does not already exist, a new top-level window with the specified name is created, and the document is shown there.

<Label> - Any string representing the caption. For menu items, set this to "-" if you want separator. If you want to use delimiter char within label, precede it with escape char.

<URL> - Absolute or relative (to value specified in UrlBase), local or Internet, URL. Relative URLs are recommended. Beside "http://", the protocol within URL can be "https://", "file://" and "mailto:".

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