quickserv
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HeathCO Software-
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QuickServ v2.5 Usage (Last update from v2.15)
Copyright© 1999 HeathCO Software
All Rights Reserved.
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Visit QuickServ on the net:
http://www.heathcosoft.com/products/quickserv/index.html
This file contains instructions to use QuickServ.
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CHANGES: (Since version 2.15)
- Added a much faster preloading engine.
- Fixed a few bugs with the registration algorithm.
- Optimized performance for IE and Netscape
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NOTE: To use QuickServ, you should have a basic
knowledge of how to implement java applets into
a website. Visit http://java.sun.com for more
information.
Installation:
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Installing QuickServ is very simple. Simply download
the QuickServ .zip file (http://www.heathcosoft.com),
and you should see two files:
1) QuickServ.class
3) QSLogo.gif
Upload these files into your web directory-
(Notice: Preloader.class is no longer needed)
Implementation:
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Implementing QuickServ is also a very easy task. In
the web document you want QuickServ to run on, simply
insert the necessary applet code. You must have a
knowledge of the <applet> tag to do this. Visit
http://java.sun.com or http://www.heathcosoft.com for
more information.
The basic HTML for QuickServ should look like this:
<applet code="quickserv.class" codebase="directory" width=90 height=30">
-The codebase is the directory that QuickServ is in
One neat trick to make the applet invisible is to
define the width and height as zero.
Parameters:
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Here are the possible parameters for QuickServ:
1) RegID - This parameter is required for QuickServ
to function correctly. If you haven't purchased
QuickServ, and are trying out the demo version,
you must set this parameter to be:
<param name="RegID" value="-QuickServ Demo- http://www.heathcosoft.com">
Otherwise, if you've purchased QuickServ, you should
have received and registration code in your email
after HeathCO Software has received your payment.
Use that registration code for this parameter.
2) autoload - This parameter is used to specify
whether or not QuickServ will begin preloading right
away, or whether it will wait for the user to click
on it before it starts preloading. To enable this
feature, simply declare:
<param name="autoload" value="true">
Otherwise, omit this parameter if you want the user
to have to start the preloading hisself, and disable
the automatic preload.
3) redirect - This parameter is used to redirect the
user to another website after the preload has completed.
To enable this feature, simply declare:
<param name="redirect" value="http://www.yoursite.com">
Otherwise, omit this parameter if you don't want
the user to be redirected to another site.
4) item - This parameter is used as a set of parameters
incremently. This is the heart of QuickServ, telling
the applet what you want to preload. The demo version
can only preload five links/files, while the licensed
version can preload an unlimited amount of links/files.
Here is a simple example using the 'item' parameter:
<param name="item0" value="http://www.yoursite.com/asite.html">
<param name="item1" value="http://www.yoursite.com/animage.gif">
<param name="item2" value="http://www.yoursite.com/avideo.mpg">
... etc ...
As you can see, the first item preloaded is 'item0' and you can
go on incremently, item0, item1, item2, ... etc ...
NOTE: The only time you can omit the item parameters are
when you are preloading from a text file, which is
described next.
5) file - This parameter is optional, but either this
parameter or a set of item parameters must be used. The
file parameter defines a link to a text file that contains
a list of URLs to preload. In many cases, this is a great
option if many of your pages should preload the same files.
Here is how you can use the file parameter:
<param name="file" value="http://www.yoursite.com/preload.txt">
In the file preload.txt, you would have a list of URLs to preload,
something like this:
http://www.yoursite.com/file1.html
http://www.yoursite.com/image1.gif
... etc ...
Each URL in the preload file should be on its own line.
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Try all that stuff out and see how it works for you.
We've tried to make it as simple as possible.
If you have any problems, you can visit our website at
http://www.heathcosoft.com or email john@heathcosoft.com
We'd also love to here your comments on how it works out,
and any recommendations for future versions!
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John Heathco
john@heathcosoft.com
HeathCO Software - http://www.heathcosoft.com