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- <FONT FACE="VERDANA, ARIAL, HELVETICA" COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=5>How The Frequent Flyer Homepage Works</FONT>
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- <H2>Functional Overview</H2>
- Other than the Java applet, this is a very simple page. The Java applet <STRONG>CoolScroll</STRONG> takes a series
- of URLs to images and scrolls them on the screen. Each image has an associated URL which links to advertising
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- The following parameters are used for the applet:
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- <TD><EM>ClickHereMsg</EM></TD>
- <TD>The text that appears in the bottom right of the image when it comes to rest.</TD>
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- <TD><EM>URLPrefix</EM></TD>
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- The base URL used for Image<EM><STRONG>N</STRONG></EM> and URL<EM><STRONG>N</STRONG></EM>. This saves
- having to list the base on each image and URL. It is similar in concept to the HTML CODEBASE
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- <TD><EM>ScrollRate</EM></TD>
- <TD>The rate, in msec, at which the image scrolls. If this number is zero the image appears almost instantly.</TD>
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- <TD><EM>Delay</EM></TD>
- <TD>The delay between images in seconds.</TD>
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- <TD><EM>Image<STRONG>N</STRONG></EM></TD>
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- <TD><EM>NumItems</EM></TD>
- <TD>Number of images to scroll.</TD>
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- A subroutine called <TT>ListAdParameters</TT> builds the parameters for the CoolScroll applet by calling
- <STRONG>ExAir.Advertisement</STRONG> which in turn queries the database to determine which ads will appeal
- to the current member. The result is a list of parameters that tell the applet to display ads based on
- the member's areas of interest.
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- <H2>Data Model</H2>
- The data to populate the applet is derived from joining the <STRONG>Ads</STRONG>, <STRONG>AdsInterests</STRONG>
- and <STRONG>MemberInterests</STRONG> tables.
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- <H2>Components Used</H2>
- The <STRONG>ExAir.Advertisement</STRONG> component is used to gather the relevant advertisement details.
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