WebBurst™ is designed for today’s visually savvy and creative Web page designers who want to produce their own Java™ powered Web sites, without programming. Programming costs cut deeply into time and budget. Save both by using WebBurst to make your Web site compelling and interactive.
a cup ‘o Java
Java is a new programming language that is multi-platform and machine independent. The compiled Java ‘byte code’ will run on Macintosh®, Windows™, Unix and Sun™ workstations through a Java interpreter. The major Internet browsers used currently have built-in Java interpreters. These include Netscape’s Navigator™ and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer™. Taking the Internet by storm, Java is so hot that both Apple and Microsoft are adding Java interpreters into the next versions of their operating systems.
Until now, it has been very expensive to get a custom Java applet for your web site, involving hiring a Java programmer to write those applets. WebBurst shortcuts programming, allowing graphic Web page designers the power to add Java applets to the site. More than just animation, WebBurst combines graphics with sound, variable support, conditional branching and the extensibility to run other Java classes. With its open-ended architecture, programmers can also use WebBurst as a front-end development tool to call other Java classes to do virtually anything.
webburst is a three-step process...
1. Visualize your content...
Drag and drop any pictures or sounds and start laying out your applet. You can import items you have already created, or clip art, or use the toolbar to make new content.
2. Assign Actions...
Use the Action Control Palette to create movement, interaction, animations, linking to other sites, and conditional branching...any action or condition that Java allows! Activate and experiment with your applet by just clicking the Run button.
3. Save a Java-powered applet!
One single command allows you to avoid hours of programming. By choosing Export to Java Powered Applet, WebBurst automatically creates a folder containing all the elements needed to make your applet work on the Web.
getting started wih webburst...
The real power of WebBurst lies in it's ability to do so many functions with ease. From animations to interactivity to calling external Java classes, WebBurst can take your multimedia project and place them on the Web for all to experience. So much is possible we will start with a few examples.
1. Animations
WebBurst can create path based animations and frame based animation. We will show you just how easy it is!
2. Buttons and Rollovers
Let your audience experience every aspect of your page. Creating buttons and rollovers in WebBurst will allow everybody to experience an interactivity on your web page.
3. Sprite Tracking
A unique feature that allows your audience to look at every frame in an animation series at their will. Get that 3D effect on the Web!
let's go!!!!
Put these items in your frame
1. The Horse
Press the mouse on the icon (the burst) in the library toolbar.
The library contents pop up in the form of a grid. Drag to the first horse in the series and release the mouse button.
The horse appears in your applet frame and you can use the mouse to position it anywhere you would like.
Please see How To - Adding A Library Object
2. A Big Blue Button
Go back to the library toolbar and click on the burst icon, drag to the first frame of the Big Blue Button and release the mouse button.
The Big Blue Button appears in your applet frame and you can use the mouse to position it anywhere you would like.
3. 3D WebBurst Logo
Again use the library toolbar to bring up the first frame of the 3D WebBurst logo. Release the mouse button and 3D WebBurst logo appears in your applet frame. Position it anywhere you like.
now make those items do things!
Make your content come to life with the Action Control Palette.
1. Make the Horse Run.
Select the horse in the applet window and click the Play icon on the Action Control Palette. From the popup menu, select “Animate > this object”.
The dialog box that follows allows you to adjust the speed and duration of the animation. The horse has 8 frames. Adjust the speed to taste. Click OK.
To run your animation select “Run” from the Windows menu. The horse will animate when you click on it. Press the spacebar to end the preview.
Please see How To - Adding an Action
2. Make the Button Toggle
Select the Blue Button in the frame. Click on the preview of the Blue Button in the Action Control Palette. This allows you to select a different event to trigger actions. Choose “Mouse Enter Object” from the Event Pop-up menu.
Select Toggle from the Play Pop-up menu. This will change the picture of the button to the next picture in the library when the mouse enters the button’s territory.
Please see How To - Make a Rollover
3. Make the 3D Logo Rotate
Select the 3D WebBurst logo in the frame. Then using the Event Pop-up menu as before, select “Click Object”.
Click again on the Play icon on the Action Control Palette and select “Sprite Tracker > this object”. This will bring up the animation dialog box again. It allows you to adjust the total number of images in the animation. Adjust the images to 7 frames and click OK.
Preview the sprite track by selecting “Run” from the Windows menu.
Now, click the 3D WebBurst logo and DRAG to the right or left. You should see the object rotate right and left with your mouse movement. Press the spacebar to end the preview.
now the powerful part:
export to a Java-Powered Applet
Choose “Export to Java Powered Applet” from the File menu and WebBurst converts all the elements to make your applet work on the Web.
Name the applet folder “My First Applet” and click Save. WebBurst quickly translates all the interactivity to compiled Java byte code, all the images/animations to compressed GIF files and all the sounds to Sun’s AU sound file format.
Switch to the Finder and open the “My First Applet Δ” folder that WebBurst just created.
Inside you’ll see a sample HTML file, a sample Java class file and a folder of sample GIF images, all written by WebBurst.
Double-click the “WebBurstDemo.html” and the text file will open in SimpleText. The text is standard Hypertext Markup Language used on all Web pages. This text can then be copied and pasted into any Web page HTML editor such as PageMill™. When a Java-enabled browser reads the HTML code it interprets the Java and runs the interactive applet.
to see your Applet in a browser
To view this sample applet in a Java-enabled browser on your hard disk, simply drag and drop the HTML page created by WebBurst onto Netscape or any other Internet browser. Be sure you are using a Java-enabled version. For the Macintosh these include, Netscape Navigator 3.0 and Apple's CyberDog. For Windows, Navigator 2.0 or higher supports Java, as well as Internet Explorer from Microsoft.
As the HTML is read by the browser, the applet code follows and then the images. The larger the image or the greater the number of images, the longer the load time for the applet. Care must be taken when creating applets so the end user is not kept waiting too long. WebBurst helps speed up the download by only exporting the Java necessary to run the actions created in the applet. And the GIF images created by WebBurst use the smallest color table possible for each image, further reducing download time. As the image is downloaded from the Web, it is stored in the RAM of the local machine and run from memory.
webburst is all that .....and so much more!!!
So you have a taste of what WebBurst can do. Animations and buttons are just a sip of the Java. Sounds, links, messages and interactivity are just as easy. WebBurst is an open world. Our list of options in the Action Control Palette menus are powerful and extensive. But we know that your creativity may reach beyond the set of choices provided there. So we’ve provided a back door with multiple sets of keys to unlock WebBurst’s power. The API (Application Programming Interface) which comes with WebBurst makes it easy for a programmer to write any Java code and run it from a WebBurst applet.
That's IT!!
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