ICalendar

Sorry, you can't see the advent calendar since your browser doesn't support Java

Time to start decorating for the holidays, and what better way than with a time-released, interactive Christmas applet!

Author's Notes:
Set a date for window 1, subsequent windows will be opened at a rate of one per day.

Background image by Bosse Nilsson. Other content belongs to it's respective artist.

The upgrade contains a recompilation for Java 2 and slightly improved mouse handling.

How To Use:

  • Download icalendar.zip (79 KB)
  • Unzip with a compression utility.

    Java Source: Unavailable

    Sample HTML Source: 

    <APPLET CODE="icalendar.IcalApplet" HEIGHT=420 WIDTH=470>
	<PARAM name="background" value="image/background.jpg">
	<PARAM name="openwin" value="audio/openwin.au">
	<PARAM name="noopenwin" value="audio/noopenwin.au">
	<PARAM name="win1" 
	  value = "image/content1.gif, image/back1.gif, , 1, left, 
	  http://www.christmas.com/, 140, 30, 70, 85">
	<PARAM name="win2" 
	  value = "image/content2.gif, image/back2.gif, , 2, down, 
	  http://www.christmas.com/, 315, 135, 70, 85">
	<PARAM name="win3" 
	  value = "image/content3.gif, image/back3.gif, , 3, right, 
	  http://www.christmas.com/, 75 , 190, 70, 85">
	<PARAM name="frame" value="true">
	<PARAM name="framecolor" value="200,200,255">
	<PARAM name="fontname" value="TimesRoman">
	<PARAM name="fontsize" value="17">
	<PARAM name="fontcolor" value="128,0,0">
	<PARAM name="bgcolor" value="255,255,255">
	<PARAM name="disable" value="false">
	<PARAM name="target" value="_self">
	<PARAM name="steps" value="25">
	<PARAM name="delay" value="40">
	<PARAM name="inaugurate" value="2000,01,01">
	<IMG SRC="image/background.jpg">
	<STRONG>Sorry, you can't see the advent calendar since 
	your browser doesn't support Java</STRONG>
</APPLET>

    Configuration: config.html

    Status: Free for non-commercial use

    Author: Robert Gustavsson

    Upload Date: November 14, 2000

    Updated: December 13, 2002

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