Getting Started             

If this page looks like a painful read, you may prefer to use HotStrip Professional Designer, a 32-bit Windows® utility that provides a friendly visual interface for adding HotStrip Professional to your page, with built-in page previewing and easy editing of an existing <APPLET> tag.
  1. Place the program files (HotStripPro.jar, HotStripPro.cab and ryHotStripPro.class, and optionally ryHSPTimer.class, ryCatcher.class and rySpy.class) in the directory containing the HTML document into which you want to insert the applet (or into a different directory, and add the correct CODEBASE= attribute to the applet tag given below).

  2. Add the following applet tag to your HTML document in the position you want HotStrip Professional to appear:
    <APPLET CODE="ryHotStripPro.class" ARCHIVE="HotStripPro.jar" WIDTH=435 HEIGHT=50>
    <param name=CabBase value="HotStripPro.cab">
    <param name=Copyright value="HotStrip Professional (c) 1998 Cool Focus [www.coolfocus.com]">
    <param name=Name value="UniqueName">
    <param name=Satellites value="no">
    <!--Color choices.-->
    <param name=BgColor value="FFFFFF">
    <param name=TextColor value="000000">
    <param name=LightColor value="B8860B">
    <param name=LockColor value="CC0000">
    <param name=LineColor value="B8860B">
    <param name=TypeColor value="228B22">

    <!--Fonts and general options.-->
    <param name=DisplayFont value="Dialog,plain,13">
    <param name=TypeFont value="Helvetica,plain,9">
    <param name=Spacing value="28">
    <param name=Arrows value="yes">
    <param name=Lines value="yes">
    <param name=LineWidth value="60">
    <param name=DefaultTarget value="mainframe">
    <param name=HighlightedEntry value="3">
    <param name=Location value="top">
    <param name=UnlockOnExit value="no">
    <param name=UseHandCursor value="no">
    <param name=TypeMessage value="yes">
    <param name=ShowBorder value="no">

    <!--Sound options.-->
    <param name=Sound value="yes">
    <param name=OverSound value="hotswipe.au">
    <param name=ClickSound value="hotclick.au">

    <!--The 5 parameters below are effective only if scroll buttons are visible.-->
    <param name=ScrollButtonColor value="800000">
    <param name=ScrollArrowColor value="000000">
    <param name=ScrollArrowLight value="FFFFFF">
    <param name=ScrollSpeed value="medium">
    <param name=FlatScrollButtons value="yes">
    <param name=UseImages value="no">
    <!--Effective only if the above parameter is set to 'yes'.-->
    <param name=UseImageHighlighter value="yes">
    <param name=UseImageSelecter value="yes">

    <param name=Entry1 value="Introduction">
    <param name=URL1a value="intro.htm">
    <param name=Message1 value="Introductory Page">
    <param name=Entry2 value="Parameters">
    <param name=URL2a value="parameters.htm">
    <param name=Message2 value="The parameters page">
    <param name=Entry3 value="Notes">
    <param name=URL3a value="notes.htm">
    <param name=Message2 value="The Notes page">
    <param name=Entry4 value="Example #1">
    <param name=URL4a value="example1.htm">
    <param name=Message4 value="An Example page">
    <param name=Target4a value="_top">
    </APPLET>

  3. Edit the first three groups of parameters above to adjust the colors, fonts, sounds and layout according to the way you want HotStrip Professional to look.

  4. Edit the final group of parameters to add as many entries to the menu as you need and set the URL and Target parameters for each. Adjust the applet's width and height as desired. The applet will gain scroll buttons if there is not sufficient space to display all entries at once, and you can customize the appearance of these buttons using the fourth group of parameters.

  5. If you want to use images rather than text on the menu, set the UseImages parameter to 'yes', and enter the absolute or relative URLs of the images in the numbered Entry parameters. See Using Images for more information.

  6. Details of each parameter and possible values are explained in The Parameters Explained.