Getting Started             

  1. Place the program files (NetBlaster.jar, NetBlaster.cab, ryNetBlaster.class and ryNBLoader.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 NetBlaster to appear:
    <APPLET CODE=ryNetBlaster.class ARCHIVE=NetBlaster.jar WIDTH=96 HEIGHT=38>
    <param name=Copyright value="NetBlaster (c) 1999 Cool Focus [www.coolfocus.com]">
    <param name=CabBase value="NetBlaster.cab">
    <param name=BgColor value="FFFFFF">
    <param name=WaitSeconds value="10">
    <param name=ShowProgress value="yes">

    <param name=Item1 value="images/myimage.gif">
    <param name=Item2 value="images/banner.jpg">
    <param name=Item3 value="classes/myapplet.class">
    <param name=Item4 value="classes/myapplet.jar">
    <param name=Item5 value="../docs/searchpage.htm">
    </APPLET>

  3. The first block of parameters above actually contain only three editable settings: choose a delay-time in seconds for the WaitSeconds parameter. This sets how long NetBlaster will pause to allow its containing page to finish downloading before it starts caching; 0 is a valid figure if you don't want a pause. Enter a 'yes' or 'no' in the ShowProgress parameter, according to whether you want NetBlaster to display progress messages in the browser's status bar. If NetBlaster is registered, you can reduce its dimensions to a single pixel to hide the console if desired, and use the BgColor parameter to set the color of that pixel.

  4. Edit the five Item parameters to specify the files you want NetBlaster to cache. If NetBlaster is registered, you can add as many more Item parameters as you need, ensuring that they are numbered consecutively. If unregistered, NetBlaster will only cache Items 1 through 5.

  5. Each of NetBlaster's parameters is defined in detail in The Parameters Explained.