While Web Connection supports the inclusion of Java applets within your Web pages, it does not provide support for the development of the applet itself.

Use the align property to specify how you want the element to be aligned on the Web page. You can select any of the following values from the drop-down list:

In addition, you can specify an alignment by typing the appropriate string directly into the field. Do this if you want to specify a special alignment supported by your browser but not directly supported by VA Smalltalk. VA Smalltalk will use the specified alignment string when generating HTML at run time, but will use its default alignment at edit time.

This property is equivalent to the align attribute of the appropriate HTML element.

Use the altText property to specify the text you want displayed if the element does not display (for example, if the browser cannot load an image or cannot run a Java applet). Alternate text can indicate what is intended to appear even if something prevents the page from loading properly, or if a user interrupts transmission before loading is complete.

This property is equivalent to the alt attribute of the appropriate HTML element.

Use the appletName property to specify the name of the Java applet.

Use the archive property to specify a single library file to collect common classes into. This library is cached on the user's local disk. When classes are cached on a local disk this way the browser doesn't need to use a network to access an applet and therefore loads the class much faster.

The value of the archive property is a URL indicating an archive file, either .zip or .jar format.

Use the cabBase property to reference applets stored in .cab archive files.

Use the codeBase property to define an alternate URL from which the browser will receive the applet file. The value of this property is a URL pointing to a directory containing the class defined by the applet.

Use the eventHandlers property to define any event handlers for this part. Event handlers provide the ability to detect and react to events that occur while an HtmlPage is loaded in a Web browser. An example of an event handler is mouse over, where you can specify when the mouse moves over an HTML element, something happens, usually a JavaScript is executed..

Use the extraAttributes property to specify any additional HTML attributes that you want included in the HTML tagging generated by the part. You can use this property to include HTML attributes that are not directly supported by VA Smalltalk.

Use the height property to specify the height of the area you want the applet or embed to appear in. Use this property in conjunction with the width property to specify the dimensions of the applet or embed on the page.

Use the parameterLiteralText property to literally type, or cut and paste, parameters into a list rather than separating them into key value pairs.

Use the parameters property to specify the parameters you want to pass to the applet or embed.

In the Part name field, type the name you want to use to describe the part. For non-visual parts, this text appears under the icon for the part on the free-form surface.

The name of the part can consist of alphanumeric characters, and must be unique from all other parts on the layout surface.

This field is optional. If you do not specify a part name, VA Smalltalk generates a unique name based on the class name of the part.

Use the width property to specify the width of the area you want the applet or embed to appear in. Use this attribute in conjunction with the height property to specify the dimensions of the applet or embed on the page.