Kiosk Launcher Plug-in Tests

Below are some examples that demonstrate the Kiosk Launcher plug-in. If you don't have the plug-in, you should see "broken" plug-in blocks. Download and install it, restart your browser, and then reload this page. View the source of this page to see the EMBED tags used.

To use Kiosk Launcher plug-in on a web page, you need the following EMBED tag...

<EMBED

   TYPE="application/x-kiosklauncher" the MIME type that tells Netscape to use the Kiosk Launcher plugin

   PLUGINSPAGE="URL" web page where Kiosk Launcher Plug-in can be found

   HEIGHT="20" the height of the button

   WIDTH="100" the width

   BUTTONTITLE="The Title" the title displayed if no icon

   FONT="fontname" the font if different from the default (Chicago/Charcoal)

   FONTSIZE="10" the font size if different from the default (12)

   FONTFACE="1" the font face if not plain. uses the Mac qd constants, sorry...

   USEICON="TRUE" use the application's icon if available

   SIGNATURE="ttxt" the application's 4 character signature

   PATH="the:path" the full path to the application

   DOCUMENT="the:path" the full path to the a document to be opened by the application

   DOCREQUIRED="TRUE" don't launch app if document doesn't exist

   APPLESHARE="volume:server@zone" Appleshare volume to mount when launching app

   ASREQUIRED="TRUE" don't launch app if AppleShare can't be mounted

   AUTHENTICATE="TRUE" add if Kiosk should authenticate the user first - not implemented

   CANGUEST="TRUE" add if Kiosk should allow "guest" accounts - not implemented

   DEBUG use debugger (if installed) to display error/info messages

>

Examples

Here are some icon buttons. If you don't have the application, you should see the (possibly clipped) title.

Clicking this button should launch SimpleText.

Clicking this button should launch BBEdit. This one has debugging enabled (use the source, Luke) so if there is a problem, it may drop into the debugger.

Clicking this button should launch LDapper.

Clicking this button should launch SimpleText. It will also attempt to mount an AppleShare volume which will probably fail if you are not on Baylor's network.

Clicking this button should launch SimpleText. It will also attempt to mount an AppleShare volume which will probably fail if you are not on Baylor's network. Unlike above, this one requires the AppleShare to mount or it won't launch the application.

Here are some non-icon buttons.

This should launch SimpleText if it's located in "Macintosh HD:Applications:SimpleText".

Clicking this button should launch SimpleText and open the document "Macintosh HD:Apple Extras:Mac OS Read Me Files:About Mac OS 8" if it exists.

Different font, etc.

<EMBED
TYPE="application/x-kiosklauncher"	the MIME type that tells Netscape to use the Kiosk Launcher plugin
PLUGINSPAGE="URL"	web page where Kiosk Launcher Plug-in can be found
HEIGHT="20"	the height of the button
WIDTH="100"	the width
BUTTONTITLE="The Title"	the title displayed if no icon
FONT="fontname"	the font if different from the default (Chicago/Charcoal)
FONTSIZE="10"	the font size if different from the default (12)
FONTFACE="1"	the font face if not plain. uses the Mac qd constants, sorry...
USEICON="TRUE"	use the application's icon if available
SIGNATURE="ttxt"	the application's 4 character signature
PATH="the:path"	the full path to the application
DOCUMENT="the:path"	the full path to the a document to be opened by the application
DOCREQUIRED="TRUE"	don't launch app if document doesn't exist
APPLESHARE="volume:server@zone"	Appleshare volume to mount when launching app
ASREQUIRED="TRUE"	don't launch app if AppleShare can't be mounted
AUTHENTICATE="TRUE"	add if Kiosk should authenticate the user first - not implemented
CANGUEST="TRUE"	add if Kiosk should allow "guest" accounts - not implemented
DEBUG	use debugger (if installed) to display error/info messages
>

	Clicking this button should launch SimpleText.
	Clicking this button should launch BBEdit. This one has debugging enabled (use the source, Luke) so if there is a problem, it may drop into the debugger.
	Clicking this button should launch LDapper.
	Clicking this button should launch SimpleText. It will also attempt to mount an AppleShare volume which will probably fail if you are not on Baylor's network.
	Clicking this button should launch SimpleText. It will also attempt to mount an AppleShare volume which will probably fail if you are not on Baylor's network. Unlike above, this one requires the AppleShare to mount or it won't launch the application.

	This should launch SimpleText if it's located in "Macintosh HD:Applications:SimpleText".
	Clicking this button should launch SimpleText and open the document "Macintosh HD:Apple Extras:Mac OS Read Me Files:About Mac OS 8" if it exists.
	Different font, etc.