SerializableImageAnimationApplet works on the same way as ImageAnimationApplet and is configured using the same parameters. In addition to it, it is fully serializable. That means that all necessary data including compressed image data for every animation frame can be supplied in single file - serialized applet. But according to my experience to run serialized applet it is currently necessary to have Java Runtime Evironment v. 1.2 (JRE1.2) or better by Sun Microsystems installed on your computer. If you have, you may see serialized applet running accessing this page. This situation may change or has changed already. To try if the Java VM supplied with your browser or OS can run serializable applets access this page. To produce the serialized applet file you need Sun Microsystems Appletviewer. Start the applet in appletviewer with desired parameters and files for every frame of animation accessible. After the applet starts choose "Stop" from "Applet" menu and then "Save". Choose the name for the file and extension ser. To start the animation on a HTML page replace atribute "CODE" with the attribute "OBJECT" with value equal to the filename of the serialized applet. Skip all applets parameters. Image files are no longer necessary. Place the serialized applet file in your code base directory. You can download JRE and Appletviewer from Sun's WEB site for free.
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