Instructions for use


     The latest copy of this document is available at the homepage. 
     Download your copy of Pratyush e-card from here. 
     Unzip the files in a separate folder " c:\Pratyush-e-Card". 
     If you have not registered then you can use only limited functionality, you can replace the picture files in the "images  folder" with your own pictures but you cannot customize the text messages nor control the animation effect of  text/images. 
     If you want to obtain the registration code then go to the homepage. 
     Now open the document "Pratyush Configuartion.html" , after opening it will prompt you for your user name and  registration key. 
     Once you have registered it will show you a form where all the items of the card are marked and some default values  are also given for ready reference. 
     The items marked in red are the ones that you essentially have to change to personally customize your card. The  others can be left as default for convenience. 
     A RGB generator is also provided with the card so that users can readily see the colors they are selecting and also  know the RGB code for the desired colors. 
     The specific details and hints about the respective items are there on the main page of the configuration applet. 
    After filling up the form click on the "Generate HTML" button and the required HTML tag will appear in a text area below  the button. 
     Select the entire text in the box and then depending upon your browser do the following: 

            Netscape : right click on the selected text and select "copy" , open a notepad ( start 
            program,accessories, notepad) and then right click on the notepad and select "paste". 

            Internet Explorer ; after selecting the full text press "Ctrl c" and then open a notepad 
            and in the notepad press "Ctrl v". 

     Now save this file in a separate folder say "c:\greetings" and in the file name textbox type "greetings.html" including the  quotation marks and click "save". 
     In the same folder shift the "images" folder from "c:\Pratyush-e-Card". 
     If you have slected to give some of your pictures then put these pictures in the "images" folder. ( To compact size you  can remove some of the pictures that came as default with thiscard- names are quite descriptive to help you in that). 
     In the same folder transfer the file "greetings.jar" from "c:\Pratyush-e-Card". 
     Now you are all set to go- to see your work just open the folder "c:\greetings" in window explorer and select   "greetings.html" (or whatever name you may have selected but it should be a html or htm"). 
     And thats it! 
     You may have to try a few times initially to get your settings right but in most of the cases the defaults should work for  you. 
     The image files that works with this card will depend upon the one supported by the Java Virtual Machine of your  browser and presently this version has been tested with gif's,jpg's and jpeg's. There maybe more that will work this one  but I have not tried these options. 
     The final folder that is ready for sending your greeting card will conatain - "greets.jar", "images" folder with all your  pictures in it and the html file that you have generated with the configuration applet.
 That's it! 
     Please feel free to drop in your suggestions at pankaj@pratyushmathur.com. 


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