General features

The editor consists of 7 Java applets: Draw canvas, Tool panel, Color panel, etc., which work together. Each component can be separately placed, resized, and configured at a web page. Using HTML you can set up your custom clip arts, define any number of drawing colors, rearrange the tool buttons or hide any button at all. Here are several configuration examples:  Sketch editor,  Map editor,  Photo annotation tool,  Greeting card designer,  Mutable Banner.

How to save the image

The editor saves images in PNG, JPEG, GIF graphic formats. The image file can be delivered to the server by one of the following methods:

• Using file upload (the most popular way).
   
• The image data can be requested in JavaScript. The file returned to JavaScript is encoded by the BASE64 method.
   
• The file can be encoded by the BASE64 method and sent to the server by a standard POST request as the value of a text field (as if it were being produced by a regular HTML form).

The developer can choose the most convenient method and implement his/her saving script in any language: PHP, ASP, ASP.NET, JSP, Perl, etc. (code examples included in the download package);

In addition to the main image the editor can produce an image thumbnail of the desired size.

How to load an image

• Loaded by a link specified as an applet parameter.
• Encoded with the BASE64 method and passed as an applet parameter.

Compatibility and performance

• The editor is compatible with Java^tm 1.1 (and later), and successfully tested on most popular browsers on Windows and Mac platforms (IE, Firefox, Safari).
• The editor is a lightweight component ( 82Kb ), and doesn't communicate with the server during the drawing session, that ensures its good performance.

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