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Customizing Your Java Client<br />

0.Web Page Builder’s<br />

Customization Guide<br />

Many techniques and facilities are available for customizing the look and<br />

behavior of the <strong>ChatSpace</strong> Java Client. These include graphical skins,<br />

parameters of the Java Client, and Java Client APIs (also sometimes referred<br />

to as Public Functions or methods) and web server variables.<br />

Skins<br />

The <strong>ChatSpace</strong> Java Client user interface is designed around the concept of a<br />

skin. A skin is composed of multiple graphic files positioned by the applet<br />

around its layout. By default, the GIF image files that make up the skin are<br />

stored inside the java archive and are loaded from there automatically by the<br />

applet.<br />

You can manually edit the graphical elements to create your own skin. You<br />

should keep any modified graphics to the same width and height as the<br />

original element otherwise the applet may not be able to position or display<br />

the elements correctly.<br />

Default skin elements are provided in the c:\Program Files<br />

\<strong>ChatSpace</strong>\<strong>Community</strong> <strong>Server</strong>\CSSrvr\Data\java\images\skins directory<br />

and are usually saved back in this directory after editing.<br />

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