The Information Overlaid Toolkit

Referance Manual Edition 2.4, for Information Overlaid
 Version 2.4

27th April 2004

Dr. Richard Caley

Interactive Information Ltd.

    3, Lauriston Gardens
    Edinburgh
    Scotland
    EH3 9HH
    rjc@interactive.co.uk

Copyright © 2002 by Interactive Information Ltd.

List of Tables
2-1. JavaScript Libraries
3-1. Font Names
3-2. Font Styles
4-1. Applet Parameters: Configuration
4-2. Applet Parameters: Appearance
4-3. Applet Parameters: User Interface
4-4. Applet Parameters: Markers
4-5. Applet Parameters: Hotspots
4-6. Applet Parameters:Callbacks
6-1. Scale Types
7-1. Marker Types
7-2. Marker Object Fields
8-1. Hotspot Types
13-1. Axis Types

This is the user manual for Information Overlaid. It is common between the Weasel, Map Weasel and Maps.Interactive products. In combination with the tutorial examples it should provide all the information needed to build web applications.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. The Anatomy of Information Overlaid
I. Basics: the Easel applet , HTML and JavaScript
3. Some Conventions
Colours
Fonts
Function, Variable and Parameter Names
4. The Applet and HTML
The Applet Tag
Applet Configuration Parameters
Parameters Controlling Applet Appearance
Parameters For User Interface Behaviour
Callbacks
5. Basic JavaScript
ii_easel_support.js
ii_easel.js
ii_easel_utilities.js
II. Applet Features, Markers, Hotspots, Scales
6. Scales
7. Markers
Marker Types
The Marker JavaScript Object
ii_markers.js
8. Hotspots
Hotspot Types
ii_hotspots.js
III. Advanced Libraries
9. Mapping
ii_maps.js
ii_maps_callbacks
ii_maps_utilities.js
10. The Marker Drag Library
11. The Search Library
12. Palette - The In-Browser Database
13. The Plotting Library
Axis Types
ii_plotting.js
A. Cross Browser Compatibility
Opera on Windows
Opera on Unix
Netscape 4.6
Netscape 6 on Unix
Internet Explorer on Macintosh
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