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Using in HTML

Scene size: 886bytes

To display a VRML world in a Web browser authors should use the EMBED or OBJECT (supported by Microsoft Internet Explorer) elements with the proper attributes in an HTML document.

Using EMBED tag

Using OBJECT tag

Automatic Installation of Cortona under Mozilla Firefox and Netscape Browser

Using EMBED tag

<EMBED SRC="/vrml/splines/cube3scriptless.wrl"
TYPE="model/vrml"
WIDTH="128"
HEIGHT="128"
VRML_SPLASHSCREEN="FALSE"
VRML_DASHBOARD="FALSE"
VRML_BACKGROUND_COLOR="#CDCDCD"
CONTEXTMENU="FALSE">

where:

SRC specifies the name of the VRML scene to be loaded.

TYPE MIME type (must be "model/vrml" for Cortona browser)

WIDTH, HEIGHT standard formatting attributes.

VRML_SPLASHSCREEN "TRUE" - turns on Cortona SplashScreen; "FALSE" - turns off.

VRML_DASHBOARD "TRUE" - turns on horizontal and vertical toolbars; "FALSE" - turns off.

VRML_BACKGROUND_COLOR "#rrggbb" specifies the background color of the 3D window (hexadecimal).

CONTEXTMENU "TRUE" - enables context menu in the 3D window; "FALSE" - disables.

See full list of properties

Using OBJECT tag

Internet Explorer can automatically download Cortona if it is not already installed. It gives the opportunity to reduce download size and choose Cortona as VRML viewer despite the fact that the other VRML browser is installed on the user's computer. This technology provides to developers the CAB file for HTML-based Internet installations of Cortona.

<OBJECT
CLASSID="CLSID:86A88967-7A20-11d2-8EDA-00600818EDB1"
CODEBASE="http://www.parallelgraphics.com/bin/cortvrml.cab#Version=5,1,0,167"
WIDTH="128"
HEIGHT="128">
<PARAM NAME="SRC" VALUE="/vrml/splines/cube3scriptless.wrl">
<PARAM NAME="VRML_BACKGROUND_COLOR" VALUE="#CDCDCD">
<PARAM NAME="VRML_DASHBOARD" VALUE="false">
<PARAM NAME="VRML_SPLASHSCREEN" VALUE="false">
<PARAM NAME="CONTEXTMENU" VALUE="false">
</OBJECT>

component CAB file: cortvrml.cab, size: 1.28MB

where:

CLASSID identifies the Cortona ActiveX control for the browser. The value must be entered exactly as shown.

CODEBASE CAB file with Cortona VRML Engine.

WIDTH, HEIGHT standard formatting attributes.
Params (properties):

SRC specifies the name of the VRML scene to be loaded.

VRML_SPLASHSCREEN "TRUE" - turns on Cortona SplashScreen; "FALSE" - turns off.

VRML_DASHBOARD "TRUE" - turns on horizontal and vertical toolbars; "FALSE" - turns off.

VRML_BACKGROUND_COLOR "#rrggbb" specifies the background color of the 3D window (hexadecimal).

CONTEXTMENU "TRUE" - enables context menu in the 3D window; "FALSE" - disables.

See full list of properties

Automatic Installation of Cortona under Mozilla Firefox and Netscape Browser

To install Cortona under Mozilla Firefox and Netscape Browser 8.x, the browser should call the downloadNow function from an HTML page:

After the installation procedure is completed, the downloadNow function invokes the on_load_cortvrml function that can be used to inform the user on the result of Cortona installation:

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