Zeus Server has been designed to enable animations as simply as possible. Just create a directory containing the individual frames, and give the directory an extension of `.ani', for example `foo.ani'. Then in the HTML source you need <img src="foo.ani">. The frames will then be displayed one after the other in alphabetical order.
There are several arguments that can be passed to control features of the animation, they are described below. In the examples given, assumes 3 frames in the directory foo.ani, 1.jpeg, 2.jpeg and 3.jpeg.
| Example HTML | Effect
| <img src="foo.ani">
| Display all frames once, one after the other as fast as
possible. (1 2 3)
| <img src="foo.ani?L">
| Display all frames looping infinitely. (1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
...)
| <img src="foo.ani?x,y,z">
|
x = initial delay before first frame appears (good for
synchronizing multiple animations on a page at once).
| y = inter frame delay (or 0 for as fast as possible) z = loop count, or 'L' to loop forever <img src="foo.ani?x,y,z,t">
|
x = initial delay before first frame appears (good for
synchronizing multiple animations on a page at once).
| y = inter frame delay (or 0 for as fast as possible) z = loop count, or 'L' to loop forever t = animation type code, see below |
| Type code | Effect
| 0
| forward (1 2 3 1 2 3)
| 1
| backward (3 2 1 3 2 1)
| 2
| forward, backward (1 2 3 2 1)
| 3
| random, will pick a frame from those available at random
| |