Appendix: Applet Tag

Parameters

value="color value" Sets the background color for the quiz window.

<param name="NUM_TO_ASK"

value="number of questions to ask"> This is used in order to ask a specified number of questions from a file.

<param name="FILE"

value="filename"> where "filename" is the path to the question file to display (including the file name) relative to the current .HTML document.

<param name="FONT"

value="your font"> Sets the default font for the quiz window to "your font".

<param name="HINT_HEIGHT"

value="new height"> Sets the height of hint windows to "new height"

<param name="HINT_WIDTH"

value="new width"> Sets the width of hint windows to "new width"

<param name="WHY_HEIGHT"

value="new height"> Sets the height of explanation windows to "new height"

<param name="WHY_WIDTH"

value="new width"> Sets the width of explanation windows to "new width"

<param name="SCRAMBLE_CHOICES"

value="YES"> Scramble the answer choices of all multiple-choice questions that have a "B A", "B 1", or "B 2" token in their separator line.

value="NO"> Do not scramble multiple-choice answer choices, regardless of any tokens in their separator lines.

<param name="SCRAMBLE_QUESTIONS"

value="YES"> Present the questions in random order.

value="NO"> Present the questions in the order in which they appear in the question file.

<param name="SHOW_HINTS"

value="YES"> Adds a Hint/Why? button to the quiz window, which is enabled for questions containing hints and/or explanations.

value="NO"> No Hint/Why? button is displayed, and no hints or explanations can be presented.

<param name="TEXT_COLOR"

value="color value"> Sets the default text color for the quiz window.

<param name="TEXT_SIZE"

value="size" Sets the default text size (in pixels) for the quiz window

param name="UL_X"

value="new x coordinate"> Sets the x-coordinate of the upper-left corner of hint and explanation windows to the value of "new x coordinate".

<param name="UL_Y"

value="new y coordinate"> Sets the y-coordinate of the upper-left corner of hint and explanation windows to the value of "new y coordinate".

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