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JavaScript: Falling Object

This script has been made available for download from The JavaScript Source

This script will cascade a small, transparent .gif file object on your page. Copy the following code and paste it into the Body of your page in SimpleText or WordPad (or the .html editor in Dreamweaver or Claris Home Page). Replace the red text with your image file name. Remember that, if you place the image in your "images" folder, the file name has to begin with "images/....".

To make an image transparent you will need to work in Photoshop Elements, using the magic eraser. Here are some objects you can download to try:

<script language="Javascript1.2">
var no = 33;
var speed = 5;
var snowflake = "greentinydot.gif";
var ns4up = (document.layers) ? 1 : 0;
var ie4up = (document.all) ? 1 : 0;
var dx, xp, yp;
var am, stx, sty;
var i, doc_width = 800, doc_height = 600;
if (ns4up) {
doc_width = self.innerWidth;
doc_height = self.innerHeight;
} else if (ie4up) {
doc_width = document.body.clientWidth;
doc_height = document.body.clientHeight;
}
dx = new Array();
xp = new Array();
yp = new Array();
am = new Array();
stx = new Array();
sty = new Array();
for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {
dx[i] = 0;
xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-50);
yp[i] = Math.random()*doc_height;
am[i] = Math.random()*20;
stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
if (ns4up) {
if (i == 0) {
document.write("<layer name=\"dot"+ i +"\" left=\"15\" ");
document.write("top=\"15\" visibility=\"show\"><img src=\"");
document.write(snowflake + "\" border=\"0\"></layer>");
} else {
document.write("<layer name=\"dot"+ i +"\" left=\"15\" ");
document.write("top=\"15\" visibility=\"show\"><img src=\"");
document.write(snowflake + "\" border=\"0\"></layer>");
}
} else if (ie4up) {
if (i == 0) {
document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: ");
document.write("absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: ");
document.write("visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><img src=\"");
document.write(snowflake + "\" border=\"0\"></div>");
} else {
document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: ");
document.write("absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: ");
document.write("visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><img src=\"");
document.write(snowflake + "\" border=\"0\"></div>");
}
}
}
function snowNS() {
for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {
yp[i] += sty[i];
if (yp[i] > doc_height-50) {
xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);
yp[i] = 0;
stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
doc_width = self.innerWidth;
doc_height = self.innerHeight;
}
dx[i] += stx[i];
document.layers["dot"+i].top = yp[i];
document.layers["dot"+i].left = xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i]);
}
setTimeout("snowNS()", speed);
}
function snowIE() {
for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {
yp[i] += sty[i];
if (yp[i] > doc_height-50) {
xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);
yp[i] = 0;
stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
doc_width = document.body.clientWidth;
doc_height = document.body.clientHeight;
}
dx[i] += stx[i];
document.all["dot"+i].style.pixelTop = yp[i];
document.all["dot"+i].style.pixelLeft = xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i]);
}
setTimeout("snowIE()", speed);
}
if (ns4up) {
snowNS();
} else if (ie4up) {
snowIE();
}
// End -->
</script>

Elizabeth Sky-McIlvain 11/17/02