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HTML_Progress2 : The Definitive Guide
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<a name="intro.use" id="intro.use"></a>Why use HTML_Progress2 ?
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<span class="sect2"><a href=
"ch01s03.html#intro.use.features">Features</a></span>
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<span class="sect2"><a href=
"ch01s03.html#intro.use.screenshots">Screenshots</a></span>
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<span class="sect2"><a href=
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<dt>
<span class="sect3"><a href=
"ch01s03.html#intro.use.requires.mandatory">Mandatory
resources</a></span>
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<span class="sect3"><a href=
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<p>
There are some classes that exists, but never none of them as such
degree of customization. You can produce all kind of progress meter you
want: from basic horizontal bar, vertical bar, to circle, ellipse, and
even free polygonal shape.
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<li>create horizontal, vertival bar and also circle, ellipse and
polygons (square, rectangle).
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<li>allows usage of existing external StyleSheet and/or JavaScript.
</li>
<li>all elements (progress, cells, labels) are customizable by
their html properties.
</li>
<li>percent/labels are floating all around the progress meter.
</li>
<li>compliant with all CSS/XHMTL standards.
</li>
<li>integration with all template engines is very easy.
</li>
<li>implements Observer design pattern. It is possible to add
Listeners.
</li>
<li>adds a customizable monitor pattern to display a progress bar.
User-end can abort progress at any time.
</li>
<li>allows many progress meter on same page without uses of iframe
solution.
</li>
<li>error handling system that support native PEAR_Error, but also
PEAR_ErrorStack, and any other system you might want to plug-in.
</li>
<li>PHP 5 ready
</li>
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<p>
Here is a list of samples, to see what kind of render you could have
:
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<li>A very simple horizontal progress bar. See <a href=
"ch21.html#examples.basic.1" title="">Basic usage with default
skin</a>
</li>
<li>A progress meter when status is unknown. See <a href=
"ch21s02.html#examples.indeterminate.1" title="">Indeterminate Mode
usage</a>
</li>
<li>More than one caption around a progress meter. See <a href=
"ch21s03.html#examples.label.1" title="">Multi Labels usage</a>
</li>
<li>A progress bar and a quickform window. See <a href=
"ch21s05.html#examples.monitor.1" title="">Monitoring usage</a>
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Of course this is not limited to this little sample. For a full list
of examples (demos) and screenshots (contains in the distribution),
please visit my web site at <a class="external" href=
"http://pear.laurent-laville.org/HTML_Progress2/" title=
"http://pear.laurent-laville.org/HTML_Progress2/">http://pear.laurent-laville.org/HTML_Progress2/</a>.
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<a name="intro.use.requires" id="intro.use.requires"></a>System
Requirements
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<dt>
<span class="sect3"><a href=
"ch01s03.html#intro.use.requires.mandatory">Mandatory
resources</a></span>
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<dt>
<span class="sect3"><a href=
"ch01s03.html#intro.use.requires.optional">Optional
resources</a></span>
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"intro.use.requires.mandatory"></a>Mandatory resources
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<li>Webserver IIS or Apache (recommanded 1.3.x).
</li>
<li>
<a class="external" href="http://www.php.net/" title=
"http://www.php.net/">PHP</a> 4.3.10 or newer.
</li>
<li>
<a class="external" href="http://pear.php.net/" title=
"http://pear.php.net/">PEAR</a> 1.5.4 or newer.
</li>
<li>
<a class="external" href=
"http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_Common" title=
"http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_Common">PEAR::HTML_Common</a>
1.2.1 or newer.
</li>
<li>
<a class="external" href="http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_CSS"
title="http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_CSS">PEAR::HTML_CSS</a>
1.1.2 or newer (since version 2.2.0).
</li>
<li>
<a class="external" href=
"http://pear.php.net/package/PHP_Compat" title=
"http://pear.php.net/package/PHP_Compat">PEAR::PHP_Compat</a>
1.4.1 or newer.
</li>
<li>
<a class="external" href=
"http://pear.php.net/package/Event_Dispatcher" title=
"http://pear.php.net/package/Event_Dispatcher">PEAR::Event_Dispatcher</a>
0.9.1 or newer.
</li>
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<li>
<a class="external" href=
"http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_QuickForm" title=
"http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_QuickForm">PEAR::HTML_QuickForm</a>
3.2.4 or newer.
</li>
<li>
<a class="external" href=
"http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_QuickForm_Controller" title=
"http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_QuickForm_Controller">PEAR::HTML_QuickForm_Controller</a>
1.0.4 or newer.
</li>
<li>
<a class="external" href=
"http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_Template_IT" title=
"http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_Template_IT">PEAR::HTML_Template_IT</a>
1.1 or newer.
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<li>
<a class="external" href=
"http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_Template_Sigma" title=
"http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_Template_Sigma">PEAR::HTML_Template_Sigma</a>
1.1.2 or newer.
</li>
<li>
<a class="external" href=
"http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_Page2" title=
"http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_Page2">PEAR::HTML_Page2</a>
0.5.0 or newer.
</li>
<li>
<a class="external" href="http://pear.php.net/package/Log"
title="http://pear.php.net/package/Log">PEAR::Log</a> 1.8.7 or
newer.
</li>
<li>
<a class="external" href=
"http://pear.php.net/package/Image_Color" title=
"http://pear.php.net/package/Image_Color">PEAR::Image_Color</a>
1.0.1 or newer.
</li>
<li>
<a class="external" href=
"http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_AJAX" title=
"http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_AJAX">PEAR::HTML_AJAX</a>
0.5.0 or newer (since version 2.3.0a2).
</li>
<li>
<a class="external" href=
"http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.apc.php" title=
"http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.apc.php">PHP extension
APC</a> 3.0.13 or newer.
</li>
<li>
<a class="external" href=
"http://pecl.php.net/package/uploadprogress" title=
"http://pecl.php.net/package/uploadprogress">PHP extension
uploadprogress</a> 0.3.0 or newer.
</li>
<li>
<a class="external" href=
"http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.gd-info.php" title=
"http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.gd-info.php">PHP
extension gd</a> 2.0.1 or newer.
</li>
</ul>
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