Applet tag example:

<APPLET CODE="vmaxbuttons_lite.class"
  CODEBASE="./"
  WIDTH=500 
  HEIGHT=150>

<PARAM NAME="AUTHOR"
  VALUE="Virtual_Max (http://come.to/vmax)">
<PARAM NAME="KEY"
  VALUE="Free Version">

<PARAM NAME="BGCOLOR"     VALUE="000040">
<PARAM NAME="SHADOWCOLOR" VALUE="000000">
<PARAM NAME="DELAY"       VALUE="50">
<PARAM NAME="STEP"        VALUE="8">

<PARAM NAME="BGIMAGE"     
  VALUE="bg.gif">

<PARAM NAME="TEXTCOLOR"   VALUE="808000">
<PARAM NAME="ACTIVECOLOR" VALUE="ffff00">
<PARAM NAME="PLACING"     VALUE="horizontal">
<PARAM NAME="SPACING"     VALUE="2">
<PARAM NAME="FONT"        VALUE="TimesRoman,1,16">
<PARAM NAME="BUTTONCOLOR" VALUE="008080">
<PARAM NAME="BUTTONSTYLE" 
  VALUE="vmbutton.gif">
<PARAM NAME="BUTTON0"     
  VALUE="button1text|page1.html|_blank|message for button1.">
<PARAM NAME="BUTTON1"     
  VALUE="button2text|page2.html|_self |Message for button 2.">
<PARAM NAME="BUTTON2"     
  VALUE="Button3text|page3.html|_self |Message for button 3.">

<PARAM NAME="CLIP"      
  VALUE="error.au">

<PARAM NAME="TICKERHEIGHT"   VALUE="125">
<PARAM NAME="TICKERCOLOR"    VALUE="ff8000">
<PARAM NAME="TICKERFONT"     VALUE="TimesRoman,1,20">
<PARAM NAME="DEFAULTMESSAGE"
  VALUE="Virtual_Max presents_Lite Applet.">

</APPLET>
Parameter  Description
AUTHOR "Virtual_Max (http://come.to/vmax)" 
Obligatory parameter
KEY "Free Version" Applet with this KEY will add a link back to my pages, if you want to get rid of this additional link, then please follow the registration instructions. Obligatory parameter
BGCOLOR Background color 
SHADOWCOLOR Shadow color , one parameter for ticker texts and buttons texts shadows.
BGIMAGE Background image to be used as background. If the image size is less than the applet itself, then the image would be tiled
DELAY and 
STEP		 Animation control parameters. Delay per animation frame and tickerstep in pixels.
TEXTCOLOR and 
ACTIVECOLOR		 Buttons colors for normal and highlighted state.
PLACING Buttons placing alternative can be "horizontal" or "vertical".
SPACING Free space around buttons in pixels.
FONT and 
TICKERFONT		 Buttons and Ticker Font settings. (optional parameters)
BUTTONSTYLE Can be button image URL or one of build-in buttons styles: 
_rect 
_fillRect 
_fill3DRect 
_roundRect 
_fillRoundRect 
_oval 
_fillOval
BUTTONCOLOR This color will be used to draw buttons if oneof built-in BUTTONSTYLEs used.
BUTTON0.. 
..BUTTONn		 buttons settings in following format: " buttontext | url | target |ticker message " 
( ' | ' used as separator between parameters.) 
target can be frame or window name or one of pre-defined names: 
_top, _blank, _self, _parent. 

Ticker Message - text to be shown on mouse over button event. "" can be used as a new line character.

Buttons should be numbered from 0 without any missed numbers.
CLIP Name of sound file to play on mouse over button. Only .au 8-bit monosound files supported by Java 1.0x. (optional parameter).
TICKERHEIGHT Height of ticker area in pixels. 
TICKERCOLOR Color for ticker texts.
DEFAULTMESSAGE Message to be shown on mouse exit.

*COLORS: All Colors are in hexadecimal format 'rrggbb' without the radix symbol. For example,for red color use: FF0000.