 If you have problems on operating the APW OekakiBBS, here are some frequently asked questions that you need to know and understand. This FAQ will make the operations of the oekaki as painless as possible: 1Q: How do I get started on drawing the OekakiBBS picture? 1A: Select the size of the OekakiBBS picture that you want to draw on. There are five sizes, 128 x 128, 256 x 256, 384 x 384, 512 x 512 and 768 x 768. Under Mode, select Normal if you want a normal picture or Animated if you want your picture to animated. Then if you like, select Pop-up if you want your picture to be in a pop-up window or Fixed (Big, Middle, Small) if you want it to be in the same window. When you're done, click on Draw Picture. 2Q: How do I upload a picture? 2A: Under Mode, select Upload and click on Draw Picture. Then find a picture that you want to upload. Allowed formats are JPG, PNG and GIF files. The size of the picture must be at least 32 x 32, but no larger than 999 x 999. Your picture cannot be larger than 300 kilobytes. 3Q: How do I repaint or delete a picture that I didn't finish? 3A: You can find a textbox, which says "Password for Repaint", in the form area to start painting. You can find another textbox, which says "Password for Delete", when you put a comment after submitting a picture. You will need to put these two passwords to replace your picture after clicking on the Repaint function. If you want to replace your picture, you need to set a "Password for Repaint" before you start painting, and to set a "Password for Delete" after you submit your picture. 4Q: Why am I seeing a red "X" when I try to draw? 4A: You will need the Microsoft Virtual Machine java runtime enviroment and the Java SDK 4 file for the OekakiBBS java applet to operate properly. 5Q: Why am I getting a "Data Transfer Error" message when I try to save a picture? 5A: Your picture will be rejected if you spent under three minutes or 10 steps on your picture. If that's the case, spend more time on it. If the error continues, you are trying to submit a picture if you have the Sun Java Runtime Enviroment plugin. The OekakiBBS applet is not compatible with the Sun JRE plugin. Although, Microsoft VM is no longer available on the Microsoft website, using the Microsoft VM is required, and if you use Internet Explorer, you can easily uncheck the option to use the Sun JRE plugin: * Under Tools, Internet Options, Advanced and Java (Sun), uncheck "Use Java 2 for <applet>". * Go to Microsoft VM, click "JIT Compiler Enable" and hit OK. You will need to restart the Internet Explorer application for it to take effect. * If you don't have Microsoft VM and Java SDK 4. You need to download it. Refer to 4A for the answer. |
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