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Advanced Scrolling Text Applet

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The properties of the Advanced Scrolling Text can be adjusted by the following parameters (the PARAM tags in the html code).

Please Note: Parameter names are case sensitive ie. "BGcolor" is not the same as "bgcolor".

Parameter Name Description Example
BGcolor

The background color

For more on defining colors see,
Color Definitions (click here)

<param name="BGcolor" value="255,255,255">
BorderWidth This is the width in pixels of the border. This must a positive integer value. If you do not require a border then set this value to 0. <param name="BorderWidth" value="1">
BorderColor The color of the border.
For more on defining colors see,
Color Definitions (click here)
<param name="BorderColor" value="0,0,255">
ScrollSpeed This specifies the speed at which the text will be scrolled. Range of values are 1 (slow) to 100 (fast). <param name="ScrollSpeed" value="50">
TextColor

In the absence of any <COLOR> tags this will be the color of the text.

For more on defining colors see,
Color Definitions (click here)

<param name="TextColor" value="0,0,0">
LinkColor

This specifies the color of any Linked Text (URL's).

For more on defining colors see,
Color Definitions (click here)

<param name="LinkColor" value="0,0,255">
Font

In the absence of any <FONT> tags this will the font definition of the text.

For more on defining colors see,
Color Definitions (click here)

<param name="Font" value="Courier,N,12">
Indent In the absence of <INDENT> tags this will be default indent of each line of text. This is a positive integer value which represents the number of pixels. <param name"Indent" value="10">
PagePause With this parameter you can set the applet to pause scrolling at the end of each page. The value is a positive integer and represents the number seconds to pause before continuing the scroll. If you do not require a pause between pages then set this value to 0. <param name="PagePause" value="2">
dataURL

This specified the location and name of the file which contains your Text to be displayed. The value should be a valid URL or if the file is in the same directory as your web page then simply the filename.


For more on the Data File - click here.

<param name="dataURL" value="textdata.txt">
startupmessage The text to be displayed whilst the applet is loading your data <param name="startupmessage" value="Loading - Please Wait.">
startBGcolor

Specifies the background color upon startup.

For more on defining colors see,
Color Definitions (click here)

<param name="startBGcolor" value="255,255,255">
startTXTcolor

Specifies the text color upon startup.

For more on defining colors see,
Color Definitions (click here)

<param name="startTXTcolor" value="0,0,0">
mousepause This parameter specifies whether the scrolling should halt when the visitor passes the mouse pointer over the text. <param name="mousepause" value="true">
WordWrap This parameter specifies whether Word Wrap should be used or not. <param name="WordWrap" value="true">

 

In addition to these general parameters there are special tags which may be added within the data file. For more information on this please click here»

 

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