ScrollWriter Configuration
Sample HTML Source:
<applet code=ScrollWriterPromo.class width=230 height=150>
<!param name=sourceFile value="data.txt">
<param name=totalLines value="14">
<param name=defaultFontColor value="0,0,200">
<param name=defaultFontSize value="13">
<param name=defaultFontStyle value="PLAIN">
<param name=defaultFontName value="Dialog">
<param name=topMargin value="10">
<param name=horizontalMargin value="5">
<param name=cursorType value="UNDERLINE">
<param name=cursorColor value="255,0,0">
<param name=scrollOffset value="8">
<param name=defaultCharSleep value="60">
<param name=defaultLinePause value="100">
<param name=backgroundColor value="255,255,255">
<param name=urlMouseOverColor value="255,255,0">
<param name=defaultLineAlignment value="LEFT">
<param name=onMouseOverPause value="true">
<param name=scrollSpeed value="30">
<param name=target value="_blank">
<param name=smoothScroll value="true">
<param name=lineSpacing value=1>
<param name=line1 value="Features: ">
<param name=fgColor1 value="255,0,0">
<param name=alignment1 value="CENTER">
<param name=fontName1 value="Courier">
<param name=message1 value="ScrollWriter features">
<param name=fontSize1 value="16">
<param name=fontStyle1 value="BOLD+ITALIC">
<param name=charSleep1 value="90">
<param name=pause1 value="100">
<param name=line2 value="">
<param name=line3 value="Customizable speeds and delays">
<param name=line4 value="Adjustable font, color, style, size">
<param name=fontName4 value="TimesNewRoman">
<param name=fontSize4 value="14">
<param name=fgColor4 value="0,0,255">
<param name=line5 value="Target parameter for URL links">
<param name=line6 value="Customizable text alignment">
<param name=alignment6 value="RIGHT">
<param name=line7 value="Top and horizontal margin settings">
<param name=line8 value="Professional quality smooth scrolling">
<param name=fgColor8 value="0,0,0">
<param name=line9 value="Optional pause on mouse-over">
<param name=line10 value="Customize the status bar message">
<param name=message10 value="Place your own message here!">
<param name=line11 value="Mouse-over highlighted URL links">
<param name=url11 value="http://www.internet.com">
<param name=line12 value="Input content from text file">
<param name=line13 value="">
<param name=line14 value="Presented by consulting.com, Inc.">
<param name=alignment14 value="CENTER">
<param name=fgColor14 value="255,0,0">
<param name=pause14 value="3000">
<param name=fontSize14 value="12">
</applet>
Configuration:
Applet Parameters
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numberOfLines
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The number of lines of text to be displayed in the applet.
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scrollOffset
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The number of lines that will be typed before the applet starts scrolling text.
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defaultFontColor
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The default text color for all lines. This is specified by
the three digit RGB (red, green, blue) value for the color.
The three numbers must be separated by commas. For example,
the following line sets the font color to red.
<param name=defaultFontColor value="255,0,0">
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defaultFontSize
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The default font size for all text.
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defaultFontStyle
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This is the default font style used in the applet. Use one of the following:
- PLAIN
- BOLD
- ITALIC
- ITALIC+BOLD
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defaultFontName
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The default font used for all text displayed in the applet. Use one of the following:
- TimesNewRoman
- Courier
- Dialog
- Helvetica
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topMargin
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The amount of vertical space between the top of the
applet and the first line of text.
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verticalMargin
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The amount of horizntal space between the side of the applet
and the text.
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cursorType
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Describes which character, if any, that will be displayed
just before each new character is typed. Possible values are:
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cursorColor
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The color of the cursor.
This is specified by
the three digit RGB (red, green, blue) value for the color.
The three numbers must be separated by commas. For example,
the following line sets the cursor color to red.
<param name=cursorColor value="255,0,0">
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defaultCharSleep
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The speed at which the text is typed.
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defaultLinePause
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The default amount of time the each page is displayed after each line
has been typed.
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backgroundColor
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The background color of the applet. This is specified by
the three digit RGB (red, green, blue) value for the color.
The three numbers must be separated by commas. For example,
the following line sets the background color to red.
<param name=backgroundColor value="255,0,0">
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urlMouseOverColor
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The color of all links when the mouse is placed over them.
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defaultLineAlignment
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The default horizontal alignment of the text. Possible values
are:
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onMouseOverPause
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Set this value to 'true' if you would like the typing to
pause when the mouse is placed over the applet.
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scrollSpeed
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The speed at which the text scrolls upward. The lower the number,
the faster the scroll.
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smoothScroll
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Set this value to 'true' if you would like the scroll to be smooth.
Set this value to 'false' for an immediate scroll.
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target
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The target frame for all links.
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linespacing
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The amount of vertical space between each line.
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lineX
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Each line parameter contains one sentence to be
displayed in the applet. The first sentence is specified by
the parameter line1, the second by line2,
etc.
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fgColorX
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The font color for the text on line number X. This is specified by
the three digit RGB (red, green, blue) value for the color.
The three numbers must be separated by commas. For example,
the following line sets the text color of line 1 to red.
<param name=fgColor1 value="255,0,0">
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fontNameX
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Sets the font used for the text on line number X. For example,
use the parameter font1 to change the font for line 1.
Use one of the following values:
- TimesNewRoman
- Courier
- Dialog
- Helvetica
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alignmentX
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The default horizontal alignment of the text on line nnumber X.
Possible values are:
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urlX
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The url to display when line number X is clicked.
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messageX
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Message to be displayed in the status bar when the mouse
is placed over line number X.
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fontSizeX
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Sets the font size for the text on line number X. For example,
use the parameter size1 to change the font size for line 1.
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fontStyleX
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This is the font style for the text on line number X. Use one of the following:
- PLAIN
- BOLD
- ITALIC
- ITALIC+BOLD
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pauseX
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The amount of time line number X is displayed after the entire
line has been typed. For example, to display the text on line
1 for 4 seconds, set the parameter Pause1 to "4000".
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charSleepX
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The speed at which the text is typed for line X.
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sourcefile
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The sourcefile parameter may be used in place of the line
parameter to specify the text displayed in the applet. To use the sourcefile
parameter, set its value to the filename that you want to display.
This file must be a text file.
When using the sourcefile parameter
you should delete the line1, line2, ...linex,
parameters since all of the text will come from the text file. Similarly,
if you leave the sourcefile parameter empty, then you should
include the string1, string2, ...stringx parameters.
For example, if you want to display text from a text file, the code
should look like this:
<param name=sourcefile value="data.txt">
and you can delete all the lines like
<param name=line1 value="Sentence number one.">
<param name=line2 value="Sentence number two.">
In this case, a text file named data.txt must exist in the same
directory as the applet's class file. It must also contain two lines,
the first containing "Sentence number on." and the second
"Sentence number two."
To see this parameter in action, delete the string parameters
from this example and set the sourcefile parameter to
Data.txt
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