Vnews



This small (8kb) scroller takes news data from a URL, (dynamic or flat file), so it can be driven by a news feed! Can have multiple categories, and links to target frames! Cool!

How To Use:

  • Download vnews-1.0.1.zip (9 KB)
  • Unzip with a compression utility.

    Java Source: Unavailable

    Sample HTML Source:

    <applet codebase="./" 
    	code="vnews.vnews.class" 
    	archive="vnewsob.jar" 
    	width=250 
    	height=350>
    
    <!-- COLORS -->
    <param name="backColor"	value="#000000">
    <param name="borderColor" value="#CCCCCC">
    
    <param name="headerBackColor0" value="#777777">
    <param name="headerBackColor1" value="#999999">
    <param name="headerBackColor2" value="#BBBBBB">
    
    <param name="headerColor0" value="#222222">
    <param name="headerColor1" value="#222222">
    <param name="headerColor2" value="#222222">
    
    <param name="headerHLColor0" value="#5555BB">
    <param name="headerHLColor1" value="#5555BB">
    <param name="headerHLColor2" value="#5555BB">
    
    <param name="newsColor" value="#EEEEEE"> 
    <param name="newsHLColor" value="#9999FF">
    
    <!-- DIMENSIONS -->
    <param name="borderWidth" value="1">
    
    <!-- FONTS -->
    <param name="newsFontSize" value="12">
    <param name="newsFont" value="SansSerif">
    <param name="headerFontSize" value="14">
    <param name="headerFont" value="SansSerif">
    
    <!-- DATA -->
    <param name="dataURL" value="data2.txt">
    </applet>
    

    Configuration: config.html

    Status: Linkware - free with a link back to the authors site.
    Registration fee of $9.95 removes the link.

    Author: Europa Systems Ltd.

    Homepage: http://www.europa.bc.ca/software/vnews

    Upload Date: September 17, 2002

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