Ashley Ticker Parameter List
The following parameters applied to both scrolling text or image:
- step = integer
The speed of the scrolling text/image. Default value is 2. Higher value means faster scrolling.
- sensitive = integer
Defines how sensitive the scrolling text/image is towards a mouse drag. Default value is 5.
- mousedown = string
The message which will appear in the status bar when you click your mouse on the applet. Default value is "Don't tickle me!".
- mouseleft = string
The message that will appear in the status bar when you drag your mouse to the left. Default value is "Don't be so impatient".
- mouseright = string
The message that will appear in the status bar when you drag your mouse to the right. Default value is "Let me out!!".
- mouseoutb = string
The message that will appear in the status bar when your mouse is dragged outside the applet after clicking on it. Default value is "Let go your mouse please".
- mouseup = string
The message that will appear in the status bar when you release your mouse click. Default value is "Thank you".
- random = integer (0,1)
Defines whether you want to display the scrolling text/image randomly or not. Default value is 0 (not random). random = 1 means random display.
- repeat = integer
Number of times a message will repeat itself before displaying the next one. Default value is 1. No effect when random = 1.
- position = integer
Defines the vertical position of the scrolling text/image. The message/graphics will be shown at the top of the applet if the value is 0, at the centre if the value is 1 or at the bottom if the value is 2.
- image = URL
The URL of the background image to be painted if any. Default = null.
- imborder = URL
The URL of the border image to be painted if any. Default = null.
The following parameters applied to scrolling text only:
- count = integer
The total number of message you wish to display. Default = 1.
- message0 to message# = string
The messages you wish to display. From message0 to message#, where # equals count (total number of messages) minus 1. Default value is "Applet
written by Ashley Cheng".
- typeface = string
The typeface of the scrolling text. Default is "Arial".
- fontsize = integer
The fontsize of the scrolling text. Default value is 24.
- style = integer (0,1,2)
Defines the style of the text. 0 means "normal" text, 1 means "bold" and 2 means "italic". Default value is 0
- offset = integer
Defines the number of pixels the shadow text will be offset from the normal text. Default value is 0 meaning no shadow.
- text = (integer,integer,integer)
The color of the foreground text in RGB format. Default color is black.
- shadow = (integer,integer,integer)
The color of the shadow text in RGB format. Default color is white.
- backgd = (integer,integer,integer)
The color of the background in RGB format. Default color is gray.
Note: Image will take precedence over text. When you define a scrolling image, these parameters will lose their effects.
The following parameters applied to scrolling image only:
- icount = integer
The total number of images you wish to display. Default = 0.
- image0 to image# = URL
The URL of the images you wish to display. From image0 to image#, where # equals icount (total number of images) minus 1. Default value is null.
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Author: Ashley Cheng (ackcheng@ha.org.hk) March 1996
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