Parameters

Name Description Default Value
text message in HTML  
textFile URL of text file that contains message  
font name of font Helvetica
fontStyle font style: 0 - plain, 1 - bold, 2 - italics, 3 - bold-italics 0
fontSize font size 12
bgImage URL of background image  
bgDisplay method of displaying background image: 0 - tiled, 1 - centered 0
bgColor background color (RGB) 000000
fgImage URL of foreground/text image pattern  
fgColor foreground/text color (RGB) FFFFFF
linkColor hyperlink color (RGB) 0000FF
activeLinkColor active hyperlink color (RGB) FF0000
speed average number of pixels to move per iteration 5
delay number of milliseconds of sleep per iteration 80
amplitude amplitude (number of pixels) of oscillation 6
period period (number of iterations) of oscillation 30
trail intensity of text trail (0.0 to 1.0) 0.8
target name of the default target frame _self

Example

The following HTML code produces the applet at the top of this page.

<applet code="PhantomScroll.class" width="350" height="100" name="scrollApplet">
<param name="activeLinkColor" value="3FFFAF">
<param name="amplitude" value="8">
<param name="bgDisplay" value="1">
<param name="bgImage" value="b4.jpg">
<param name="fgImage" value="b3.jpg">
<param name="fontsize" value="20">
<param name="linkColor" value="AFFFDF">
<param name="speed" value="7">
<param name="text" value="Thanks for your interest in <a href='http://table.jps.net/~one1/stuff/java/phantomscroll'>PhantomScroll</a>.<br>Please feel free to use this applet as much as you wish.<br><a href='http://table.jps.net/~one1/stuff/java/phantomscroll'>PhantomScroll</a> was developed by <a href='mailto:um@mail.com'>Uldarico Muico Jr.</a>">
</applet>

Details

Please refer to the source code PhantomScroll.java and the source documentation for more details on the applet.

 

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