Softricks : Java Scroller Applet

Java Scroller Applet

Download -

Download this applet here.
Download the jar file,
Unzip it using the Jar utility or Winzip.
Modify the Scroller.txt file and put in your messages
Put it in the jar again using the Jar utility.

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This script has been made available under the GNU Lesser General Public License. Click here for more information.

For more information on Jar files: Refer to the Sun site.

Features -

The Vertical Scroller is a Java Applet which can scroll messages kept in a text file embedded in a Java Jar file.
Any of the lines in the scrolling text can be a URL which one can click to jump to a different page. This can be configured in the text file.
Each line that is a URL, gets highlighted when mouse hovers over it.
The scrolling display stops when the mouse hovers over the applet.
Everything is completely and easily configurable by way of applet parameters passed from the HTML.

Demo -

The messages are in a text file called Scroller.txt added in the applet JAR.
Hover on any link and the scrolling display stops.

The applet Parameters -

The applet has the following parameters which can be set in the HTML page.

<PARAM NAME="messageFile" VALUE="Scroller.txt">
<PARAM NAME="bgColor" VALUE="#ffffff">
<PARAM NAME="borderYesNo" VALUE="Yes">
<PARAM NAME="statusMessage" VALUE="Copyright (c) 2000 Softricks.com">


<PARAM NAME="scrollFontName" VALUE="Courier">
<PARAM NAME="scrollFontColor" VALUE="#004400">
<PARAM NAME="scrollFontSize" VALUE="12">


<PARAM NAME="scrollDelay" VALUE="50">
<PARAM NAME="scrollIncrement" VALUE="1">


<PARAM NAME="titleYesNo" VALUE="Yes">

<PARAM NAME="titleText" VALUE="Softricks.com">
<PARAM NAME="titleFontName" VALUE="Arial">
<PARAM NAME="titleFontSize" VALUE="12">
<PARAM NAME="titleBGColor" VALUE="#FF0000">
<PARAM NAME="titleFGColor" VALUE="#FFFFFF">


<PARAM NAME="footerYesNo" VALUE="Yes">

<PARAM NAME="footerText" VALUE="Copyright (c) Softricks.com">
<PARAM NAME="footerFontName" VALUE="Arial">
<PARAM NAME="footerFontSize" VALUE="9">
<PARAM NAME="footerBGColor" VALUE="#0000AA">
<PARAM NAME="footerFGColor" VALUE="#FFFFFF">


<PARAM NAME="linkOnColor" VALUE="#FF0000">
<PARAM NAME="linkOffColor" VALUE="#0000FF">

Customizing Scroller.txt file -

You can put your messages that the scroller will display in the Scroller.txt file.
There is a syntax defined for this file. In general the file contents look like -

/* Softricks Scroller File (Syntax v1.0). Last updated: 09/15/2000.
/* ----------------------------------------------------------------
/* Syntax to be followed
/* Comments - should always start with /* on single line.
/* On each line,
/* Write the string first followed by any number of spaces/tabs (which will be ignored
/* and then the link/the word 'Null' enclosed by the delimiters.
/* The file should end with .EOF

/* You can specify specific directives using the '#' sign
/* For example to specify your own delimiter for the links portion,
/* use, #OPEN-DELIM={[ and #CLOSE-DELIM=]} statements

#OPEN-DELIM=[
#CLOSE-DELIM=]

Welcome [Null]
To [Null]
Softricks.com [http://www.softricks.com]
Great Tips, Techniques [Null]
Free Software! [Null]
Javascript Programming [http://www.softricks.com/js/index.html]
Java Programming [http://www.softricks.com/java/index.html]
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DHTML, CSS, HTML [http://www.softricks.com/html/index.html]
And lots more.............. [Null]
.EOF

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