| # Advanced Scrolling Text Applet
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## Advanced Scrolling Text Documentation
Step 2 - Create the Data File The Advanced Scrolling Text applet reads all the text to be displayed from a Plain Text File. If you look at the applet parameters from the previous section you will see that one of them is, <param name="dataURL" value="textdata.txt"> Please Note: File names are case sensitive ie. "textdata.txt" is not the same as "TextData.txt". This specifies the name and location of the data file. In this case the filename is 'textdata.txt' and is to be found in the current directory (ie. that of your web page). To create your data file, simply open up your favorite text editor (eg. Notepad) and add the text you wish to be displayed. Now save the file as 'textdata.txt' in the same directory as your web page. (If you choose to use a different filename or location remember to change the 'dataURL' parameter to reflect this.) In addition to plain text, the Advanced Scrolling Text allows you to add to special functions to the text. These are achieved by adding Special Instructions (Tags) within the text file. The possible tags and there function are as follows, Hyper Link - URL You can add a link to a section of text or image by enclosing within the tags <URL url,frame> and </URL>. Example To have the words 'click here' link to the url http://www.jpowered.com/ you would add the following to the data file, <URL http://www.jpowered.com/> click here </URL> Change the Text Color The tags <COLOR r,g,b> and </COLOR> allow you to change the color of a section of text. Example To have the words 'For more Great Products' be displayed in red you would add the following to the data file, <COLOR 255,0,0> For more Great Products </COLOR> Change the Font The tags <FONT face,style,size> and </FONT> allow you to change the font of a section text. Example To have the text 'For more Great Products' displayed with a font face of Courier, a Size of 14 point and in Bold you would add the following, <FONT Courier,B,14> For more Great Products </FONT> Change the Indent Each line of Text will automatically be indented by the default indent specified in the applet parameters. However you can override this for a section of text with the tags <INDENT nPixs> and </INDENT> Example To have the text 'For more Great Products' indented by 50 pixels you would add the following, <INDENT 50> For more Great Products </INDENT> Insert a Line Break By default the Advanced Scrolling Text will start a new line at the end of each line of text in the data file. However you can force a new line at any point by inserting the tag <LINEBREAK> Insert a Page Break By default the Advanced Scrolling Text will start a new page when the current page is full. However you can force a new page at any point by inserting the tag <PAGEBREAK> Change the Pause time for a Page At the end of a page the scrolling will be automatically paused by the amount of time specified in the applet parameter 'PagePause'. However you can specify a different pause time for any page by using the tag <PAUSE time>. Example To have scrolling paused from 5 seconds at the end of the current page you would insert the following, <PAUSE 5> Add an Image In addition to displaying text and Image can be added to the display at any point by using the <IMG imageURL> tag. Example To have the image 'button.gif' displayed you would insert the following tag, <IMAGE button.gif> To see each of these tags being used with a real data file please take a look at the examples - click here. Next Step - Upload to Web Server >>
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