LEDSign

A much more sophisticated text scroller...

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v 1.0403.1999 (alpha)

This applet is not yet complete as I'm constantly adding new features to it. When it's at the stage that I can confidently say it's finished, I will add a link here so you can download it and use it. Though I haven't decided whether it will be free yet or not ;)

Features:

Fully script driven. A description of the scripting language will be presented when the applet is nearer completion.
Multiple fonts. I've only produced one font so far (for testing purposes), but I'll produce a large batch of them soon.
Ability to import images (both GIF and JPEG) for display.
Multiple effects including zoom in and out, absolute image/text positioning, transitions, transparency, etc...

More features will become available as I add them.

HTML code that produced the above effect:

<applet code="LEDSign.class" width="402" height="82"> <param name="DisplayWidth" value="100"> <param name="DisplayHeight" value="20"> <param name="DotSize" value="2"> <param name="ScriptURL" value="LEDSign.txt"> </applet>

Parameter descriptions:

Parameter name	Brief description	Range	Default
ScriptURL	Location of the script text file that defines what the applet will do.	n/a	none
DisplayWidth	The width (in dots, not pixels) of the display.	n/a	100
DisplayHeight	The height (in dots, not pixels) of the display.	n/a	20
DotSize	The size (in pixels) of each dot. The dot size is the width and height of each dot.	1 to 10	2
Debug	If enabled, produces script debugging output in the Java console. Mainly useful for determining the pixel lengths of strings. Once you've tried to make a semi-complete script you will find out why this is useful :)	0 or 1	0