A more interesting text scroller ...
v 1.0309.1999 (preliminary)
HTML code that produced the above effect:
<applet code="Readout.class"
width="320" height="240">
<param name="ImageURL" value="Readout.jpg">
<param name="TextURL" value="Readout.txt">
<param name="Screen" value="70,44,177,126">
<param name="Speed" value="100">
<param name="BgColour" value="000000">
<param name="Font" value="Arial">
<param name="Size" value="12">
<param name="Colour" value="00ff00">
<param name="Bold" value="0">
<param name="Italic" value="0">
</applet>
Parameter descriptions:
| Parameter name | Brief description | Range | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| TextURL | Location of the text file containing the lines that will be scrolled. Can be a relative address or complete URL. | n/a | none |
| ImageURL | Location of an optional image to display behind the scrolling text. As above, can be a relative address or complete URL. | n/a | none |
| Font | The font face to use to display the text. | n/a | Arial |
| Size | The size of the text. | n/a | 12 |
| Bold | If this parameter is 1, the text will be bold. | 0 or 1 | 0 |
| Italic | If this parameter is 1, the text will be italicised. | 0 or 1 | 1 |
| Colour | The color of the text (in html-style hexadecimal - rrggbb). | 000000 to ffffff | 000000 (black) |
| BgColour | The background colour (if no image is specified) (in html-style hexadecimal - rrggbb). | 000000 to ffffff | ffffff (white) |
| Speed | The delay between scroll updates (in milliseconds). | 1 to 10000 | 50 |
| Screen | The dimensions of the screen (box where text is to be scrolled). Dimensions are in X,Y,Width,Height format. | 1 to 10000 | 50 |