FirstSteps2Alottafun Lesson Three Part Two The Script

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Lesson Three Part Two
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The Script

Are you getting a little more comfortable with scripts? Once you work with scripts for awhile you begin to see the patterns that basically all scripts have. A background, an image, fonts, colors, sizes, and scroll or movement directions. If you want to look at the HTML (script) of a stationery or web page you can press CTRL and F2 and it will bring up the script in notepad. Some web pages you must use View and Source to see the script. When you do, you will start seeing the familiar script options. If you see a font you like or a color you just have to use you will be able to know where to look to find those items. As your skill grows you eventually will be able to "snag" a script! Snagging is looking at the script from a stationery, and being able to know what to leave in and what to take out so that you can use the "snag" to create a stationery.. Sounds far off? Well it's not that far off!! So if your ready let's get to the script for lesson three!

FirstStepper's Download Script Here

**Note, The screen captures for how to get your copy of the script are the same as lessons one and two. They are still the same for lesson three.

Please follow these directions step by step.
1. Click above for script.
2. It will open to a blank html page that will be showing a white background and scrolling boxes that have a red x in them.

Next click view/source.

This will open up Notepad with the text version of the script.

We will need to save this to the firststeps scripts folder we created.
Click file/save as and open the path to your folder, and save the text file.

You can now close the windows. We are going to go to that same folder and re-open that text file that we just saved. Go to start/program files/windows explorer/c:/firststeps scripts/ and double click on the file you just saved to open it. It will open in Notepad. We are going to make a copy of this text file to enter our stationery in. Make it a rule to Never work on the original.
Now, right click anywhere inside the Notepad window and click on select all...

This will highlight all the text a dark blue. Now right click again in the window and click copy...

This places a copy of the text file on your clipboard. Close the windows. Now click the shortcut to Notepad that we created at the beginning. This will open up a clean file. Right click anywhere inside the window and click paste.

You should now have a copy of the script.

Ok, with that all done we are ready to enter our stationery into the script!
Just follow the directions. Remember this, there is NO room for error in scripts. Even a dot in the wrong place will create a script error window. You must become familiar with the script and where you are making the changes. Go step by step and change where I have instructed you to do. This should begin to feel a little more familiar to you.
So if you are ready, let's do it!!

The Script
There is not much difference from script three and script two. The difference being the scrolling image is on the other side.

<HTML><HEAD>

<STYLE>
body {
The font family describes the font you want to use and see in your stationery. But know this, if the receiver does not have the same font in their fonts folder, they will only see their "default" font on your stationery.
font-family: "Comic Sans MS";
Font size is determined by what font you choose, some fonts at 14pt are really small, and some are a normal reading size. Determine this by the font you are choosing. If you change the font size here, since 14pt is "normal" there is sometimes a place down in the script you will need to change to match or it will not change. Its not like that in this script, but I will point it out to you in a script it is in.
font-size: 14pt;
This determines where we want our text to start writing, usually put it at the width of your graphic. Some scripts you cannot change due to the script itself. But here is a tip, make your graphic in the script about 10px wider than it really is.. It will move the text over and not be right up against the graphic border. It does not work in some, but for the most part it will work.
margin-left:10px;
This determines the margin on the right side. Since our scrolling image is on the right side you will need to put your graphic image width plus 10px.
margin-right:250px;
This section tells you what color is the first loaded into the computers viewer. It is actually the color behind your stationery. I put mine at the main color I chose for my background. Most computers will show this color before the actual stationery.
background-color: #FFFFFF;
This is the color you want your font to be seen on your stationery. This is where you enter the HTML code we made a note of in making our stationery
color: #000000}
</STYLE>

</HEAD>
Your background image is what will cover the whole background.
The bgcolor is what is behind your stationery.
<BODY background="c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\stationery\BACKGROUND IMAGE HERE.JPG" bgColor=#FFFFFF>

<BODY>
Your Image that will be scrolling over the background goes here. You will also need to put in the Height and Width of your Image. Tip* put your image in the script that it is 10px wider than it actually is. In some scripts this will keep your font from starting right up against the image.
<IMG id=bkg src="file://C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Stationery\YOUR IMAGE HERE.JPG"
style="position:absolute;top:0;left:-1800;height:300px;width:225px">
Have your midi in your stationery folder and making sure the titles are exact enter your midi here.
<BGSOUND src="file://C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Stationery\YOUR MIDI HERE.MID" loop=99>

<SCRIPT language=VBScript>
REM *** RIGHT-BORDER SCROLL SCRIPT ***
REM Edgar V. Poirier
REM [email protected]
REM Thanks to Gerard Ferrandez for the idea ; )
REM Revised August 21, 1999
Dim w, wW, wH, sH, wx, pW, pH, bH, myTimer, x, y, xD, yD, Res, numPics

Set w=document.body

REM *******************************
REM * Set Scroll Direction Below *
REM * For Scroll-Down (yD=1) *
REM * For Scroll-Up (yD=-1) *
REM *******************************
Here determines which direction you want the scroll to go a number one will scroll down and a (minus) -1 will scroll up.
yD=1

REM Initialize
sub setUp()
    y=-(pH)
    w.style.marginRight=pW
    REM Get window dimensions
    wW=w.clientWidth
    wH=w.clientHeight
    REM Repeat to fix an OE bug
    wW=w.clientWidth
    wH=w.clientHeight
    sH=w.scrollHeight
    REM Set the scroll Width and Height
    bH=wH
    if sH>wH then bH=sH+pH
    chkPics=numPics
    REM Adjust number of pics for message length
    if int(bH/pH)>numPics then
        chkPics=int(bH/pH)+4
        data=""
        for i=numPics+1 to chkPics
            data=data&"<IMG src='"&bkg.src&"'>"
        next
        box.insertAdjacentHTML "BeforeEnd", data
    end if
    REM Limit visible area
    container.style.width=pW
    container.style.height=bH
    container.style.left=wW-pW
    container.style.top=0
    REM Set the size of the scrolling area
    box.style.height=bH+3*pH
    box.style.width=pW
    box.style.left=0
    box.style.top=y
    REM Start the scroll.
    SF
end sub

REM universal scrolling routine.
sub SF()
    ClearTimeOut(myTimer)
    y=y+yD
    if yD>0 and y>=0 then y=-pH
    if yD<0 and y<-pH then y=0
    REM Position the background image.
    box.style.top = y
    REM *** repeat (larger numbers in line below give slower scroll) ***
    myTimer=SetTimeOut("SF",24)
end sub

REM Everything starts here
sub Window_OnLoad()
    REM Get window dimensions
    wW=w.clientWidth
    wH=w.offsetHeight
    REM Repeat to fix an OE bug
    wW=w.clientWidth
    wH=w.offsetHeight
    REM Get users screen resolution
    wx=window.screen.width
    REM and adjust font size to match.
    Res=INT(wx/128)
The default font size is 14, if you have any other number up in the font-size at the beginning of the script, change this number to match.
    w.style.fontSize = 14+Res
    REM Get dimensions of background image.
    pW=bkg.style.posWidth
    pH=bkg.style.posHeight
    REM Number of images down
    numPics=INT((wx*.75)/pH)+4
    if w.scrollHeight>wH then
        hc=w.scrollHeight/pH
        if int(hc)<hc then
            numPics=int(hc)+4
        else
            numPics=int(hc)+4
        end if
    end if
    REM "Tile" the background (NOTE: Image is not positioned.)
    for i=1 to numPics
        data=""
        data="<IMG src='" & bkg.src & "'>"
        box.insertAdjacentHTML "beforeEnd", data
    next
    REM Lets get started.
    setUp
end sub

REM This runs if the window size is changed.
sub Window_OnResize()
    setUp
end sub

</SCRIPT>


<DIV id=container style="position:absolute;top:0;left:-1800;width:800;height:600;z-index:-1;filter:BlendTrans(Duration=0)">
<SPAN id=box style="HEIGHT: 4000px; POSITION: absolute; WIDTH: 3000px"></SPAN>
</DIV>

</BODY>

<script language="JavaScript">
The higher the number the slower your ticker script will scroll. ((I like mine at 450))

</script>

</HTML>

Well you are almost there!
Screen Captures are the same as lesson one. This part of your scripting does not change.
After you have entered in all your information, your Notepad text will need to be saved. The same script has to be saved two ways.
#1. Click file/Save As
When the Save As window pops up, put a name in for your stationery
The bottom window has as Text document, that is correct so save it to your stationery folder.

We still have to Save As a HTML file so our computers can read the script. So click SAVE/AS AGAIN but this time open the drop down window, and make ALL FILES as the save as type.
Then using your cursor take the .txt file extension off of the end of your stationery name and type in .html (make sure the dot is there) and click save again.

You should now have two files for your stationery, one is stationery name.txt
and the other is stationery name.html
Leave your html notepad open.. we are now going to look at the stationery.
Are you getting a little more familiar with the steps?
OK... now open your Outlook Express, click Message/click New message using/click select stationery.
In the stationery view window move the scroll bar till you see your stationery. You will only see the html version. Click on it, and click ok. Now your stationery should have opened up in the New Message Window.
**You will notice that your image is not in the edit window. Click on the preview tab to view the scrolling gif, your font size and colors. If you need to make any changes, close the window, make your changes in your notepad, save, then open your stationery again in your Outlook Express. Don't Forget to save your changes in both the HTML and TXT versions.

Click on the preview tab to see the scroll and ticker and hear the music.

Is everything working? Do you see the scroll? Is your ticker displaying your message?
Do you hear your midi playing?
If you did NOT get an error window CONGRATULATIONS!!!! YOU DID IT!!!
Now click back to the edit tab and test your font, is the color dark enough? Is it too close to the graphic or too far away? Is it large enough or too large? Do you want to change anything? If you do, close the stationery, maximize the notepad html and make the changes, click save (since it is still active and open you can make changes) and open your stationery again to view the changes.
If you made changes you must save as both html and txt again If you are quite happy with everything then send the stationery to yourself to verify its working correctly. If it is, and you have saved both your html and txt, then close your Notepad you are done with lesson three!

If in the future you want to make changes in this stationery, open up the txt file, make your changes, save as both .txt and html again.
I know the "saving as" to both is overwhelming, in a few more lessons it will become so very easy for you and it will just fall into place.

Click Here To View Finished Example
This will take a moment to load, as I have placed it as a txt version, This way you can click on View/Source so that you can see the actual stationery changes that I made. You can see the names and sizes and colors. Use your "back" button to return to this page.

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