Optional Scrolltext parameters: You can optionally activate a scrolltext that will scroll over an applet. If you don't need the scrolltext, deactivate this feature by placing "NO" in the "textscroll" parameter. If you want textscrolling, write a text you want scrolled in an ASCII text file. Only one line of a text is supported in "horizontal" mode, but it can be as long as you want. In "vertical" mode, be sure not to exceed the width of the applet with the single lines of text. Remember to upload the text file to your site if you activate the scrolltext; otherwise you will get a message like "404 not found"! If activated, here are the available parameters: ; File for scrolltext or "NO" ; Tetxscroll mode ; Vertical spacing in "vertical" ; Min fontsize in "zooming" ; Max fontsize in "zooming" ; Txtscroll y offset in "horizontal" ; Txtscroll speed ; Txtscroll font name ; Txtscroll bold ("YES" or "NO") ; Txtscroll italic ("YES" or "NO") ; Txtscroll font size ; Txtscroll shadow ("YES" or "NO") ; Txtscroll colour (red component) ; Txtscroll colour (green component) ; Txtscroll colour (blue component) ; Txtscroll shadow col. (red c.) ; Txtscroll shadow col. (green c.) ; Txtscroll shadow col. (blue c.) ; Txtscroll jump amplitude ; Txtscroll jump speed ; Txtscroll sineshape amplitude ; Txtscroll sineshape movement ; Txtscroll sineangle / pixel ***************************************************************************** Detailed instructions: PART 1: TEXTTYPE PARAMETERS The "texttype" parameter determines the scrolltext mode. There are 4 modes: "horizontal" -> This scroller is a horizontal line sliding right to left. "vertical" -> This scroller is made by lines that scroll upward, like the final credits on movies. "zooming" -> Text zooms in the center from far away to very close. "invzooming" -> Text zooms in the center from very close to far away. - TEXTTYPE = VERTICAL If texttype="vertical", you can determine the vertical spacing between lines with the "textvspace" parameter. - TEXTTYPE = ZOOMING or INVZOOMING If texttype="zooming" or "invzooming", you can determine both the maximum and minimum text font size with "textminfont" and "textmaxfont" parameters. - TEXTTYPE = HORIZONTAL If texttype="horizontal", with "textoffset" you can choose the Y offset from the top. Placing it at 0, the scroll will be placed on the top, and placing a value near the height of the applet will scroll the text at the bottom. Optionally, you can activate the text jumping function, or the text sine function, but you can't activate both effects simultaneously. You have to choose between jumping or sine curve for the best effect on your page. If "TextJumpAmp" is set to "0", no jumping will be shown. Increasing the value will result in text jumping: more amplitute, or say, more high jumps. With the "TextJumpSpd" parameter you can select the jumping speed. The alternative function is to activate the sine scroll function. If "TextSineAmp" is set to 0, no sine distortion will be generated. Increasing the value will result in a text waving effect. The higher the amplitude, the more waving. With the "TextSineSpd" parameter you can select the speed of the wave. With the "TextSineAngle" parameter you set how many degrees in a sinewave the text will be deformed for each pixel. A higher value gives more distortion. PART 2: COMMON PARAMETERS The "textspeed" parameter determines the scrolling speed. With "textfont" you choose a font of the text. Don't choose a strange or non-standard font which is not common to all systems. The usable fonts are "Courier", "Dialog", "Helvetica" and "TimesRoman". If the required font is not present, the most "near" will be used. Setting "textbold" to "YES" will enlarge the font a bit. Set it to "NO" for normal contours. With "textspeed" parameter you decide the scrolling speed. Setting "textitalic" to "YES" will apply italic style to the font. Set to "NO" to disable this feature. With "textsize" you can change the size of text font. The most common sizes are: 8,9,10,11,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28,36,48,72. Intermediate values will be scaled to the nearest available size. Setting "textshadow" to "YES" will add shadow to the textscroll. Otherwise, setting it to "NO" will make shadow "projected". You can choose the colour of text with: TextColR = Red component of colour (0-255) TextColG = Green component of colour (0-255) TextColB = Blue component of colour (0-255) For example, 0,0,0 is black, 255,255,255 is white, 255,0,0 is red, 255,255,0 is yellow, 128,128,128 is grey. You can compose any colour you want. Try manually experimenting, or use any paint program's colour selector to find the Red Green Blue components of your desired colour. With "TextSColR", "TextSColG", "TextSColB", you can select the colour for the text shadow. NOTE: If you want to display special characters, such as Japanese, Chinese or Korean, this will work only from versions 4 of Netscape and Explorer, not on releases 3 and older.