HeadLiner2 Applet



You can access the setFileName(), start(), stop(), setBorder(), setbgColor(), setfgColor(), and setScrollDelay() functions from within JavaScript:


See the original HeadLiner for more details on how to use the applet. Since, HeadLiner2 was derived from HeadLiner, it has all the same capabilities and more.

The new applet supports these additional applet parameters:

FontName --Courier, TimesRoman, or Helvetica
FontSize --font point size (1-127)
FontStyle --bold, plain, italic, or bolditalic
VisibleLines --Sets the number of visible lines to be displayed in each screen full.

Setting the VisibleLines parameter to the exact number of visible lines could help improve
the applet's performance since it won't be formatting and printing lines that are extending
beyond the bottom of the applet. Setting this value too low will result in the applet only
using a portion of the display area, which might be by design if you are using a background
image for the applet.

The headlines.txt file (or whatever name you give it) can now include inline formatting tags.
These are similar to html tags, but different. Each tag must be enclosed in < and > symbols.
Do not include any spaces between the < and > !!

These are the recognized tags:

b sets bold font style /b undoes it.
i sets italic font style /i undoes it.
courier sets the Courier font.
helvetica sets the Helvetica font.
timesroman sets the TimesRoman font.
size=N sets the font point size (N is from 1 to 127)
color=N sets the current text color (N must be a hexadecimal value as rrggbb)
bgcolor=N sets the background color (updated only once per text line)
loadimage=FILE loads an image file (can be either .jpg or .gif -animated is okay)
image=N displays a pre-loaded image file (N is between 0 and 9, numbered automatically in sequence)
bgimage=FILE loads an image file to be used as a stationary background image
setbgimage=N sets pre-loaded image N as the current stationary background image
setgbimage=10 tells the applet to not use any image for a background.

Please see the headliner2test.txt file for an example on
using these inline tags.

Here is a link to the HeadLiner2.class file.

There was a bug in an earlier edition of HeadLiner2.class, which was corrected on 10/12/99. If you downloaded prior to that date, please download the latest file. Thanks to Michelle B. for helping uncover this bug.

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