Brief Description:	Java Ticker Applet
Name	Supertick.class
Size
OS/Browser	IE 3.02 and above, Netscape Navigator 3.02 and above. (Any browser supporting JAVA1.0)
Distribution	Freeware
Highlights	Here is what SuperTicker can do: Scroll horizontally with alignment Scroll Vertically Do a "Star Wars" Scroll Use background image or color. Reads data from a text file on the server. Can update message after preset time. Act as an hyperlink.
Notes	The download file contains : this html file and  the Supertick.class (JAVA) file.  Cut paste the code presented below in your HTML file to use the Superticker in your page to achieve COOL effects. Some of the usefull things you can do with SuperTicker are:   Provide stock, news updates on your page by using autoupdate feature of SuperTicker. Use this with Active Desktop feature of  IE4 and you get updates right on the desktop. Super-impose scrolling text on ad-banners, and link the scroller to the sponsor using the  hyperlink facility. Use the "StarWars" scroller.
Parameters:	Parameter Name Description msg Message to be displayed. This parameter is ignored if datafile parameter is present.  datafile Name of the file containing the messages. This file is to be placed in the same directory as the .class file. Do not leave blank carriage returnsin the file, each line should contain atleast single character. scrolltype Value: 0 = Horizontal Scrolling (default) 1 = Vertical Scrolling 2 = StarWars style scroll (background image support) 3 = Super StarWars scroll, smooth scrolling (background image not supported) fontsize Font size in points (default size 14) valign Vertical aligning of message, used only with horizontal scrolling. Value: 0 = Bottom Align 1 = Center Align (default) 2 = Top Align txtco Color of the scrolling text, given in comma separated RGB format [0-255],[0-255],[0-255]. e.g. Red is 255,0,0 Default color is black i.e. 0,0,0 bgco Background color for the applet, given in comma separated RGB format. href Complete URL to which the user will be redirected on clicking. Loads the URL in the browser when the user clicks on the applet area. speed Scroll speed. In number of pixels the text scrolls each time. Default 5 pixels. updtime Time after which the applet will re-read the datafile from the server. Specified in seconds. Avoid this facility if you are using the Superticker in StarWars scroll mode.

Simple Ticker: <applet code="Supertick" width="400" height="100"> <param name="msg" value="This is a simple ticker. "> </applet>

Ticker with vertical scrolling, background image, font color, size and auto -update.   <applet code="Supertick" width="400" height="150"> <param name="datafile" value="swars.txt"> <param name="scrolltype" value="1"> <param name="txtco" value="255,255,255"> <param name="fontsize" value="13"> <param name="bgimg" value="gradient.jpg"> <param name="speed" value="1"> <param name="updtime" value="20"> </applet>

StarWars Scroll.   <applet code="Supertick" width="400" height="150"> <param name="datafile" value="swars.txt"> <param name="scrolltype" value="2"> <param name="txtco" value="255,255,255"> <param name="speed" value="1"> <param name="bgimg" value="gradient.jpg"> <param name="fontsize" value="30"> </applet>

StarWars Scroll (smoother with no background image.   <applet code="Supertick" width="500" height="250"> <param name="datafile" value="swars.txt"> <param name="scrolltype" value="3"> <param name="txtco" value="255,255,255"> <param name="bgco" value="0,0,0"> <param name="speed" value="1"> <param name="fontsize" value="50"> </applet>

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