I look forward to suggestions!
I've sent this as a prototype to Backstage now and it might form part of
the "TV competition" system, still thinking about it's potential uses!
http://www.webcoding.co.uk/ticker.htm
Cheers,
Jim
Paul Veltman wrote:
Thanks James
Look forward to dissecting it at leisure.
Paul
James wrote:
Excellent.
http://www.webcoding.co.uk/backstage-v0.3.zip
It now includes a configuration xml file where you can specify as
many feeds as you wish to load. You can also include the delay time
for items and feeds, application width, height, alwaysontop mode, to
have window borders or not. There are also options for color
settings, static information string
-- preferences.xml example --
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<preferences>
<always-on-top>true</always-on-top>
<show-frame-border>false</show-frame-border>
<!-- IF 0 then the application will determine its on width and
hegiht -->
<app-width>1024</app-width>
<app-height>50</app-height>
<!-- 0 then all items are used -->
<maximum-items-per-feed>2</maximum-items-per-feed>
<!-- In milliseconds -->
<pause-between-item>8000</pause-between-item>
<pause-between-feed>5000</pause-between-feed>
<background-color r="153" g="0" b="0"/>
<information> - Backstage RSS Ticker v0.3 by [EMAIL PROTECTED],
supported by backstage.bbc.co.uk</information>
<feeds>
<feed>http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_world_edition/front_page/rss.xml</feed>
<feed>http://www.theregister.co.uk/headlines.rss</feed>
</feeds>
</preferences>
Paul Veltman wrote:
Hi James
Just downloaded your News ticker - ( XP, Firefox 1.0.5, Java(TM) 2
Platform Standard Edition binary, File version: 5.0.20.9 / JRE
1.4.2_08)
(sorry, I'm a newbie)
Works beautifully. Can position it anywhere (but extends out beyond
the right margin).
Nice work. Must have a look at the source code, and see how this
magic works.
Cheers
Paul Veltman
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