Ticker Test

The Ticker Applet

Stock Ticker:

News Ticker:

<param> list

name=dataURL	value=content URL containing ticker data
name=linkURL	value=URL link to go to on mouse up (default: none)
name=reload	value=content URL reload interval in ms (default: no updates)
name=dataStringN	value=content strings for ticker data, where N is in [0-9]
name=dataLinksN	value=content links for content strings, where N is in [0-9]
name=speed	value=ticker speed in pixels per redraw (default: 8)
name=delay	value=animation interval in ms (default: 200)
name=bgColor	value=RRGGBB background color in hex (default: white)
name=fgColor	value=RRGGBB foreground color in hex (default: black)
name=fontName	value=Java supported font name (default: TimesRoman)
name=fontSize	value=Java supported font size (default: 12)
name=fontType	value=Plain, Bold, or Italic (default: Plain)

The dataURL contents take precendence over the dataString values, when dataURL exists and is accessible. No spaces are inserted bewteen dataStrings (add them yourself in the strings), but spaces are substituted for newlines in the dataURL content. The linkURL is associated with the dataURL content, the dataLinkN links are associated with the respective dataStringN string. Ommitted components are silently omitted. The content updates from dataURL are held pending until the next ticker cycle (so the screen doesn't flash). A message is printed to the java console when an update occurs. The animation step is timed, so the intra-frame interval is limited to be no less than the delay value (but it can be longer if a machine is particularly slow...).