3Quarks - Applets - TickerLine

A compact, one line news ticker with the following features:
	Written in "pure Java 1.0" and thus available problem-free on all Java enabled browsers.
	The characters are created using bitmap fonts, allowing you to create your own font.
	The characters can be displayed in different colors and on different backgrounds.
	The ticker text can be passed as a parameter or as a text file.
	You can specify various tones for any key stroke, space bar and enter.
	The sound output can be switched on or off through JavaScript, as in this example, or using a second applet.

	The description of the applet parameters illustrated by an example.
	The page Interface describes how to switch on or off the sound output using JavaScript or a second applet.
	Here you can find different fonts for the news ticker as well as examples and downloads.

You can select here between two versions:
	The file TickerLine.zip (10 kByte) contains the Java class TickerLine and the source code.
	The file TickerLine-en.zip (106 kByte) contains additionally this page as well as the pages listet in chapter "See also" and contains all required resources.

The sound support for Microsoft Windows 95/98 is incorrect. If an audio clip is played between one thousand and two thousand times with java, the operating system crashed with an error in the system library "mmsystem." This error occurs with all browsers under Microsoft Windows 95/98. At Suns Developer Connection a bug report exists-bug Id 4072950-, however a fix for this problem is not yet available. Perhaps someone has an idea...

The TickerLine applet can intercept this error, by interrogating the operating system and simply playing no sound under Microsoft Windows 95/98. You can find further information about this problem in the section "EnableSound." Please remember that in all examples presented here the sound support can be activated for Windows 95/98. If you are using one of these operating systems, then please don't play the sound too long.