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dontpunchme

dontpunchme

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Jul 29, 2002
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Hi,

I have a current scroller script shown here:


The script contains has items in an array that it cycles through and scrolls up the page (within a box):

singletext[0]='<div align="left" STYLE="color:green"><a href="#">30 yr</a> fixed</div>'
singletext[1]='<div align="left" STYLE="color:green"><a href="#">15 yr</a> fixed</div>'

When it the script runs, it dispays the contents from the first array "30 Year fixed" in a window that is approx three lines high. Before the next item in the array displays, the script waits for the firt item to completely exit the window. So.. there is a delay in seeing the next item.

I am trying to make it dislay where the items show up one after another, and after it gets to the end, it re-displays the first item without a space.

Example:

30 year fixed
15 year fixed
5 year fixed
3 year arm

Like I said above, when the 30 year fixed scrolls past the top of the window, I would like it to be moved to the end of the list (without a gap).

Example.

15 year fixed
5 year fixed
3 year ARM
10 year fixed

Please see this URL for an example of where I am currently at with the script:


BTW, the scroll speed also seems to speed up while leaving the window. Not sure why.

Thanks for your help. Sorry I am clueless.

Mike
 
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Do you still need the solution to run in NN4?

Dan




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Nope. You can drop NN4 if that makes the solution easier.
 
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Hmm...

After looking over the script, I don't think it would be a quick job to get items to display one after the other with no space.

It might be easier to get a new scroller script, rather than edit this one - have you tried Dynamcic Drive (
That aside, here's a quick re-work of the script you do have, to make it (IMHO) a lot nicer. It works in IE6, FF1, Opera7, and NN7 - and is a lot less code.

Code: 
<html>
<head>
	<script type="text/javascript">
	<!--
		//slider's width
		var swidth = 350;

		//slider's height
		var sheight = 40;

		//slider's speed
		var sspeed = 2;

		//messages: change to your own; use as many as you'd like; set up Hyperlinks to URLs as you normally do: <a target=... href="... URL ...">..message..</a>
		var singletext = new Array();
		singletext[0]='<div align="left" style="color:green"><a href="#">30 yr</a> fixed</div>'
		singletext[1]='<div align="left" style="color:green"><a href="#">15 yr</a> fixed</div>'
		singletext[2]='<div align="left" style="color:green"><a href="#">5 yr</a> fixed</div>'
		singletext[3]='<div align="left" style="color:green"><a href="#">5 yr</a> ARM</div>'
		singletext[4]='<div align="left" style="color:green"><a href="#">3 yr</a> ARM</div>'
		singletext[5]='<div align="left" style="color:green"><a href="#">1 yr</a> ARM</div>'

		i = (singletext.length>1) ? 1 : 0;

		function start(sliderName) {
			document.getElementById(sliderName).style.top = sheight + 'px';
			marquee(sliderName);
		}

		function marquee(whichDiv) {
			var theDiv = document.getElementById(whichDiv);

			if (parseInt(theDiv.style.top, 10) > 0 && parseInt(theDiv.style.top, 10) <= sspeed) {
				theDiv.style.top = '0px';
				setTimeout('marquee(\'' + whichDiv + '\');', 100);
			}

			if (parseInt(theDiv.style.top, 10) >= sheight*-1) {
				theDiv.style.top = (parseInt(theDiv.style.top, 10) - sspeed) + 'px';
				setTimeout('marquee(\'' + whichDiv + '\');', 100);
			} else {
				theDiv.style.top = sheight + 'px';
				theDiv.innerHTML = singletext[i];
				if (i++ == singletext.length - 1) i = 0;
			}
		}
	//-->
	</script>
</head>

<body onload="start('slider1')">
	<div align="center">
		<span style="border-width:1px; border-color:black; width:350px; height:72px; background:white;">
			<script type="text/javascript">
			<!--
				document.writeln('<div style="position:relative; overflow:hidden; width:' + swidth + 'px; height:' + sheight + 'px; clip:rect(0px ' + swidth + 'px ' + sheight + 'px 0px); border:1px solid #000000;" onmouseover="sspeed = 2;" onmouseout="sspeed = 2;">');
				document.writeln('<div id="slider1" style="position:relative; width:' + swidth + 'px;">');
				document.write(singletext[0]);
				document.writeln('</div></div>');
			//-->
			</script>
		</span>
	</div>
</body>
</html>

Hope this helps,
Dan


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