A status scroller that displays the text one letter at a time
Source Code
<html>
<head>
<title>status Bar scroller</title>
</head>
<body>
<script>
<!--
message = "This is another example of a simple typewriter example^" +
"You can enter an unlimited number of lines here^" +
"Please, take a look at the code for a more detailed description^" +
"Created by Michiel Steendam^" +
"This typewriter will repeat now ...^" +
"^"
scrollSpeed = 25
lineDelay = 1500
txt = ""
function scrollText(pos)
{
if (message.charAt(pos) != '^')
{
txt = txt + message.charAt(pos)
status = txt
pauze = scrollSpeed
}
else
{
pauze = lineDelay
txt = ""
if (pos == message.length-1) pos = -1
}
pos++
setTimeout("scrollText('"+pos+"')",pauze)
}
// Unhide -->
scrollText(0)
</script>
</body>
</html>