FP2000: How to Create a Scrolling Message in Browser's Status Bar (213872)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft FrontPage 2000
This article was previously published under Q213872

For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see 194155.
For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 version of this article, see 167596.

SUMMARY

This article provides a sample FrontPage Java script that displays a custom, scrolling message in the Internet Explorer status bar.

MORE INFORMATION

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Example

Insert the following script in the 
<head>
section of your HTML Web page: 
  <script Language="JavaScript">
 	// Scrolling text string.
	var strText="This is a scrolling message!"; 
	// Length of the text
	var intText=strText.length; 
	// Speed of the scroll 
	var intSpeed=25; 
	// Width of the scrolling area.
	var intWidth=100; 
	var intPos=1-intWidth;
         function scroll()
         {
           // Initialize the string to be printed.
           intPos++;
           var strScroll="";
           // Move to the right in the string.
           if (intPos==intText)
           {
             // Start over if the string is done.
             intPos=1-intWidth;
           }
           // Scrolling
           if (intPos<0)
           {
           // Add spaces to beginning if necessary.
			 for (var i=1; i<=Math.abs(intPos); i++)
             {
               strScroll=strScroll+" ";
             }
             strScroll=strScroll+strText.substring(0, intWidth-i+1);
           }
           else
           {
           strScroll=strScroll+strText.substring(intPos,intWidth+intPos);
           }
           window.status = strScroll;
           setTimeout("scroll()", intSpeed);
         }
 </script>
In order for the message to function, modify the <BODY> tag so that it looks like this: 
<BODY onload="scroll()">
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/18/2005
Keywords:kbinfo KB213872
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