<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>JavaScript Ticker (using Tabular Data Control)</title> <!-- BEGIN TICKER STYLE --> <style type="text/css"> .tickerStyle{font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica; color:#666699; font-weight:bold; font-size:8pt; background:#EEEEFF; border-right:#666699 solid 2px; border-left:#666699 solid 1px; border-top:#666699 solid 1px; border-bottom:#666699 solid 2px; padding:3px; width:400px; text-align:center; text-decoration:none} .tickerStyle:hover{font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica; color:#666699; font-weight:bold; font-size:8pt; background:#DDDDEE; border-right:#666699 solid 1px; border-left:#666699 solid 2px; border-top:#666699 solid 2px; border-bottom:#666699 solid 1px; padding:3px; width:400px; text-align:center; text-decoration:none} </style> <!-- END TICKER STYLE --> <!-- BEGIN JAVASCRIPT TICKER USING TABULAR DATA CONTROL --> <script language="JavaScript"> // JavaScript Ticker // - using Tabular Data Control // (c) 2002 Premshree Pillai // http://www.qiksearch.com // qiksearch@rediffmail.com
function TDC_Ticker(objName, divName, counter, maxMsgs, timeOut) { try { eval('tickerSet=' + objName + '.recordset'); if(!tickerSet.EOF && counter<maxMsgs-1) { tickerSet.MoveNext(); counter++; } else { counter=0; tickerSet.MoveFirst(); } setTimeout("TDC_Ticker('"+objName+"','"+divName+"','"+counter+"','"+maxMsgs+"','"+timeOut+"')", timeOut); } catch(e) { alert('This Ticker works with IE 5+ only.'); } } </script> <!-- END JAVASCRIPT TICKER USING TABULAR DATA CONTROL --> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<center><span style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica; font-weight:bold; font-size:19pt; color:#666699; filter:Shadow(direction=45, color=#9999CC); width:100%">JavaScript Ticker<br>using Tabular Data Control</span></center><br>
<!-- BEGIN TICKER PLACEMENT --> <center> <object id="ticker" classid="CLSID:333C7BC4-460F-11D0-BC04-0080C7055A83"> <param name="DataURL" value="tickerData.txt"> <param name="UseHeader" value="TRUE"> <param name="TextQualifier" value="~"> <param name="FieldDelim" value="|"> </object> <a href="" datasrc="#ticker" datafld="messageURL" class="tickerStyle"> <span id="tickerDiv" datasrc="#ticker" datafld="message"></span> </a> <script language="JavaScript"> var tickerMaxMsgs=4; // Maximum Messages in the Data File var tickerCount=tickerMaxMsgs; new TDC_Ticker('ticker','tickerDiv',tickerCount,tickerMaxMsgs,2000); // Set the Ticker </script> </center> <!-- END TICKER PLACEMENT -->
<!-- BEGIN DESCRIPTION --> <table width="400" align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td> <font face="verdana,arial,helvetica" size="-1" color="#000000"> <br>This JavaScript Ticker is an example of "Data Binding" using "Tabular Data Control (TDC)" which is a Microsoft ActiveX control built in to Internet Explorer.<br><br> To include this ActiveX control, you must use the <OBJECT> tag with CLASSID as <br>"CLSID:333C7BC4-460F-11D0-BC04-0080C7055A83". To include such a ticker, you must first place the following <STYLE> and JavaScript in the <HEAD> section :<br><br> <textarea rows="5" cols="45" style="border:#000000 solid 1px; overflow:auto" onfocus="this.select()"> <!-- BEGIN TICKER STYLE --> <style type="text/css"> .tickerStyle{font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica; color:#666699; font-weight:bold; font-size:8pt; background:#EEEEFF; border-right:#666699 solid 2px; border-left:#666699 solid 1px; border-top:#666699 solid 1px; border-bottom:#666699 solid 2px; padding:3px; width:400px; text-align:center; text-decoration:none} .tickerStyle:hover{font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica; color:#666699; font-weight:bold; font-size:8pt; background:#DDDDEE; border-right:#666699 solid 1px; border-left:#666699 solid 2px; border-top:#666699 solid 2px; border-bottom:#666699 solid 1px; padding:3px; width:400px; text-align:center; text-decoration:none} </style> <!-- END TICKER STYLE --> <!-- BEGIN JAVASCRIPT TICKER USING TABULAR DATA CONTROL --> <script language="JavaScript"> // JavaScript Ticker // - using Tabular Data Control // (c) 2002 Premshree Pillai // http://www.qiksearch.com // qiksearch@rediffmail.com
function TDC_Ticker(objName, divName, counter, maxMsgs, timeOut) { try { eval('tickerSet=' + objName + '.recordset'); if(!tickerSet.EOF && counter<maxMsgs-1) { tickerSet.MoveNext(); counter++; } else { counter=0; tickerSet.MoveFirst(); } setTimeout("TDC_Ticker('"+objName+"','"+divName+"','"+counter+"','"+maxMsgs+"','"+timeOut+"')", timeOut); } catch(e) { alert('This Ticker works with IE 5+ only.'); } } </script> <!-- END JAVASCRIPT TICKER USING TABULAR DATA CONTROL --></textarea> <br><br>Here is the description of the arguments that the function TDC_Ticker() takes: <br><br><b>objName</b> : The ID of the OBJECT where you include the TDC for that ticker. <br><b>divName</b> : The ID of the element where the messages will tick. <br><b>counter</b> : A counter that should be initialised to the max number of messages. <br><b>maxMsgs</b> : The max number of messages in the data file. <br><b>timeOut</b> : The delay (in milliseconds) between messages. <br><br>Next, you must place the code for placing the ticker. For e.g, the code for placing the above ticker is :<br><br> <textarea rows="5" cols="45" style="border:#000000 solid 1px; overflow:auto" onfocus="this.select()"> <!-- BEGIN TICKER PLACEMENT --> <center> <object id="ticker" classid="CLSID:333C7BC4-460F-11D0-BC04-0080C7055A83"> <param name="DataURL" value="tickerData.txt"> <param name="UseHeader" value="TRUE"> <param name="TextQualifier" value="~"> <param name="FieldDelim" value="|"> </object> <a href="" datasrc="#ticker" datafld="messageURL" class="tickerStyle"> <span id="tickerDiv" datasrc="#ticker" datafld="message"></span> </a> <script language="JavaScript"> var tickerMaxMsgs=4; // Maximum Messages in the Data File var tickerCount=tickerMaxMsgs; new TDC_Ticker('ticker','tickerDiv',tickerCount,tickerMaxMsgs,2000); // Set the Ticker </script> </center> <!-- END TICKER PLACEMENT --></textarea> <br><br>Here is the list of Parameters the <OBJECT> takes : <br><br><b>DataURL</b> : The path of the file that contains the data. <br><b>UseHeader</b> : This is always set to TRUE. <br><b>TextQualifier</b> : The character at the beginning and end of a message. <br><b>FieldDelim</b> : The Field Delimiter.<br><br> <a href="tickerData.txt" target="_blank"><font color="#666699">Click here</font></a> to see the data file (tickerData.txt) used for the above ticker.<br><br> </font> </td></tr></table> <!-- END DESCRIPTION -->
<!-- BEGIN TICKER PLACEMENT FOR CPY --> <center> <object id="cpy" classid="CLSID:333C7BC4-460F-11D0-BC04-0080C7055A83"> <param name="DataURL" value="cpyData.txt"> <param name="UseHeader" value="TRUE"> <param name="TextQualifier" value="*"> <param name="FieldDelim" value="^"> </object> <a href="" datasrc="#cpy" datafld="messageURL" class="tickerStyle"> <span id="cpyDiv" datasrc="#cpy" datafld="message"></span> </a> <script language="JavaScript"> var cpyMaxMsgs=2; // Maximum Messages in the Data File var cpyCount=cpyMaxMsgs; new TDC_Ticker('cpy','cpyDiv',cpyCount,cpyMaxMsgs,4000); // Set the Ticker </script> </center> <!-- END TICKER PLACEMENT FOR CPY -->
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