General Settings

The following parameters should be set, regardless of the data source (XML, text or array).

 

  Property Description
9 SCROLL DIRECTION Sets the direction and orientation in which the data will scroll:
  • vertical-incremental: scrolls vertically from top to bottom
  • vertical-decremental: scrolls vertically from bottom to top
  • horizontal-incremental: scrolls horizontally from left to right
  • horizontal-decremental: scrolls horizontally from right to left
10 SINGLE LINE Sets the text to be placed in a single line, or varying width. This should be used in combination with horizontal scrolling.
11 SCROLL SPEED The speed at which the data scrolls. The higher the number, the slower the speed. Please note that the speed can also be affected by the fps, operating system, processor speed, etc.
12 SCROLL INCREMENT The increment (in pixels) at which the ticker scroller. The higher the numbers, the faster the scrolling will be. Note: Higher numbers will be less smooth.
13 PAUSE TIME The approximate pause time before scrolling to the next topic. This speed is dependent on the fps of your movie. For example, if your movie runs at 30fps, set the PAUSE TIME to 30 to pause for 1 second. To pause for 3 seconds, you would set this parameter to 90. Setting the PAUSE TIME to 'zero' will cancel automatic pausing.
14 PAUSE OVER Set to 'true' if scrolling should pause when the mouse is over a topic.
15 HAND CURSOR Set to 'true' to display a hand cursor over clickable topics.
16 BORDER Set to ‘true’ to display a border around the ticker.
17 BORDER COLOR Select the color of the border or enter the hex value of the desired color.
18 BUTTONS Select the display of navigation buttons:
  • none: no buttons are displayed
  • top: buttons are displayed in the inner top right and left corners of the ticker
  • bottom: buttons are displayed in the inner bottom right and left corners of the ticker
  • left: buttons are displayed in the inner left top and bottom corners of the ticker
  • right: buttons are displayed in the inner right top and bottom corners of the ticker

NOTES:
1. The direction of the arrows on the buttons will change according to the scroll direction – left and right for horizontal, up and down for vertical.
2. Buttons are automatically disabled until the first topic has reached the maximum scroll position.
19 BUTTON COLOR Select the color of the buttons or enter the hex value of the desired color.
20 BUTTON SCROLL SPEED Enter the speed at which to scroll when pressing the buttons. The lower the value, the faster the speed. In most cases one would choose a speed which is faster than the regular SCROLL SPEED (#8).
21 BUFFER LEFT Enter the space (in pixels) between the scrolling content and the left border of the ticker.
22 BUFFER RIGHT Enter the space (in pixels) between the scrolling content and the right border of the ticker.
23 BUFFER TOP & BOTTOM Enter the space (in pixels) between the scrolling content and the top and bottom borders of the ticker.
24 TEXT WIDTH Enter the desired display width (in pixels) of the text. Set this value to “0” to set the width automatically, according to the width of the ticker.

NOTE:
In most cases this value would be set to zero for vertical scrolling.
25 TEXT ALIGN Select the text alignment - left, right or center.
26 LINE SPACING Enter the line spacing for the text.
27 IMAGE POSITION

Select the position at which images are displayed (should images be defined): left, right or center.

NOTE:
The images are aligned in relation to the position of the text.
Images are positioned below the text, except when SCROLL DIRECTION is set to
“vertical-decremental”.
28 IMAGE VERTICAL Select the vertical image position (top of bottom).
29 IMAGE SPACER Enter the distance (in pixels) between the images and the topic text.
30 SHOW VISITED Set to ‘true’ to change the text color of topics that have been visited. The color is set under VISITED TEXT COLOR (#21).
31 VISITED TEXT COLOR The text color for topics that have been visited. This value is used only if SHOW VISITED (#20) is set to true.
32 EMBED FONTS Set to ‘true’ if the fonts should be embedded. As a mask is integrated into the ticker, we recommend embedding the fonts. If embedded fonts are to be used, the fonts defined must be included in the library or must be embedded in a dynamic textfield on or off the stage. Click here for embedding instructions.
33 DEFAULT FONT

Select the default font that should be used for topic text. This font will be used wherever another font has not been defined in the HTML tags of the topic text.
34 DEFAULT FONT SIZE Enter the default font size. This size will be used wherever a size has not been defined in the HTML tags of the topic text.
35 DEFAULT FONT COLOR Select the default font color (or enter the hex value) for topic text. This color will be used wherever a color has not been defined in the HTML tags of the topic text.
36 BACKGROUND Set to ‘true’ to display a background color behind the ticker.
37 BACKGROUND COLOR Select the color for the ticker background. This value is used only if BACKGROUND (#26) is set to true.
38 ROLLOVER TEXT COLOR CHANGE Select whether to change the topic text color on mouseover.
39 ROLLOVER TEXT COLOR Select the font color (or enter the hex value) for topic text on mouseover. This value is used only if ROLLOVER TEXT COLOR CHANGE (#28) is set to true.
40 ROLLOVER BACKGROUND Set to ‘true’ to display a background color behind the topic text on mouseover.
41 ROLLOVER BACKGROUND COLOR Select the color for the topic text background on mouseover. This value is used only if ROLLOVER BACKGROUND (#30) is set to true.