flashTicker Intro

This component is a useful way to continuously scroll short excerpts of text such as news items. Images can be included too (if using the xml option). In this userguide we refer to each excerpt as a topic.
 

The content of the topics can be entered directly in the component via the components panel (using an array). You may also feed the topic contents via an external XML or text file. This allows for greater flexibility as the topic contents may be easily updated by the designer/developer or the client, without having to edit the fla. Please select from the links on the left for instructions for each of these three methods.

Beginners, who do not want to get involved with writing any external files, should choose 'data array'. Note that the XML or text options are no more complicated than editing a simple HTML file. We recommend using the XML option, as it allows you to utilize many more features.

For smoother scrolling, try using a higher frames per second (fps) rate in your movie. The scroll speed when viewed through a webbrowser may differ from the scroll speed when testing inside Flash.

Start by dragging the flashTicker component from the components panel onto the stage.

Adjust the desired display area using the scale or free transform tool.

Note:
When creating a preloader for the you can check the current load status of the flashTicker and flashTickerFX using the isLoaded method.

For example:

    myTicker.isLoaded; // will return the current load status

Here is an explanation of the available features for each of the data source options:
 

continue to XML File       continue to Text File       continue to Data Array