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Re: question from another group
On Wed, 14 Feb 1996, anx.scan wrote:
> someone posted this to another mail group im in. I, also, am
> interested in the answer... so read on and tell me if this is
> possible:
>
> ----------------------
> From: dreamz@webcom.com
>
>
> below is the script for web page i have done for a client.
> (www.sat.net/netgate) anyway, what it does (take a look at the page)
> is scroll a message accross the bottom of the netscape 2.0 browswer
> window..... im sure youve seen it before
>
> my problem is, i want it to go faster... and i cant make it... anyone
> who knows java better than me, which would be anyone who knows java,
> please take a look at the script below, which i exerpted from the html
> doc, and look at the page, and make suggestions for speeding it up, if
> possible. thanks
>
> thanks
> dale
>
> script exerpt:
> <HEAD>
> <TITLE>NET.Gate Home Page</TITLE>
> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
>
> <!-- Beginning of JavaScript Applet -------------------
>
> function scrollit_r2l(seed)
>
> {
> var m1 = "Welcome to NET.Gate, your local access to the
> information
> superhighway. ";
> var m2 = "Our next Learning To Use The Internet Class ill be
> held
> on February 28, 1996. ";
> var m3 = "Class time is 7:00pm, and will be held in the
> Second
> Floor Classroom at Medical Center Hospital. ";
>
> var msg=m1+m2+m3;
> var out = " ";
> var c = 1;
>
> if (seed > 100) {
> seed--;
> var cmd="scrollit_r2l(" + seed + ")";
> timerTwo=window.setTimeout(cmd,100);
> }
>
> else if (seed <= 100 && seed > 0) {
> for (c=0 ; c < seed ; c++) {
> out+=" ";
> }
>
> out+=msg;
> seed--;
> var cmd="scrollit_r2l(" + seed + ")";
> window.status=out;
> timerTwo=window.setTimeout(cmd,100);
> }
>
> else if (seed <= 0) {
> if (-seed < msg.length) {
> out+=msg.substring(-seed,msg.length);
> seed--;
> var cmd="scrollit_r2l(" + seed + ")";
> window.status=out;
> timerTwo=window.setTimeout(cmd,100);
> }
> else {
> window.status=" ";
> timerTwo=window.setTimeout("scrollit_r2l(100)"
> 75);
> }
> }
> }
>
> // -- End of JavaScript code -------------- -->
>
> </SCRIPT>
>
> </HEAD>
>
> <BODY onLoad="timerONE=window.setTimeout ('scrollit_r2l(100)',200);" >
Try increasing the c value ex. c=10; in your var declarations.
-Ryan