JavaScript (or JScript) Power needed.

Insert into <HEAD> of your document.

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE = "JavaScript"> /* This source code is released to the public domain with the provision that the copyright information remains in the source code. Copyright (c) by: Robert N Bovara All Rights Reserved. */ var outMsg = ""; var i = 0; var lineNo = 1; var timerDM=null; var msg = " "; function araVob() { } var ScreenLine = new araVob(); ScreenLine[1] = "Doesn't this look better than status bar displays?" ScreenLine[2] = "Isn't this easier to read than \"sideways\" scrollers?" ScreenLine[3] = " "; ScreenLine[4] = "How many lines can you display on the status bar?" ScreenLine[5] = "Here, you can not only display more than one line,\f "; ScreenLine[6] = "But, you can also display more than one \"page\" !" ScreenLine[7] = " "; ScreenLine[8] = "Aren't you glad your browser interprets JavaScript (JScript)?" ScreenLine[9] = " "; ScreenLine[10] = "Enjoy!....\f"; ScreenLine[11] = "P.S.\t'Tis better to have no moving text at all ....." ScreenLine[12] = "\t... than to have a \"sideways\" scroller."; ScreenLine[13] = " \f"; /* To change or add messages, just replace values of or add to ScreenLine[n] above. Each ScreenLine[n] is a separate line. To change the "page" before the defined page length is reached, insert a \f character at the end of the line where you want the break. Use \" for quotes and \t for tabs in the message text. */ var msgNum = 1; // set to first message to display var msgCnt = 13; // set to number of last message "page" to display. var typeSpeed = 70; // the typing rate, in milliseconds. (Higher number is slower) var pageLen = 5; // set to page size, usually number of ROWS in TEXTAREA var delay=typeSpeed; var r = 0; var cr="\r\n" if ("3" <=navigator.appVersion.charAt(0)) { var cr="\n" } for (x = 1; x<=(msgCnt); x++) { ScreenLine[x] = ScreenLine[x] + cr; } msg = ScreenLine[1]; function DisplayMsg() { if (msg.length <= i || msg.charAt(i) == "\f") { r=i; i=0; ChangeMsg(); } outMsg = outMsg + msg.charAt(i); i++; if (msg.charAt(i) == "\f" || (lineNo == pageLen && i==msg.length)) { delay = 4000; } else { if (msg.charAt(i) == cr && msg != " "+cr) { delay = 2000; } else { delay = typeSpeed; } } self.document.forms[0].elements[0].value=outMsg; timerDM = setTimeout("DisplayMsg()",delay); } function ChangeMsg() { msgNum++; if (msgCnt < msgNum) { msgNum = 1; } lineNo++; if (pageLen < lineNo || msg.charAt(r) == "\f") { outMsg=ScreenLine[msgNum].charAt(i); i++; lineNo = 1; } msg = ScreenLine[msgNum]; } function quitDisplay() { self.document.forms[0].elements[0].value = "Type yourself a Note today!"; } // --> </SCRIPT>

Insert into <BODY> of your document.

<BODY onLoad="DisplayMsg()"; onUnload="quitDisplay()"> <FORM NAME= "msgform" ACTION=" "> <TEXTAREA NAME="msgarea" COLS=80 ROWS=5> JavaScript (or JScript) Power needed. </TEXTAREA> </FORM>

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