Thanks Terry, I've tried that approach and the text is too uncomfortable to read. The sudden addition of a character jerks the enter message over too quickly. The move command works much better but is still far from a real Digital Signage app or Stock Quote display you would see on a financial TV station for example.
jim schaubeck 714-321-4499 -----Original Message----- From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Terry Judd Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 7:56 PM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: Livecode for Digital Signage How about using a fixed width font in a right aligned field with its dontWrap property set to false and then inserting a string one character at a time from the end of the field. If you use an appropriate delay between the insertion of each character then you might get the effect you're looking for. Terry... On 18/05/2011 12:28 PM, "Jim Schaubeck" <jimschaub...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I would like to develop an in-house digital signage app that uses > video, animation and smooth scrolling words (like a stock ticker). I > can figure out the video and the animation but I'm having trouble with > smooth scrolling text. Is this better suited for Animation Engine > (have not tried it) or is there a trick to getting text to flow > Right-to-Left smoothly. The best that I can see is the move command > but it's still too jerky for displaying in a store. > > > > Thank you for any feedback > > > > jim schaubeck > > 714-321-4499 > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- Dr Terry Judd | Senior Lecturer in Medical Education Medical Education Unit Melbourne Medical School The University of Melbourne _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
