digital signage / ticker tape

[Alejandro Tejada]

J. Landman Gay wrote
> There are two basic ways to do this:
> 
> 1. Put the text into a field and move the field. The "move" command 
> should do this efficiently, or you can use animation engine. When the 
> right edge of the field goes off the left edge of the stack, reposition 
> it with its left edge at the right side of the stack and move it again. 
> This produces a smooth glide.
> 
> 2. Put the text into a field with enough leading spaces to visually push 
> the actual text off the right edge of the field. Adjust the text 
> repeatedly by removing the leading character and placing it at the end 
> of the field text. This method produces an effect more like a stock 
> ticker, where the text jumps from one position to the next (the way LED 
> lights would work.)
> 
> Both are pretty easy to script. In either case, you'll need a field with 
> at least locktext and dontwrap set to true.

This tutorial published by Faber could be helpful too:
http://livecodela.com/2014/01/04/fondos-animados-para-sus-juegos/

Al



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