Re: FN-FORUM: status bar text

date posted 18th May 2007 12:53

I know: I was hoping nobody would notice... ;-)

I tried the code but it does nothing at all now (displays nothing). Not
sure why that is...

Claire.

David Leedham wrote:
> Hi
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> I think you can stop it looping if you change the wiper function like this:
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> function wiper()
> {
> if (stcnt {
> if (stcnt > -1) str = wmsg[stcnt]; else str = wmsg[0];
> if (stcnt-- < -40) stcnt=31;
> status = str;
> clearTimeout(timeID);
> timeID = setTimeout("wiper()",100);
> }
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> }
>
> Incidentally, this mentions nothing about missing children, bad parents or
> journalism so slightly of topic!!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Claire
> Sent: 18 May 2007 11:37
> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: FN-FORUM: status bar text
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>
> Hi all,
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> I am trying to use some code I found on javascriptkit to display text on
> the status bar. It animates slowly and then stops which is perfect.
> But it then loops. I don't understand the code to work out how to stop
> it from looping. Does anyone know how to do this with the below piece of
> code please?
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> I will be eternally grateful!
>
> Claire.
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