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Re: Re: Ticker Tape/Theater Marquee Display?

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  • Subject: [mg21286] Re: [mg21052] Re: [mg20967] Ticker Tape/Theater Marquee Display?
  • From: BobHanlon at aol.com
  • Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 03:47:05 -0500 (EST)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Here is one approach.

w = 40; nb = NotebookCreate[];

s = "This string will scroll continuously across the screen--like a stock \
market ticker tape--until you click on a notebook other than this one showing 
\
the scrolling display (e.g., click on the parent notebook).  " ;

While[SelectedNotebook[] == nb, NotebookWrite[nb, StringTake[s, w]]; 
s = StringJoin[RotateLeft[Characters[s]]]; SelectionMove[nb, All, Cell];]

Also, check out the behavior when you click in the display notebook.

Bob Hanlon

In a message dated 12/20/1999 9:26:44 AM, tdevries at mail2.westworld.ca writes:

>Thanks for your response!  How would you stop the display with a mouse
>click?  Is this possible.  I thought maybe I could send notebooks to my
>students with a hello message like this, and it would quit as soon as they
>clicked in the notebook...
>


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