Example code from Dr. Clue's Javascript tutorial,
http://www.drclue.net/F1.cgi/HTML/JAVA/JAVA.html
Example of a scrolling text window...
Source Code
The JavaScript function which performs the scrolling is
called when the body is loaded:
The function scroll() is defined as follows:
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
<!-- Hide Code Starts -----
var id;
var msg="*** Welcome to Dr. Clue's HTML/CGI Guide *** I hope you enjoy \
using this guide as much as I enjoyed creating it ;) ";
function scroll()
{
var lchar;
lchar = msg.substring(0,1);
msg += lchar;
msg = msg.substring(1,msg.length);
// write to form "JavaForm"
document.JavaForm.display.value = msg.substring(0,55);
// write to window status bar
window.status = msg.substring(0,55);
// call ourselves again after a certain interval
id = setTimeout("scroll()",100);
}
// Hide Code Ends --->
</script>
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Note that it writes both to the window status bar and to a
Form element called "JavaForm". The scrolling text box
above is "JavaForm". The HTML code for it is:
<form name="JavaForm">
<input type="TEXT" name="display">
</form>
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You can actually type into it, but you won't see much.