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Status Bar Message Fly

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Submitted on: 4/3/2000 5:37:02 AM
By: SeRkaL_7  
Level: Intermediate
User Rating: By 4 Users
Compatibility: JavaScript
Views: 14581
 
     This code will make letters fly from the right to the left of the status bar, slowly creating a message. You can adjust the speed of how fast they go and what the message says.
 
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'**************************************
' Name: Status Bar Message Fly
' Description:This code will make letters fly from the right to the left of the status bar, slowly creating a message. You can adjust the speed of how fast they go and what the message says.
' By: SeRkaL_7
'
' Side Effects:Will stop any text being showed in the status bar until the user has left the page.
'
'This code is copyrighted and has' limited warranties.Please see http://www.Planet-Source-Code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=1800&lngWId=14'for details.'**************************************

<Body
onload="timeout = window.setTimeout('setMessage()',500);">
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
//Type the message you want to appear below
var startMsg = "Type message here";
var str = "";
var msg = "";
var leftMsg = "";
function setMessage()
{
if (msg == "")
{
str = " ";
msg = startMsg;
leftMsg = "";
}
if (str.length == 1)
{
while (msg.substring(0, 1) == " ")
{
leftMsg = leftMsg + str;
str = msg.substring(0, 1);
msg = msg.substring(1, msg.length);
}
leftMsg = leftMsg + str;
str = msg.substring(0, 1);
msg = msg.substring(1, msg.length);
for (var ii = 0; ii < 120; ii++)
{
str = " " + str;
}
}
else
str = str.substring(10, str.length);
window.status = leftMsg + str;
timeout = window.setTimeout('setMessage()',100);
}
// -->
</script>


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4/4/2000 10:01:08 AMringle

Nice Code.
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10/24/2007 2:33:35 PMnamakemono

no compatible with FireFox

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10/24/2007 2:34:36 PMnamakemono

this code is not compatible with FireFox, is there a way to fix that/
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1/20/2010 11:25:04 PMnand

waooo dis is fantasticccc
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