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Dynamic Headline Fader, Version 2.0
The Complete Code 1/2

A sample HTML page, news array, and the fader.js external file may be downloaded in ZIP format.

The In-Page HTML and SCRIPT

<HTML> 
<HEAD>
...
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.2" TYPE="text/javascript">
<!--
   NS4 = (document.layers);
   IE4 = (document.all);
   
   boxWid = 150;
   boxHgt = 90;
   borWid = 4;
   borCol = "red";
   borSty = "double";
   backCol = "white";
   boxPad = 5;
   txtAln = "center";
   linHgt = "11pt";
   fntFam = "Geneva,Arial,sans-serif";
   fntCol = "black";
   fntSiz = "10pt";
   fntWgh = "bold";
   fntSty = "normal";
   lnkCol = "blue";
   lnkDec = "none";
   hovCol = "red";
   gifSrc = "fade.gif";
   gifInt = 60;
   blendInt = 3;
   blendDur = 1;
   maxLoops = 1;
   endWithFirst = true;
   replayOnClick = true;
//-->
</SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.2">
<!--
document.write("<SCRIPT LANGUAGE='JavaScript1.2' SRC='news.js'><\/SCRIPT>");
document.write("<SCRIPT LANGUAGE='JavaScript1.2' SRC='fader.js'><\/SCRIPT>");
//-->
</SCRIPT>
...
</HEAD> 
<BODY>
...
<DIV ID="elFader"
     STYLE="position:relative;visibility:hidden;">
</DIV>
or:
<DIV ID="elFader"
     STYLE="position:absolute;visibility:hidden;">
</DIV>
...
</BODY> 
</HTML>

The `news.js` External File

prefix="http://www.internetnews.com/";
arNews = [
"The Latest News From News Harvester","",
"Sun Says Microsoft Tried to Hijack Java","Reuters/1998/09/1001-sun.html",
"U.S. Financial Firms See E-Commerce Troubles","Reuters/1998/09/0906-us.html",
"FTC Bars E-Tailer In Fraud Case","bus-news/1998/09/0902-ftc.html",
"E*TRADE Adds E-Mail for Investors","bus-news/1998/09/0903-etrade.html",
"Microsoft, Ernst \& Young Debut eCommerce RapidStart","ec-news/1998/09/0906-microsoft.html",
"Lucent, WorldPort Sign Equipment Deal for Euro Network","isp-news/1998/09/0901-lucent.html",
"Microsoft Moves In With GeoCities","bus-news/1998/09/0901-microsoft.html",
"NAI Unveils PGP Enterprise Security","intra-news/1998/09/0901-nai.html",
"Amazon Targets Classical Listeners","ec-news/1998/09/0902-amazon.html",
"Microsoft, Sun Battle In Court Over Java","Reuters/1998/09/0901-bat.html"
]

The complete fader.js file is reproduced on the final page.

Produced by Peter Belesis and

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