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Walking Text Demo

   
/*
 * Copyright (c) Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.com/, 1996-2002.
 * All rights reserved. Software written by Ian F. Darwin and others.
 * $Id: LICENSE,v 1.8 2004/02/09 03:33:38 ian Exp $
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 * Java, the Duke mascot, and all variants of Sun's Java "steaming coffee
 * cup" logo are trademarks of Sun Microsystems. Sun's, and James Gosling's,
 * pioneering role in inventing and promulgating (and standardizing) the Java 
 * language and environment is gratefully acknowledged.
 * 
 * The pioneering role of Dennis Ritchie and Bjarne Stroustrup, of AT&T, for
 * inventing predecessor languages C and C++ is also gratefully acknowledged.
 */

//applet.html

/*

<TITLE>Walking Text Demo</TITLE>
<BODY BGCOLOR=White>
<P>Here is a walking text applet.
<APPLET CODE="WalkingText" WIDTH=500 HEIGHT=70>
  <PARAM NAME=Text Value="Learning Tree International">
  <PARAM NAME=FontName Value="Helvetica">
  <PARAM NAME=FontSize Value="24">
</APPLET>
<HR>
<A HREF="WalkingText.java">Use The Source, Luke.</A>

*/

import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.FontMetrics;
import java.awt.Graphics;

public class WalkingText extends Applet implements Runnable {
  protected String mesg = null;

  protected int xloc, yloc, width, height, textWidth, textHeight;

  protected Thread t;

  protected boolean done = false;

  /** How long to nap for each move */
  protected int napTime = 150;

  /** Applet Initializer */
  public void init() {
    xloc = 0;
    width = getSize().width;
    height = getSize().height;

    if ((mesg = getParameter("text")) == null)
      mesg = "Hello World of Java";

    String pSize = getParameter("fontsize");
    if (pSize == null)
      pSize = "12";

    String fontName = getParameter("fontName");
    if (fontName == null)
      fontName = "Helvetica";

    // System.out.println("Font is " + pSize + " point " + fontName);
    Font f = new Font(fontName, Font.PLAIN, Integer.parseInt(pSize));
    setFont(f);

    FontMetrics fm = getToolkit().getFontMetrics(f);
    textWidth = fm.stringWidth(mesg);
    textHeight = fm.getHeight();
    // System.out.println("TextWidth " + textWidth + ", ht " + textHeight);

    // use textHeight in y coordinate calculation
    yloc = height - ((height - textHeight) / 2);
  }

  /** This is important: we create a thread, so we must kill it */
  public void stop() {
    done = true;
    t = null;
  }

  /** create the thread and start it. */
  public void start() {
    if (t == null)
      t = new Thread(this);
    done = false;
    t.start();
  }

  // Usage:
  public String[][] getParameterInfo() {
    String[][] params = {
        { "text", "text", "Text to walk across the screen" },
        { "fontName", "text", "Name of font to display in" },
        { "fontsize", "int", "How big to make the text" }, };

    return params;
  }

  /** Run is called by the Thread class when there is work to do */
  public void run() {
    while (!done) {
      if ((xloc += 5) > getSize().width)
        xloc = 0;
      repaint();
      try {
        Thread.sleep(napTime);
      } catch (Exception e) {
        System.out.println("Who dares to interrupt my Sleep()? " + e);
      }
      ;
    }
  }

  /** Paint is called by Applet to redraw the screen */
  public void paint(Graphics g) {
    g.drawString(mesg, xloc, yloc);
    // if ((xloc + textWidth) > getSize().width) {
    //   int negLoc = textWidth-(width-xloc);
    //   System.out.println("xloc, textWidth, negLoc: " + xloc + "," +
    //       textWidth + ", " + negLoc);
    //   g.drawString(mesg, negLoc, yloc);
    // }
  }
}



           
         
    
    
  








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