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Status Bar Scroll

Look down at the window status bar, where it usually says "Document Done"

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--

// Use these three variables to set the message, scroll speed and start position
var msg = "Welcome To My Page!"  //This is the message that will appear in the status bar.
var delay = 128   //increase to slow down movement
var startPos = 130   //increase to move start position to the right

// Don't touch these variables:
var timerID = null
var timerRunning = false
var pos = 0

// Make it all work
Scrollit()

function Scrollit(){
    // Make sure the clock is stopped
    StopTheClock()

// Pad the message with spaces to get the "start" position
    for (var i = 0; i < startPos; i++) msg = " " + msg

// Off we go...
    DoTheScroll()
}

function StopTheClock(){
    if(timerRunning)
        clearTimeout(timerID)
    timerRunning = false
}

function DoTheScroll(){
    if (pos < msg.length)
        self.status = msg.substring(pos, msg.length);
    else
        pos=-1;
    ++pos
    timerRunning = true
    timerID = self.setTimeout("DoTheScroll()", delay)
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>

This script will cause a scrolling message to appear in the status bar of the browser window. You may want to change the first three variables to set up the scrolling message the way you want it. You can change Welcome To My Page! to your own custom message to your visitors. The next variable, var delay = 128 may be increased to slow the speed of the scrolling or decreased to make the message move more quickly. The variable var startPos = 130 may be increased to move the starting position of the message to the right.