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| 1 | 1 | # About | |
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| 3 | 3 | TScrollingText is a visual component for Lazarus/fpc by minesadorada@charcodelvalle.com | |
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| 5 | 5 | This is a graphic panel that will display text that scrolls upwards. The effect is like the Lazarus Help/'About Lazarus' dialog Contributors tab. It is an encapsulation and addition to the IDE code in AboutFrm.pas to make a visual drop-in component. | |
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| 7 | 7 | # Properties screenshot | |
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| 14 | 11 | # Installation | |
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| 16 | 13 | - Make a new folder 'scrolltext' in lazarus/components | |
| 17 | 14 | - [Download the latest version from the ccr](https://sourceforge.net/p/lazarus-ccr/svn/HEAD/tree/components/) | |
| 18 | 15 | - Or install from Online Package Manager | |
| 19 | 16 | - In Lazarus open the file 'scrolltext.lpk' as a package project | |
| 20 | 17 | - Click 'Compile' then 'Use/Install' | |
| 21 | 18 | - If asked 'do you want to recompile the IDE?' then click 'Yes' | |
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| 23 | 20 | After the compilation, the ScrollingText component will be on the 'Additional' component palette. | |
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| 25 | 22 | # Usage | |
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| 27 | 24 | Drop a ScrollingText onto a form and set the properties as required If you want the text to come from an external text file (UseTextFile=TRUE) then name the file 'scrolling.txt' and deploy it in the same folder as the executable. | |
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| 29 | 26 | You can set Active=True when designing to see the scrolling text but remember than any <http://> links are only clickable in runtime mode | |
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| 31 | 28 | # Download | |
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| 33 | 30 | Download from the lazarus CCR [here](https://sourceforge.net/p/lazarus-ccr/svn/HEAD/tree/components/) | |
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| 35 | 32 | Current version is 1.1.2.0. | |
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| 37 | 34 | # License | |
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| 39 | 36 | Modified GPL License (see source code). | |
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| 41 | 38 | # Requirements | |
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| 43 | 40 | Tested with Lazarus 1.x fpc 2.6x Windows 64-bit | |
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| 45 | 42 | - If when you click Lazarus Help/'About Lazaus' Contributors tab, you can see a scrolling screen, then this component is compatible with your IDE | |
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| 47 | 44 | # Support | |
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| 49 | 46 | minesadorada@charcodelvalle.com | |
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| 51 | 48 | Note the GPL license conditions | |
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| 53 | 50 | # See also | |
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| 55 | 52 | - [[SplashAbout|SplashAbout component (also by this author)]] | |
| 56 | 53 | - [[Components and Code examples|Components and code examples]] | |
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| 58 | 55 | --- | |
| 59 | 56 | *From the Free Pascal wiki, page "ScrollingText", as it stood on 2016-11-04 after a change by Minesadorada, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).* | |
| 60 | 57 | Category: Components | |
| 61 | 58 | Category: Lazarus-CCR |