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Text Typer v1.0 last revision: 06.12.2003 steve@slayeroffice.com http://www.slayeroffice.com |
var mIndex = 0;
var nIndex = 0;
var mString = new Array();
mString[0] = "This is the first text string to display.";
mString[1] = "This is the second string. Uncheck \"Pause\" to have the strings display right after the string before it finishes. ";
mString[2] = "Uncheck \"Wrap\" and the strings will be displayed by themselves.";
mString[3] = "Thats all there is to it. Enjoy!";
var pauseInterval;
var nInterval;
// constants
var WRAP = true; //change to false to stop wrapping
var PAUSE = true; // change to false to stop the pause
var PAUSE_INTERVAL=1000; // millisecond value for pause between strings
var DISPLAY_INTERVAL = 50; // millisecond value for rate of display on individual characters.
function displayText() {
if(nIndex<=mString[mIndex].length) {
document.getElementById("mContainer").innerHTML+=mString[mIndex].charAt(nIndex);
nIndex++;
} else {
nIndex=0;
if(PAUSE) {
clearInterval(nInterval);
pauseInterval = setTimeout("dummyFunction()",PAUSE_INTERVAL);
}
if(WRAP)document.getElementById("mContainer").innerHTML+="<p>"
mIndex == mString.length-1?mIndex=0:mIndex++;
}
}
function dummyFunction() {
clearInterval(pauseInterval);
if(mIndex==0 || !WRAP)document.getElementById("mContainer").innerHTML = "";
startInterval();
}
function startInterval() {
nInterval = setInterval("displayText()",DISPLAY_INTERVAL);
}