ScrollingText

TScrollingText

A visual component for Lazarus/fpc by minesadorada@charcodelvalle.com

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.

Properties screenshot

Installation

• Make a new folder 'scrolltext' in lazarus/components
• Unzip the contents of this archive into it
• In Lazarus open the file 'scrolltext.lpk' as a package project
• Click 'Compile' then 'Use/Install'
• If asked 'do you want to recompile the IDE?' then click 'Yes'

After the compilation, the ScrollingText component will be on the 'Additional' component palette.

Use

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.

You can set Active=True when designing to see the scrolling text but remember than any http:// links are only clickable in runtime mode

Download

This component is available in the lazarus-ccr package

Version

Current version is 1.0.0.0

License

GPL License (see source code)

Works With

Tested with Lazarus 1.x fpc 2.6x Windows 64-bit

• If when you click Lazarus Help/'About Lazaus' Contributors tab, you can see a scrolling screen, then this component is compatible with your IDE

Support

minesadorada@charcodelvalle.com Note the GPL license conditions

See also

• SplashAbout component (also by this author)
• Components and code examples