Contact details:

Author:  Steve Moorhouse
Website: leosoftware.co.uk

Email, tech support and bug reports: info@leosoftware.co.uk

Copyright Steve Moorhouse 2019 all rights reserved

You are free to use this software without any attribution.
It would be nice to know how you are using my software so please send me a message.

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Change log
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v0.3 - 27-05-2019
Increased refresh rate to 60hz for a smother scrolling experience.
Increased alert images from two to ninety-nine.  The file name must be in the format of "alert-XX.png" Where XX = 01 to 99
If the Alert image can not be found it will be ignored and no animation will play.
Optimised code.

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v0.2
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Removed the "file not found" dialog box.  If the file is being saved across a network the save may be slow to release the file lock and cause a "file not found" problem.


Installation
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Create a folder and extract the archive into it.

You will need to copy your arial.ttf file into the media folder, or change the default font to one of your choosing.  
If it doesn't find the font, pop it in the media folder.

If you have DirectX already installed on your machine then it should run without having to install anything.

If you don't have DirectX installed then please run the DirectX installer.

The settings.txt file located in media folder will be recreated with defaults if it cannot be found.

The settings.txt file contains the following:-

FileNameAndPath:R:\output\marquee.txt
Font:Arial.ttf
Fontsize:100.000000
FontBold:1
ScrollSpeed:9.000000
WindowWidth:1920
WindowHeight:120


Pretty self explanatory, modify as you see fit.

The marquee.txt file contains the text you want to scroll across the screen, change to your text before running the program.

The first two characters of the marquee.txt file have a significant meaning: -

00 - won't show any animations
01 - will display the alert-01.png file animation three time
02 - will display the alert-02.png file animation three time
etc...
99 - will display the alert-99.png file animation three time

If 01 or 02 are at the beginning of the marquee.txt file the image will zoom in from being very small to large... hold for a second and repeat for a total of three times.  Again, I’ve hard coded this because it suits my needs, but if you want it to be customisable just ask.


The following keys can be used:-

Up arrow - increase font size
down arrow - decreasfont size
left arrow - increase scroll speed
right arrow - decreasscroll speed
d - toggle debug info on / off
r - reload saved settings
s - save current settings