General Info on all Windows

You've seen a number of examples of RealText and how it can be used. The attributes of the various window types are very similar. The attributes are listed below with explanations and information on which window types they control.

type="window type"	This is where you enter the way the text is displayed: generic, tickertape, scrollingnews or teleprompter
duration="dd:hh:mm:ss.xyz"	The duration is best handled in seconds
width="pixels"	height="pixels" Controls the height of the window
bgcolor="color"	Controls background color, the default is black
scrollrate="pixels per second"	Only used in Scrollingnews. Controls the number of pixels the word moves per second vertically. The default is 10 pixels/sec
crawlrate="pixels per second"	Only used in Tickertape. Controls the number of pixels the word moves per second horizontally. The default is 20 pixels/sec
link="color"	Controls the color of hyperlinks
underline_hyperlinks="true|false"	Hyperlinks can be either underlined or not underlined
wordwrap="true|false"	Specifies if a long string of words returns to the next line if it is wider than the window width
loop="true|false"	Only used in Tickertape. Controls if the crawling text reappears after finishing its first pass

Time

In a synchronized presentation controlling time is very important. Having items appear and disappear is critical to a successful presentation. In SMIL, this is controlled by the TIME tag. In the examples above you saw these tags used to make text appear on the screen after the presentation starts. Time is measured from the beginning of the presentation. It is used as follows:

<time begin="12" end="25"/>This text first appears at 12 seconds then disappears at 25 seconds

As I noted in the first article SMIL is based on XML so there are no </end> tags.

The <clear> tag is used to wipe text from the screen. The following code wipes all text from the screen at 30 seconds into the presentation, except text that has an <time end> specified.

<time begin="30"/><clear/>