66.4.11 Ticker

1. Check ETX CG Enabled and click ETX CG Props.
2. Select the ticker option and click 'add ticker.'
   add_ticker
   


3. There are three options for horizontal ticker:
   
   cg_ticker_types
   


4. Specifying the background for the ticker (optional) toolbar allows you to modify ticker background properties. You can also edit the background later in ETX CG Editor.
   
   cg_ticker_background
   


5. After clicking <OK>, you can select the text file that you created from the folder:
   
   save_2_file
   
   

• One horizontal ticker:
  
  gc_ticker_hor_1
  
  
• Three horizontal tickers:
  
  gc_ticker_multi_hor_3
  
  
• Five horizontal lines:
  
  gc_ticker_multi_hor_5
  
  
• Eight horizontal tickers:
  
  gc_ticker_multi_hor_8
  
  You can also save & load the configuration that you had created:
  
  save_load_cfg
  
  

After clicking <OK>, you can select the text file that you created from the folder:

save_file

NB: If you want the ticker content to appear exactly when you enter the ticker text (UPPERCASE/lowercase), you might delete the "style=’uppercase'" statement in the XML file.

• One vertical ticker:
  
  gc_ticker_vert_1
  
  
• Three vertical lines:
  
  gc_ticker_multi_vert_3
  


• Eight vertical lines:
  
  gc_ticker_multi_vert_8
  
  You can also save & load the configuration that you had created:
  
  save_btn
  
  Edit ticker content by selecting "New Content" and filling in input.
  
  ticker_prop
  
  cg_ticker_text
  

From the Etere ETX platform, check ETX CG enabled and click ETX CG Props.
Select ticker type:

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Select the txt file that you had created:

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Preview for the first ticker content:

Ticker_meteo
Ticker_meteo_2

By default, the ticker updates its source (if it is an external file) ("track-file='yes'" attribute in XML configuration), so you can save it in the same txt file, and it will be updated later:

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Open the existing text file that you had created for the first content:

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Create or edit new content with the existing file. For the second content, news content with different images has been created:

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Different image path : [[metro logo\01.png]]

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Save the text file; the content will automatically update the source file:

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Different image path for the second content:

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From the application, check ETX CG enabled and click ETX CG Props
Select ticker type:

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Select the Txt file that you had created for the second content.

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Preview for the second content

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Note: The second content will update after you save the txt file:
Before (first content) :

Ticker_meteo
Ticker_meteo_2

After (second content) :

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You can change the text font and colour by adding this code to your content :
<text font='Times New Roman' color='Black'>text content</text>

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Preview:

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The group button allows you to group more than one item type as one selection. Item type can be text, graphic, image, flash, image sequence or tickers. Grouping of items allows you to modify them with a single action.

To group items, select "Group" on the Actions taskbar. Next, click and drag your mouse cursor to create a selection box over the items.

The first time you group a set of items, you will be able to make modifications to the selected list, but the items will still be displayed separately under the Properties toolbar; see below:

To merge the selected items as a group, select the "Group" button again.

group_btn

Once the selected items are grouped, they are displayed as a single item under the Properties toolbar. You can modify the group by selecting the required group under the Properties toolbar.

grouped_layers

The ungroup button allows you to separate items inside a merged group. Ungrouping of items will enable you to modify the items individually.

To ungroup items, select "Ungroup" on the Actions taskbar, click and drag your mouse cursor to create a selection box over the group.

ungroup_btn

Once the items are ungrouped, you can modify them individually under the Properties toolbar.

ungrouped_layers

The layer-up button allows you to move items up to the next Layer when there are more than two layers.

To execute the Layer Up feature on an item, select Layer Up on the Actions taskbar. Next, click and drag the mouse cursor to create a selection box over the item. Select Layer Up to move a selected item on top of the following Layer. Continue this step if you would like to move another layer up. The diagram below shows the Layer effect on the text item.

layer_up_btn

Layer Down button allows you to move items down to the next Layer when there are more than two layers.

To apply the Layer Down feature on an item, select Layer Down on the Actions taskbar. Next, click and drag the mouse cursor to create a selection box over the item. Select Layer Down to move a selected item on top of the following Layer. Continue this step if you would like to move another layer down. The diagram below shows the layer-down effect on the text item.

layer_down_btn

Bring To Front button allows you to move items to the topmost Layer. The difference between this feature and the Layer Up feature is that this feature only allows you to drive items to the top Layer and not to the next available Layer.  

To execute the Bring To Front feature on an item, select Bring To Front on the Actions taskbar. Next, click and drag the mouse cursor to create a selection box over the item. Select Bring To Front to move the selected item to the topmost Layer. The diagram below shows the Bring To Front effect on the text item.

bring2front_btn

The Send To Back button lets you move items to the bottom Layer. The difference between this feature and the Layer Down feature is that this feature only allows you to drive items to the bottom Layer and not to the next available Layer.  

To execute Send To Back feature on an item, select Send To Back on the Actions taskbar. Next, click and drag your mouse cursor to create a selection box over the item. Select Send To Back to move the selected item to the bottom-most Layer. The diagram below shows the Send To Back effect on the text item.

send2back_btn

The align Lefts button allows you to adjust the alignment of selected item(s) to the left of the frame. The diagram below shows the Align left effect on the text and graphic items.

align_left_btn

The Align Centers button allows you to adjust the alignment of selected item(s) to the Center of the frame. The diagram below shows the Align Centers effect on the text and graphic items.

align_center_btn

Align Rights button allows you to adjust the alignment of selected item(s) to the Right of the frame. The diagram below shows the Align Rights effect on the text and graphic items.

align_center_btn

Alternatively, Text selection can also be modified using the XML Description, and click the <Apply> button to import changes.