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		Scroller - a scrolling text generator
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Overview:  
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The generator consists of a single perl script called 'scroller.cgi'.  If
executed without parameters, it produces a form that requests user input
and explains what it is doing both in German and English language.  The
action target of the form is the script itself.  Upon submission of the
data, the script generates a bare-bones HTML page containing Javascript
code for up to three scrolling text lines, which the user can then save
and fill with content. 

Since the script does not generate any navigation buttons besides its
submit buttons, it is most efficiently used within a frames based
environment.


Installation: 
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A. Copy the 'scroller.cgi' script to a cgi directory and give it execute
   permission.

B. If your environment allows it, you might want to rename the script
   to 'scroller.html' so the browser proposes a more sensible 
   filename to the user when saving the script output.

C. Adapt the path to the perl interpreter in the first line of the script. 

D. Adapt the script name and the template path and filename in the
   variable assignments at the top of the script.


Copyright information:
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scroller.cgi is (C) 1999 STRATO AG, all rights reserved.

Portions of the code are (C) Netscape Communications 1999, see

  http://developer.netscape.com/docs/examples/javascript/browser_type.html

for details.