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A news ticker inside Alpha Five

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    A news ticker inside Alpha Five

    I posted on the A5V6 message board a day or two ago about how to download and pasre an XML RSS data feed. In my post, I mentioned you could build off of that code to build a ticker. That's what I have done. Attached is the function and here are a few usage examples:

    lf_rss_toolbar("http://syndication.boston.com/news/globe/pageone?mode=rss_10")
    lf_rss_toolbar("http://slashdot.org/index.rss")
    lf_rss_toolbar("http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml")
    lf_rss_toolbar("http://rssnewsapps.ziffdavis.com/tech.xml")

    To find other RSS feeds, simply browse your favorite web sites and look for an XML or RSS icon or link. It is usually in the bottom corner of the page with an orange icon. Most sites have some terms and conditions on how you can use their feed, how often you can reload it, etc, so look for these details on their site(s).

    This is pretty basic and I have not extensively tested it, so it may not work with all RSS feeds (there are 7 different formats). Also this is something I wrote in my spare time just to see if ity could be done, so it is not something that is supported by Alpha Software.

    -Lenny

    Lenny Forziati
    Vice President, Internet Products and Technical Services
    Alpha Software Corporation

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    RE: A news ticker inside Alpha Five

    I did not make it clear in my initial post, but this code will work in V6 only. This is because it uses http_get() which is only available in V6 and it relies on V6's ActiveX support to place a web browser control on the toolbar.

    -Lenny

    Lenny Forziati
    Vice President, Internet Products and Technical Services
    Alpha Software Corporation

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      #3
      RE: A news ticker inside Alpha Five

      Hi Lenny,

      Do I put this code on a button XBasic?

      Thank you
      Ray

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        #4
        RE: A news ticker inside Alpha Five

        I believe the onpush event would be any one of the sample calls to the function

        lf_rss_toolbar("http://syndication.boston.com/news/globe/pageone?mode=rss_10")

        or

        lf_rss_toolbar("http://slashdot.org/index.rss")

        or

        lf_rss_toolbar("http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml")

        or
        lf_rss_toolbar("http://rssnewsapps.ziffdavis.com/tech.xml")


        This is functional in version 6 only, if you haven't seen the other thread.
        There can be only one.

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          #5
          RE: A news ticker inside Alpha Five

          Thank you

          Ray

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            #6
            Re: A news ticker inside Alpha Five

            Hi,

            I would like to install a ticker in my A5v9 WAS application. I have followed above and get this error.

            500 Internal Server Error
            "Script Error
            Error:Script: /issues/ticker.a5w line:8
            lf_rss_toolbar("http://syndication.boston.com/news/globe/pageone?mode=rss_10")
            Not supported"

            Is there a way to get this to work in a5v9?

            Denis

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