Simple Banner Rotator

        General

- It was used opensource flex sdk version 4.5.1 to develop this component. It is AS3 based.
- The structure is based on OOP concepts so the code can be modified and new things can be added
easily because it is modular.
- Use the settings.xml file to change way of things appear on the component.
   
        Text formating

- You can format the title text. For example change font, size, color, style(bold, italic, underlined), selectable and alignment.

        Appearance

- Use image 600 x 240 pixels. You can add images with different sizes than these but they will be
streched or squezed.
- You can position the bar on x an y axes and also change the widht and height of the bar. The text
field sizes and position according to the bar.
- You can apply only one position or size of the bar for all banners. So once set the bar stays on the
place where it is set to from the settings.xml file  
- You can show/hide the bar with the text or just hide the bar. Use showTitle tag to hide whole bar
or showBar tag in the bar tag to hide just the bar, not the text.
- Use the delay tag to adjust time between different banners. The best is 8/10/15 seconds, lowest is 3.

        Colors

- You can apply different colors on the component, for example change the color of the background,
color of the bar, but also you can change colors of the text. Use 0xRRGGBB format for the colors
- Use the settings.xml titleTextFormat tag to format the banner text or additionally you can format the
text with the style.css file which is shipped.

        Image links

- Besides that you can edit title text for each banner, you can also add a link on the image and it can be different for each banner. Also you can specify the type of the link: _self, _blank, _top, _parent.
_self is to load the page in same window, _blank is to open new window.

        Number of Banners

- You can add unlimited number of banners.

        HTML tags in the xml file
   
- You can use the CDATA tags to add html tags to the title text. Visit the settings.xml file for this example. You can add also other tags like p, div, font etc...
- Use index.html page that is shipped, to embed this component into your page. Also dont forget to include the swfobject.js file into your website for embeding.

        Use CSS to style the text

- Use the style.css file to add style to all banners for the banner text and the title text. But remeber
to wrap the html tags into CDATA tags because the component will not work properly. Once added the style applies to the tags given.

        Files shipped with package

- In the package you have the BannerRotator.swf which is the main file and also several other files like, *.as files, index.html, swfobject.js etc... The *.as files can be used to add new stuff to the component but it must be comppiled with flex sdk 4.5 and above in order to work. So If you need only the swf you will need also the style.css the images folder and settings.xml file.
- For embeding you will need expressInstall.swf, index.html and the swfobject.js file.

        Questions

- If you have any questions or suggestions please email me at spinnerbox2000 [at] gmail [dot] com. Nice flashing by the way or visit my components page at 
http://www.flashcomponents.net/author/spinnerbox.html. Cheers :)

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