Scrolling Text horizontally (Ticker)

Hello, I would like to develop a scrolling ticker which scrolls text horizontally from right to left. I also want it to be scrollable (i.e. while the text is scrolling I would like to be able to scroll to the beginning or end of the scrolling text using the horizontal scrollbar, to view the history of trades etc.)
The scrolling text could be up to 6 lines each like this
Coffee.......Coffee...........Sugar.........<<<<More Scrolling<<<<
JAN04........JAN04............SEP04.........<<<<More Scrolling<<<<
AA...........RFQ..............AA............<<<<More Scrolling<<<<
30...........50...............100...........<<<<More Scrolling<<<<
444..........222..............90............<<<<More Scrolling<<<<
10:00:55.....10:05:00.........10:10:03......<<<<More Scrolling<<<<
----------->>>ScrollBar Here<<<-----------------------------------My question is does anyone know what would be the best way to do this? Should I use java.awt.Canvas or is there a swing Class that I can use.
Thanks, any help would be much appreciated

Thanks very much dchsw! This will definetley point me in the right direction.
Here's your 5 duke dollars!
Phil
A JTable with a a custom model would probably be best,
but take a look at this using a JScrollPane over a
JPanel that JLabels get added to every time a new
"tick" comes in.
Obviously there are many problems with using this in
the real world, but it may give you some ideas.
Enjoy!
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class Pharron1
     static class ApplicationPanel
          extends JPanel
          private ScrollingTicker mTicker;
          public ApplicationPanel()
               mTicker= new ScrollingTicker();
               setLayout(new BorderLayout());
               add(mTicker, BorderLayout.CENTER);
final Runnable task= new Runnable() { public void
id run() { append(); } };
               new Thread() {
                    public void run() {
                         while (true) {
try {
try {
sleep((long)((Math.max(0.5,Math.random()*2.0))*1000.0))
                              catch (InterruptedException e) {}
                              SwingUtilities.invokeLater(task);
               }.start();
               append();
               append();
               append();
               append();
               append();
private SimpleDateFormat mFormat= new
w SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss");
          public void append()
               mTicker.append(
                    "<html>Coffee<br>" +
                    "<font color=\"0000ff\">Jan04</font><br>" +
                    "<font color=\"ff0000\">RFQ</font><br>" +
                    (int)(Math.random()*50.0) +"<br>222<br>" +
                    "<font color=\"ffff99\">" +
                    mFormat.format(new Date()) +
                    "</font></html>");
     static class ScrollingTicker
          extends JPanel
          private JPanel mPanel;
          private JScrollPane mPane;
          public ScrollingTicker()
               mPanel= new JPanel();
               mPanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));
               mPane= new JScrollPane(mPanel);
               mPane.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(
                    JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
               mPane.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(
                    JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
               setLayout(new BorderLayout());
               add(mPane);
          public void append(String str)
               mPanel.add(new JLabel(str));
               mPanel.getLayout().layoutContainer(mPanel);
               mPane.getViewport().setViewSize(mPanel.getPreferredS
ze());
               mPane.getHorizontalScrollBar().setValue(
                    mPane.getHorizontalScrollBar().getMaximum());
     public static void main(String[] argv)
          JFrame frame= new JFrame("Scrolling Ticker");
          frame.getContentPane().add(new ApplicationPanel());
          frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
          frame.pack();
          frame.setResizable(false);
          frame.setVisible(true);

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Hi,
Does anyone know if it is possible to show the bottom of
scrolling text when the display comes up? For instance, let's say
you have 20 lines of text in a scrolling display, but it only has
room for 10. By default, Authorware shows the top 10 lines in the
scrolled display, not the bottom 10. I want to show the bottom
10--is this possible?
Thanks,
Edwin

Hi,
Well, I decided to have the most current information at the
top of the display. For instance, if it were a chat, the most
current chat info would be on top instead of on bottom. That fixed
the problem adequately.
Edwin

How to add a scrolling text in portrait with iMovie

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Is there any way to add scrolling texts manually on Captivate 5?

I tried to used the text box entry in standard objects as a scrolling text, however it failed when someone else on here replying to another forum saying it should work. The main purpose of this is for the people visiting this project, i need them to be able to scroll and view the directions/information I set for them instead of having to push buttons and go to a different slide to view these directions/Information...

For scrolling text captions, try this widget: http://www.dorna.nl/?p=574

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I'm changing a site for a friend. She wants to add a scrolling text box with a bio of herself on the grid we're already using on her page. The problems I'm having are it's difficult to resize the box once on the grid (you can't) and I keep missing anything that looks like the ability to scroll up and down on the text box. I'm sure I'm missing something which is why I'm here. :-)
Thanks in advance! :-)

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hope this helps
steve

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