Ticker Widget (or other scrolling text widget) - including HTML??

We are trying to enable a scrolling ticker type widget on a dashboard using Xcelsius 4.5. We want this to dynamically pull the text from a file and have written a method to provide the XML link to the file data. We are wondering how to enable HTML to be interpreted in the scrolling text so that it has color, bold, etc. It would be great to also include links in the HTML scrolling so that the observer could click to follow the link.
I greatly appreciate any help that you can provide,,,,
Thanks!!
Also, if there are ways enabled in 2008 to do this, pass along the info as well....even though we would really like to do it in 4.5.

Hi,
To clarify, when you say "ticket type widget" do you mean the ticker component?
If so, in order to get the change in color you will have to utilize the alert settings, which can be found by double clicking on the component and adjusting these setting in the alert tab.
Hope this helps!
Xcelsius Gurus
http://www.everythingxcelsius.com
"Xcelsius Gurus share tips, reviews, tricks and much more!"

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