A static control with scrolling text

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Introduction

One day I was working on a big application, and I was wondering what would I put in the about dialog. I found that 2 or 3 sentences wouldn't be enough, but also I knew that the dialog must have an acceptable size, so what's the solution? I thought about some control that allows me to show a long text and doesn't take a lot of place, so CTextScroller is born.

How to Use CTextScroller

• Include TextScroller.h and TextScroller.cpp in your project.
• Use the wizard to create a static control. Call it anything but IDC_STATIC and add a member variable for it.
• Change the declaration of this member and set it:

  CTextScroller m_Static;

Some Useful Functions

void SetFontSize(int nSize);            //modify text font size

CString SetFontName(CString strFont);   //modify font name

void SetBorder(BOOL bSet=TRUE);         //draw ctrl borders

COLORREF SetTextColor(COLORREF color);  //modify text color

void SetScrollTimer(int nElapse);       //modify the speed of scroll

COLORREF SetBkColor(COLORREF color);    //modify background color

void AddLine(CStringArray &str);        //add text to the scroll