To use the rolling credits you will need to provide text and state the order in which it is to appear. You can also define the text style, i.e. colour, font size, plain/bold type. A background image can also be displayed. You will need to provide this for your developer.
For the example on the previous page, your script should read:
applet type = rolling credits
numCreditStyles" value="5"
color0 ="black"
color1 ="blue"
color2 ="black"
color3 ="blue"
color4 ="blue"
credit0 ="2/SHEFC UMI Phase 2 Projects"
credit1 ="3/Present"
credit8 ="0/Project Director"
credit9 ="1/Dr Neil Hamilton BSc PhD"
credit10 ="0/Original Programming"
credit11 ="1/Callum R Lester BSc MSc"
credit12 ="1/David A Robinson BSc MSc"
credit13 ="0/Additional Programming"
credit14 ="1/Lesley J Wilcock MEng ACGI"
credit15 ="0/Project Evaluator"
credit16 ="1/Wilhelmina P.M. Hols-Elders MSc"
credit17 ="0/(c) 1998 SHEFC Java Project"
credit2 ="0/A Java Medi-CAL Model Patient"
credit3 ="4/Ultrasound in Obstetrics"
credit4 ="0/Script Writer"
credit5 ="1/Dr. P. Smith MD DRCOG"
credit6 ="0/Video Clips"
credit7 ="1/CAL Unit"
size0 ="18"
size1 ="18"
size2 ="24"
size3 ="16"
size4 ="24"
style0 ="plain"
style1 ="plain"
style2 ="plain"
style3 ="strong"
style4 ="plain"
The "numCreditStyles" value tells the developer how many different types of text you want, i.e. different sizes, colours etc. of text. You will need to define each style.
To define a text style, "size0" specifies the font size, "style0" specifies whether strong or plain text is used, and "color0" specifies the text colour for text style "0". Text style "1" is specified in the same way.
The first line of text to appear is "credit0". In this case, "credit0" has the value "2/SHEFC UMI Phase 2 Projects". This means that this line of text will appear in text style 2 (i.e. with "color2", "size2" and "style2"). The forward slash ("/") separates the style number from the text to be displayed. The next line to be displayed will be "credit1", and so on.
You do not need to provide a detailed script for the Credits section of your application. Provide a list of contributors' names, titles and qualifications with any other acknowledgements only.