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Example 3 is similar to Example 2, but the RSS zone is replaced with a Text zone. The following

explains the Text zone entry:

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DefineZone

TEXT:

This keyword creates a text zone. In addition to providing the size and

location of the zone, you must also specify the strings you want to display by using the

STRING

keyword. You can use as many STRING entries as you want.

DefineZone RSS 20,610,1250,90 4 0 10

String This is the first string

String This is the second string

The three numbers after the Text zone dimensions represent the following:

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number)

Represents the number of lines to display

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number)

Indicates whether the text is animated or static (0 for animated, 1 for static)

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number): Represents the number of seconds to display each string

Other keywords for zones

In addition to the keywords described in the previous section, you can also use the following

keywords when adding zones to a playlist:

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Backgroundbitmap:

This keyword adds a background bitmap image. You can add a

background bitmap to Text, RSS, or Clock zones. The stretch parameter indicates whether the

image stretches to the size of the window (0 for no stretch; 1 is stretched). The syntax is:

<.bmp file> <stretch>

Backgroundbitmap logo.bmp 1

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Color:

The color keywords use RGB color values to indicate the density of color for the

background screen color, the foreground text and background text. The color values syntax is:

r:g:b:a