import java.applet.*;

import java.awt.*;



public class fallingtext extends Applet implements Runnable {



public Thread animationthread = null;

public String message;



public void init()

{

    message="Falling text is a cool effect!";

}



public void start()

{

    if (animationthread == null)

    {

         animationthread = new Thread(this,"animationthread");

         animationthread.start();

    }

}



public void stop()

{

    if ((animationthread != null) && animationthread.isAlive())

        animationthread.stop();

    animationthread = null;

}



public void run()

{

    int L=message.length();



    //Create a string with a blankspace for the animation.

    String blankspace="                                 ";

    blankspace=blankspace+blankspace+blankspace;



    //Set the variable "mL" to the blankspace's length.

    int mL=blankspace.length();



    //The first loop will count up to the message's

    //length minus one.

    for (int i=0; i<L-1; i++)
    {

        //The second loop will count up to the blankspace's
        //string length with 8 step's at the time in order
        //to increase speed.

        for (int i=0; imL; j+=8)

        {

            //Show an increasing part of the message

            //with a decreasing part of the blankspace

            //and the last letter in the message string.

            showStatus(message.substring(0,i)

                +blankspace.substring(j)

                +message.substring(i,i+1));

            try {Thread.sleep(50);}

            catch(InterruptedException e) {}

        }

    }

    //The last loop will see to that the

    //message is not overwritten by other status

    //messages.

    while(true)

    {

        showStatus(message);

        try {Thread.sleep(50);}

        catch(InterruptedException e) {}

    }

}

}