Ravi wrote:By using now() it works but the CPU utilization is very high.
Hmmmm, not really, or at least not on my machine. Using now() can be dangerous depending on HOW it is used, but for something simple like a text object or a simple clock, not a problem. On my ancient PC, this is using 0% CPU. Yes, I know it's using SOME CPU, but not enough for Task Manager to bother reporting.
Anyway, attached is an example of scrolling text using expressions instead of multiple variables shown conditionally. The main issue I see is that now() is only updated every second, so your text object is only updated every second, which makes for a pretty slow scroll.
Here's the expression for my text object:
=left(MyText,mod(round((now()-now(2))*86400),len(MyText)))
Edit: And all that said and done, my advice is DON'T DO IT. Scrolling text, blinking text, drop shadows, all of that kind of thing are DISTRACTIONS from the actual information you're trying to present. Most web designers have figured that out over the past twenty years. Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you SHOULD. Flashy is not useful. It might look good for a demo, but when you're using the software day in, day out, it gets very old very fast.
