direction Property

Sets or returns a String that represents the direction in which text scrolls in a marquee.

expression.direction

expression    Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Remarks

The String for the direction property can be one of the following values:

left	Marquee scrolls left. Default value.
right	Marquee scrolls right.
down	Marquee scrolls down.
up	Marquee scrolls up.

Example

The following example inserts a MARQUEE element into the active document, and then sets the behavior, direction, number of times to loop, height, width, vertical alignment, and border of the new element.

    Sub InsertMarquee(strBehavior As String, strDirection As String, strLoop As String, _
        strHeight As String, strWidth As String, strVAlign As String, _
        strBorder As String, strText As String)
    Dim objMarquee As FPHTMLMarqueeElement

    ActiveDocument.body.insertAdjacentHTML where:="afterbegin", _
        HTML:="<marquee id=""newmarquee""></marquee>"

    Set objMarquee = ActiveDocument.all.tags("marquee").Item("newmarquee")

    With objMarquee
        .behavior = strBehavior
        .direction = strDirection
        .loop = strLoop
        .Height = strHeight
        .Width = strWidth
        With .Style
            .verticalAlign = strVAlign
            .Border = strBorder
        End With
        .innerText = strText
    End With
End Sub
  

Use the following example to call the preceding subroutine.

    Sub CallInsertMarquee()
    Call InsertMarquee("slide", "up", "5", _
        "100%", "10%", "middle", "dashed thick red", _
        "This is a scrolling marquee.")
End Sub