Specification of the configuration file

The following example shows the basic structure of configuration XML file:

<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-8"> 
<config
   xmlSource = "news.xml"
   xmlSourceCache = "true"
   width = "250"
   height = "440"
   paddingLeft = "5"
   paddingRight = "5"
   paddingTop = "5"
   paddingBottom = "5"
   backgroundColor = "0xF0F0F0"
   backgroundTransparent = "1"
   separatorColor = "0xC0C0C0"
   separatorTransparent = "1"
   duration = "3"
   fixedOpenHeight = "0"
   textFontFamily= "Tahoma"
   textFontSize = "11"
   textFontColor = "0x505050"
   captionMarginTop = "2"
   captionMarginLeft = "10"
   descMarginTop = "2"
   descMarginBottom = "2"
   thumbWidth = "80"
   thumbHeight = "50"
   thumbBgColor = "0x505050"
   loaderSectorColor = "0x909090"
   loaderProgressColor = "0x42145F"
   buttonColor = "0x42145F"
   buttonArrowColor = "0xFFFFFF"
   fixedImageHeight = "0"
   thumbDesaturate = "false">
</config>

Attributes

• xmlSource

  The absolute or relative URL of the XML file with the structure of the contents of the component. A relative path must be relative to the HTML file. Absolute URLs must include the protocol reference, such as http://. Read more information about XML content file in the topic 'Working with XML content'.

• xmlSourceCache

  A Boolean value that sets whether news.xml file is cached by the browser, acceptable values are (true) or not (false). Turn off this option if you are updating your news very often. Note: if you are testing component locally turn on this option.

• width

  The width of the News Accordion, in pixels.

• height

  The height of the News Accordion, in pixels.

• paddingLeft

  The padding between the News Items and the left edge of the News Accordion, in pixels.

• paddingRight

  The padding between the News Items and the right edge of the News Accordion, in pixels.

• paddingTop

  The padding between the News Items and the top edge of the News Accordion, in pixels.

• paddingBottom

  The padding between the News Items and the bottom edge of the News Accordion, in pixels.

• backgroundColor

  The background color of the News Items scrolling list.

• backgroundTransparent

  Indicates the alpha transparency value of the background. Valid values are 0 (fully transparent) to 1 (fully opaque).

• separatorColor

  The color of the separator line.

• separatorTransparent

  Indicates the alpha transparency value of the separator line. Valid values are 0 (fully transparent) to 1 (fully opaque).

• duration

  The duration of the News Item, in seconds.

• fixedOpenHeight

  The fixed height of the opened news, which doesn't depends on the news item, in pixels. Set 0 to turn it this function off.

• textFontFamily

  The font name for text in News Item.

• textFontSize

  The size for text in News Item.

• textFontColor

  The color of the text in News Item.

• captionMarginTop

  The padding between the caption and the top edge of the News Item that is not selected, in pixels.

• captionMarginLeft

  The padding between the caption and the right edge of the picture in News Item that is not selected, in pixels.

• descMarginTop

  The padding between the description and the bottom edge of the picture in News Item that is selected, in pixels.

• descMarginBottom

  The padding between the description and the bottom edge of the News Item that is selected, in pixels.

• thumbWidth

  The width of the thumbnails, in pixels.

• thumbHeight

  The height of the thumbnails, in pixels.

• thumbBgColor

  The background color of the thumbnails.

• loaderSectorColor

  The color of the loading sector.

• loaderProgressColor

  The color of the loading progress sector.

• buttonColor

  The color of the button.

• buttonArrowColor

  The color of the button arrow.

• fixedImageHeight

  The fixed height of the picture in opened news, in pixels. Set 0 to turn it this function off.

• thumbDesaturate

  A Boolean value that sets whether thumbnails are desaturated, acceptable values are (true) or not (false).