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You do not need to include text displays in your skin, but there are many instances where you might want to. For example, you might want to include a Seek trackbar to allow the user to move to any position in the content, but you also might want to include a text display that shows the number of seconds that have elapsed since the content started playing. You might also want to display the name of the song or the current track number in the playlist.
There are several types of text display boxes:
For more information about text display types, see the Text section of the Skin Reference.
*Title, Author, and Copyright should not be used in stand-alone text display boxes. You should display Title, Author, and Copyright information in a Marquis.
In addition to using the individual text display types, you can combine one or more types into a scrolling text marquis. This is useful if you want to display a grouping of related text information in a small area. For example, you might want to create a scrolling area that displays the playlist, the track number, and the number of tracks.
For more information about creating a text marquis, see the Marquis section of the Skin Reference.
Another type of text display is the status display. This lets you automatically display information about the current state of Windows Media Player. For example, the status display will inform the user when a media file is buffering so that it is evident that the Player is working. The following messages appear in the status display:
No status display is available in skins for Windows Media Player prior to version 7.1. For compatibility details, see the Compatibility section.
For more information about creating a status display, see the Status section of the Skin Reference.
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