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There are two methods to display HTML without BrightAuthor. 

• You can play an HTML page from the local storage without an autorun script by placing the  index.html file (along with other files and folders containing the page content) into the root folder of the player storage.

• You can use BrightScript to display local or remote HTML content. The sections below pertain to using the roHtmlWidget BrightScript object to display HTML. To learn more about BrightScript, see the BrightScript section.

Simple Webpage Script

The simple script outlined below displays a webpage stored on a remote server. Save this script as an autorun.brs file, place it on an SD card, and publish it to the player.

If you want to display a webpage located on local storage, replace the "http://www.brightsign.biz" URL on line 4 with the filename of the .html file: "file:///mytestpage.html"

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Sub Main()
msgPort = CreateObject("roMessagePort")
r = CreateObject("roRectangle", 0, 0, 1920, 1080)
 
config = {
url: "http://www.brightsign.biz",
}
h = CreateObject("roHtmlWidget", r, config)
h.SetPort(msgPort)
sleep(10000)
h.Show()
while true
	msg = wait(0, msgPort)
	print "type(msg)=";type(msg)
	if type(msg) = "roHtmlWidgetEvent" then
		eventData = msg.GetData()
		if type(eventData) = "roAssociativeArray" and type(eventData.reason) = "roString" then
			print "reason = ";eventData.reason
			if eventData.reason = "load-error" then
				print "message = ";eventData.message
			endif
		endif
	endif
end while
End Sub

Portrait Orientation

To rotate the contents of an HTML page, include the transform parameter when creating the roHtmlWidget object: For clockwise portrait orientation, use transform:"rot90"; for counter-clockwise portrait orientation, use transform:"rot270". If you're using the above simple webpage script, you can add this parameter to the config associative array on line 7.

Displaying Scrollbars

Browser scrollbars are disabled by default. They can be enabled by including the scrollbar_enabled:true parameter when creating the roHtmlWidget object. If you're using the above simple webpage script, you can add scrollbar_enabled:true to the config associative array on line 7.

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