Interval / Use script
In the case you are using an animation, you can configure the sequence of frames in two ways.
You can simply specify a the time period in milliseconds between the frames of the animation. In this case the animation will move through the image frames from left to right and then recommence at the left. If however, you check the ‘Alternate animation’ option, the animation will move from left to right and then back to the left frame by frame indefinitely.
You can assign a script that will describe the animation. In this case the image will contain all the frames needed and used in the animation, but the order in that frames are placed in the image will not necessarely define the sequence.
The actual sequence is described by the script. A script is made of 'tokens'. Each token describes one frame or an interval of frames and its timing. On running the animation, CursorXP will play tokens subsequentially from the first to the last, and then restart the script. Here are some examples of tokens:
5,100 Shows the frame 5 for 100 milliseconds.
10-20,50 Animates from frame 10 to frame 20. Each frame is visible for 50 milliseconds.
15-8,80 Animates from frame 15 to frame 8 (reversed). Each frame is visible for 80 milliseconds.
You can separate tokens with a carriage return or the ';' carachter.
The time period is optional if the token is not the first of the script. If you do not specify a time period, CursorXP will assign to that token the time of the previous token.
Here is an example of a full script:
5-10,60 Displays frames 5 to 10 with 60 milliseconds interval.
22,200;25;27 Displays frames 22, 25 and then 27 for 200 milliseconds.
4-1 Displays frames 4 to 1 with 200 milliseconds interval (the last defined time period, the one set for frame 22).
11-20,50 Displays frames from 11 to 20, 50 milliseconds each.
1 Displays frame 1 for 50 milliseconds.
Scripts can be very complex, but can be also used to make simple effects. I.e. say you have a smoothly rotating hourglass cursor, but you want it to stop for 1 second after each rotation. Without scripts you would need to add lots of identical frames at the end of your animation when the hourglass finished rotating (since you made a smooth animation, you must be using a low time period, thus need really lots of identical frames to have it stopping for just 1 seconds, this would of course waste memory for nothing). With a simple script you can avoid to make identical frames, thus using minimal memory and have the cursor more easily editable. If you have 30 frames, your script would be this:
1-29,50 Rotates the hourglass at 1000/50=20 frames per second
30,1000 Displays frame 30 and holds that for 1 second.
Excerpt copied from: https://www.stardock.com/products/cursorxp/guide.html
I hope that helps, Ingui.
