Settings - View

Select [Settings] from the pop-up menu to display the settings dialog.
The following settings can be made on the [View] tab.

• Breaking news display type
  
  Select how you want to display breaking news.
  
  
  • Toast notification (balloon notification)
    Breaking news notifications will be displayed in notification banners.
    
    *You must have Show app notifications turned on in Windows notifications and actions.
    
    
    
  • Subtitles
    Breaking news is displayed on your desktop screen.
    It displays news flashes on TV.
    
    
    
    
    • Font display test
      
      Check the display using the font set in the [Display] tab.
      
      
      
    • Font
      
      
      • Change font
        Change the font of the text displayed in the subtitles.
        Clicking the [Change Font] button will display a dialog box for specifying the font.
        You can change the font name, style, size and character set.
        *Large font sizes will slow down drawing processing.
        
        
        
      • Font Color
        Change the color of the text displayed in the subtitles.
        Clicking the [Font Color] button will display a dialog box for specifying the color.
        
        
      
      
      
    • Displaying a border around subtitle text
      
      
      • Displaying a border around subtitle text
        If you check this box, a border will be displayed around the text in the subtitles.
        
        
      • Edging width
        Specify the size of the border from 1 to 5.
        If the value is small, the borders will be slightly blurred, but the image will be displayed faster.
        A larger value will result in a clearer display, but will slow down the drawing process.
        
        
      • Border Color
        Change the color of the border around the subtitles.
        Clicking the [Border color] button will display a dialog box for specifying the color.
        
        
      
      
      
    • Smooth display of subtitle strings (anti-aliasing)
      
      When this function is enabled, the area around the subtitle text will be blurred to display smooth text.
      However, since unnecessary mid-tones will also be displayed in the border, the desired effect may not be achieved.
      
      
      
    • How to display subtitles when the screen width is exceeded
      
      
      • Display in multiple lines
        If the subtitles exceed the screen width, they will be displayed on multiple lines, with line breaks at the screen width.
        A maximum of three lines can be displayed.
        
        
      • Display in one line (if it cannot be displayed, it will be displayed as an ellipsis "...")
        If the subtitle exceeds the screen width, it will be displayed on one line without a line break and the trailing characters will be replaced with an ellipsis "...".
        
        
      
      
    • Scrolling Display
      
      Subtitles will scroll from the right side of your desktop screen to the left side.
      Adjust the scrolling speed using the track bar (slider).
      
      *In a multi-display environment, it will operate assuming the primary display is on the left and the secondary display on the right.
      
      
      
    • Display position coordinates
      Displays the x,y coordinates of where on the desktop the subtitle will be displayed.
      *The coordinate value is not the center of the subtitle but the upper left
      
      
      • Reset the display position
        Returns the display position of the subtitle to its initial position (top of the screen: coordinates x=0,y=0).
        Use this if you accidentally move the subtitle off-screen, or if you return to a single screen from a multi-display environment.
        
      
      
    • Show Tooltips
      When you hover your mouse over the subtitle, the article title, URL, etc. will be displayed.
      
      
      
  
  
  
• Calling an external application when displaying breaking news
  If you enable this function, you can link with applications other than RSS News Flash Viewer.
  RSS News Flash Viewer launches the specified external application each time breaking news is displayed.
  
  
  • Application file name
    Specify the file name of the external application you want to link.
    Normally, the file name is specified with the full path, but if it is registered in the environment variable PATH, it is sufficient to specify only the file name.
    
    
  • argument
    Specifies any arguments to pass to the application.
    If you want to specify multiple arguments, separate them with spaces.
    You can also use variable values ​​by specifying the following format specifiers:
    

    Format Specifiers	The value to be converted	Example
    $M	Breaking News Message	RSS News Flash Viewer Ver5.0.0 release
    $U	URL	http://www.osadasoft.com/software/rsssokuho
    $T	Date and Time	2025/05/31 12:00

    
    
  • Hide external application windows
    The initial value is ON. When ON, the window of the called external application will not be displayed.
    If it is OFF, the window will be displayed.
    
    
  
  
  *Please specify an application that will automatically terminate as the application to be called.
   If it is not terminated, the process will continue to increase every time the latest report is displayed.
  
  * No error checking (checking return values) is performed on launched applications.
   You can check the operation by clicking the [Font display test] button.
  
  
  Example) Displaying breaking news articles in Internet Explorer
  

  Application file name	iexplore.exe
  argument	$U
  Hide external application windows	OFF