i think it is not set up to use m-tokins
i notice if you use [DisplayName] it will only scroll the first letter
of the name.
i think the module needs to be updated, but liquid8 seems occupied
with his new online theme creator...
It will take magic tokens just fine, and I use the same code as shown above to use it.
fe.load_module("objects/scrollingtext");
local scroller = ScrollingText.add("[Overview]",flx*0.355, fly*0.9, flw*0.3, flh*0.9);
What you may be missing is the parameter to set width. If you do not set a width for the text it will get cut off after the first letter. Set parameter as follows.
scroller.settings.fixed_width= 9000;
You can set the length for whatever you like, it just has to be set for your longest text field, and you will have to experiment to find out what works for you. I have mine set very high since I use ExoDos infos that I converted to .cfg for AM, and they are very lengthy.The only problem is that for short overviews, it causes a long delay before they stat again, because it will continue to scroll the fixed width value before starting again. Since there is no provision for calculating the string length in the module, it just has to be a fixed value. Also, don't forget
scroller.settings.loop =100;
This will loop it so it doesn't only play once. All of this will work for horizontal scrolling text, however, vertical does seem to have issues working properly, and that may be a module flaw.