ticker_content = document.getElementById("ticker").innerHTML;

 

ticker_righttoleft = false;

ticker_speed = 2;

ticker_style = "font-family:Arial; font-size:12px; color:#FFFFFF; font-weight:bold;";

ticker_paused = false;



ticker_start();



function ticker_start() {

	var tickerSupported = false;

	ticker_width = document.getElementById("ticker").style.width;

	var img = "<img src=ticker_space.gif width="+ticker_width+" height=0>";



	// Firefox

	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox")!=-1 || navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Safari")!=-1) {

		document.getElementById("ticker").innerHTML = "<TABLE  cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%'><TR><TD nowrap='nowrap'>"+img+"<SPAN style='"+ticker_style+"' ID='ticker_body' width='100%'>&nbsp;</SPAN>"+img+"</TD></TR></TABLE>";

		tickerSupported = true;

	}

	// IE

	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")!=-1 && navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")==-1) {

		document.getElementById("ticker").innerHTML = "<DIV nowrap='nowrap' style='width:100%;'>"+img+"<SPAN style='"+ticker_style+"' ID='ticker_body' width='100%'></SPAN>"+img+"</DIV>";

		tickerSupported = true;

	}

	if(!tickerSupported) document.getElementById("ticker").outerHTML = ""; else {

		document.getElementById("ticker").scrollLeft = ticker_righttoleft ? document.getElementById("ticker").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("ticker").offsetWidth : 0;

		document.getElementById("ticker_body").innerHTML = ticker_content;

		document.getElementById("ticker").style.display="block";

		ticker_tick();

	}

}



function ticker_tick() {

	if(!ticker_paused) document.getElementById("ticker").scrollLeft += ticker_speed * (ticker_righttoleft ? -1 : 1);

	if(ticker_righttoleft && document.getElementById("ticker").scrollLeft <= 0) document.getElementById("ticker").scrollLeft = document.getElementById("ticker").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("ticker").offsetWidth;

	if(!ticker_righttoleft && document.getElementById("ticker").scrollLeft >= document.getElementById("ticker").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("ticker").offsetWidth) document.getElementById("ticker").scrollLeft = 0;

	window.setTimeout("ticker_tick()", 30);

}
