var tickerWidth = 540;                               // width (pixels)
var tickerTopMargin = 10;                               // margin (pixels)
var tickerBottomMargin = 5;
var tickerDelay = 30;                                // scrolling delay (smaller = faster)
var tickerSpacer = "+++";                            // spacer between ticker entries


var tickerHLColor = "#B2B2B2";                       // hilight (mouse over) color

var tickerFont = "Courier New, Courier, Monospace";  // font family (CSS-spec)
var tickerFontSize = 16;                             // font size (pixels)
var tickerFontColor = "#FFFFFF";                        // font color
var tickerFontStyle = "bold";

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Functions
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

var DOM = document.getElementById;
var IE4 = document.all;

var tickerIV, tickerID;
var tickerItems = new Array();
var tickerHeight = tickerFontSize + 4;

function tickerGetObj(id) {
  if(DOM) return document.getElementById(id);
  else if(IE4) return document.all[id];
  else return false;
}

function tickerObject(id) {
  this.elem = tickerGetObj(id);
  this.width = this.elem.offsetWidth;
  this.x = tickerWidth;
  this.css = this.elem.style;
  this.css.width = this.width + 'px';
  this.css.left = this.x + 'px';
  this.move = false;
  return this;
}

function tickerNext() {
  if(!DOM && !IE4) return;
  var obj = tickerItems[tickerID];
  obj.x = tickerWidth;
  obj.css.left = tickerWidth + 'px';
  obj.move = true;
}

function tickerMove() {
  if(!DOM && !IE4) return;
  for(var i = 0; i < tickerItems.length; i++) {
    if(tickerItems[i].move) {
      if(tickerItems[i].x > -tickerItems[i].width) {
        tickerItems[i].x -= 2;
        tickerItems[i].css.left = tickerItems[i].x + 'px';
      }
      else tickerItems[i].move = false;
    }
  }
  if(tickerItems[tickerID].x + tickerItems[tickerID].width <= tickerWidth) {
    tickerID++;
    if(tickerID >= tickerItems.length) tickerID = 0;
    tickerNext();
  }
}

function tickerStart(init) {
  if(!DOM && !IE4) return;
 // if(tickerBGColor) {
 //   var obj = tickerGetObj('divTicker');
 //   obj.style.backgroundColor = tickerBGColor;
//  }
  if(init) {
    tickerID = 0;
    tickerNext();
  }
  tickerIV = setInterval('tickerMove()', tickerDelay);
}

function tickerStop() {
  if(!DOM && !IE4) return;
  clearInterval(tickerIV);
  if(tickerHLColor) {
    var obj = tickerGetObj('divTicker');
    obj.style.color = tickerHLColor;
  }
}

function tickerInit() {
  if(!DOM && !IE4) return;
  for(var i = 0; i < tickertext.length; i++) {
    tickerItems[i] = new tickerObject('divTickerEntry' + (i+1));
  }
  var obj = tickerGetObj('divTicker');
  obj.style.width = tickerWidth + 'px';
  obj.style.visibility = 'visible';
  tickerStart(true);
}

function tickerReload() {
  if(!DOM && !IE4) return;
  document.location.reload();
}

window.onresize = tickerReload;

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Build ticker
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

document.write('<style> ' +
               '#divTicker { ' +
               'position: absolute; ' +
               'width: 10000px; ' +
               'height: ' + tickerHeight + 'px; ' +
               'cursor: default; ' +
               'overflow: hidden; ' +
               'visibility: hidden; ' +
               '} ' +
               '.cssTickerContainer { ' +
               'position: relative; ' +
               'height: ' + tickerHeight + 'px; ' +
               'margin-top: ' + tickerTopMargin + 'px; ' +
               'margin-bottom: ' + tickerBottomMargin + 'px; ' +
               '} ' +
               '.cssTickerEntry { ' +
               'font-family: ' + tickerFont + '; ' +
               'font-size: ' + tickerFontSize + 'px; ' +
               'color: ' + tickerFontColor + '; ' +
               'font-weight: ' + tickerFontStyle + '; ' +
               '} ' +
               '</style>');

document.write('<div class="cssTickerContainer">' +
               '<div id="divTicker" onMouseOver="tickerStop()" onMouseOut="tickerStart()">');

for(var i = 0; i < tickertext.length; i++) {
  document.write('<div id="divTickerEntry' + (i+1) + '" class="cssTickerEntry" ' +
                 'style="position:absolute; top:2px; white-space:nowrap">' +
                 tickertext[i] + ((tickertext.length > 1) ? ' ' + tickerSpacer + '&nbsp;' : '') +
                 '</div>');
}
document.write('</div></div>');