// JavaScript Document

// ticker stuff
//document.getElementById(news_ticker).innerHTML = 'test';



var ts_fontsize="10px"

var longestmessage=1
for (i=2;i<line.length;i++)
{
	if (line[i].length>line[longestmessage].length)
	longestmessage=i
}

var tscroller_width=line[longestmessage].length

lines=line.length-1

temp=""
nextchar=-1;
nextline=1;
cursor=""

function animate()
{
	if (temp==line[nextline] & temp.length==line[nextline].length & nextline!=lines)
	{
		nextline++;
		nextchar=-1;
		document.getElementById('news_ticker').innerHTML = '<span>' + temp + '</span>';
		temp="";
		setTimeout("nextstep()",2000)
	} else if (nextline==lines & temp==line[nextline] & temp.length==line[nextline].length)
	{
		nextline=1;
		nextchar=-1;
		document.getElementById('news_ticker').innerHTML = '<span>' + temp + '</span>';
		temp="";
		setTimeout("nextstep()",2000)
	} else {
		nextstep()
	}	
}

function nextstep()
{

	if (cursor=="_")
	{
		cursor=""
	} else if (cursor=="")
	{
		cursor="_"
	}
	nextchar++;
	temp+=line[nextline].charAt(nextchar);
	document.getElementById('news_ticker').innerHTML = '<span>' +  temp + '</span>'+cursor;
	setTimeout("animate()",90)
}

//if IE 4+ or NS6
if (document.all||document.getElementById)
window.onload=animate



// end of ticker stuff