<!-- 
// width of the ticker
var tickerwidth=95
// height of the ticker
var tickerheight=22
// distance from the messagetext to the tickermarrgin (pixels)
var tickerpadding=1
// borderwidth of the ticker (pixels)
var borderwidth=0
// font-family
var fnt="Verdana"
// font-size of the text
var fntsize=12
// font-size of the last letter of the ticker
var fntsizelastletter=12
// font-color of the text
var fntcolor="ba0000"
// font-color of the last letter of the ticker
var fntcolorlastletter="ba0000"
// font-weight. Set a value between 1 to 9 to adjust the boldness
var fntweight=9
// backgroundcolor
var backgroundcolor="#590000"
// standstill between the messages (microseconds)
var standstill=0
// speed (a higher value will slow down the ticker)
var speed=40
// horizontal distance from the textlink to the popupbox (pixels)
var xdistance=-30
// vertical distance from the textlink to the popupbox (pixels)
var ydistance=-25
// Do not edit the variables below
var timer
var topposition=0
var leftposition=0
var x,y
var i_substring=0
var i_presubstring=0
var i_message=0
var message
var messagecontent=""
var messagebackground=""
var messagepresubstring=""
var messageaftersubstring=""
fntweight=fntweight*100
function getmessagebackground() {
  messagebackground="<table border="+borderwidth+" width="+tickerwidth+" height="+tickerheight+" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top bgcolor='"+backgroundcolor+"'>"
  messagebackground+="&nbsp;</td></tr></table>"
}
function getmessagecontent() { 
  messagecontent="<table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding="+tickerpadding+" width="+tickerwidth+" height="+tickerheight+"><tr><td valign=top>"
  messagecontent+="<span style='position:relative; font-family:"+fnt+";color:"+fntcolor+";font-size:"+fntsize+"pt;font-weight:"+fntweight+"'>" 
  messagecontent+="<font color='"+fntcolor+"'>"
  messagecontent+=messagepresubstring
  messagecontent+="</font>"
  messagecontent+="</span>"
  messagecontent+="<span style='position:relative; font-family:"+fnt+";color:"+fntcolor+";font-size:"+fntsizelastletter+"pt;font-weight:900'>" 
  messagecontent+="<font color='"+fntcolorlastletter+"'>"
  messagecontent+=messageaftersubstring
  messagecontent+="</font>"
  messagecontent+="</span>"
  messagecontent+="</td></tr></table>"
}
function showticker() {
 if (i_substring<=message.length-1) {
   i_substring++
   i_presubstring=i_substring-1
   if (i_presubstring<0) {i_presubstring=0}
            messagepresubstring=message.substring(0,i_presubstring)
         messageaftersubstring=message.substring(i_presubstring,i_substring)
   getmessagecontent()
  if (document.all) {
   ticker.innerHTML=messagecontent
   timer=setTimeout("showticker()", speed)
  }
  if (document.layers) {
   document.ticker.document.write(messagecontent)
   document.ticker.document.close()
   timer=setTimeout("showticker()", speed)
  }
 }
 else {
  clearTimeout(timer)
 }
}
function hideticker() {
    clearTimeout(timer)
    i_substring=0
 i_presubstring=0
    if (document.all) {
     document.all.ticker.style.visibility="hidden"
        document.all.tickerbg.style.visibility="hidden"
 }
 if (document.layers) {
  document.ticker.visibility="hidden"
        document.tickerbg.visibility="hidden"
 }
}
function showmessage(linkmessage) {
    getmessagebackground()
    message=linkmessage
    i_substring=0
 i_presubstring=0
    leftposition=x+xdistance
    topposition=y+ydistance
 if (document.all) { 
  document.all.ticker.style.posLeft=leftposition
  document.all.ticker.style.posTop=topposition
  document.all.tickerbg.style.posLeft=leftposition
  document.all.tickerbg.style.posTop=topposition
  tickerbg.innerHTML=messagebackground
        document.all.ticker.style.visibility="visible"
        document.all.tickerbg.style.visibility="visible"
  showticker()
 }
 if (document.layers) {
        document.ticker.left=leftposition
  document.ticker.top=topposition
  document.tickerbg.left=leftposition
  document.tickerbg.top=topposition
  document.tickerbg.document.write(messagebackground)
  document.tickerbg.document.close()
        document.ticker.visibility="visible"
        document.tickerbg.visibility="visible"
  showticker()
 }
}
function handlerMM(e){
 x = (document.layers) ? e.pageX : document.body.scrollLeft+event.clientX
 y = (document.layers) ? e.pageY : document.body.scrollTop+event.clientY
}
if (document.layers){
 document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEMOVE);
}
document.onmousemove = handlerMM;
//-->
