// JavaScript Document


/*
Copyright (C) 1999 Thomas Brattli
This script is made by and copyrighted to Thomas Brattli at www.bratta.com
Visit for more great scripts. This may be used freely as long as this msg is intact!
I will also appriciate any links you could give me. 
*/
// Courtesy of SimplytheBest.net - http://simplythebest.net/scripts/
var display_scroll = true;

function checkBrowser(){
	this.ver=navigator.appVersion
	this.dom=document.getElementById?1:0
	this.ie5=(this.ver.indexOf("MSIE 5")>-1 && this.dom)?1:0;
	this.ie4=(document.all && !this.dom)?1:0;
	this.ns5=(this.dom && parseInt(this.ver) >= 5) ?1:0;
	this.ns4=(document.layers && !this.dom)?1:0;
	this.bw=(this.ie5 || this.ie4 || this.ns4 || this.ns5)
	return this
}
bw=new checkBrowser()

lstart=40; // pixel position of the first line when script is initialized
loop=true 
speed=85
pr_step=1

//var oNewsCont;
//var oNewsScroll;

function makeObj(obj,nest){
    nest=(!nest) ? '':'document.'+nest+'.'
	this.el=bw.dom?document.getElementById(obj):bw.ie4?document.all[obj]:bw.ns4?eval(nest+'document.'+obj):0;
  	this.css=bw.dom?document.getElementById(obj).style:bw.ie4?document.all[obj].style:bw.ns4?eval(nest+'document.'+obj):0;
	this.scrollHeight=bw.ns4?this.css.document.height:this.el.offsetHeight
	this.newsScroll=newsScroll;
	this.moveIt=b_moveIt; this.x; this.y;
    this.obj = obj + "Object"
    eval(this.obj + "=this")
    return this
}
function b_moveIt(x,y){
	this.x=x;this.y=y
	this.css.left=this.x
	this.css.top=this.y
}
function newsScroll(speed){
	if(this.y>-this.scrollHeight){
		this.moveIt(0,this.y-pr_step)
		setTimeout(this.obj+".newsScroll("+speed+")",speed)
	}else if(loop) {
		this.moveIt(0,lstart)
		eval(this.obj+".newsScroll("+speed+")")
	  }
}
function newsScrollInit(){
	if (display_scroll==true) {
		oNewsCont = new makeObj('divNewsCont')
		oNewsScroll = new makeObj('divNewsText','divNewsCont')
		oNewsScroll.moveIt(0,lstart)
		oNewsCont.css.visibility='visible'
		oNewsScroll.newsScroll(speed)
	}
}