// width of the ticker
var tickerwidth=120

// height of the ticker
var tickerheight=100

// distance from the messagetext to the tickermarrgin (pixels)
var tickerpadding=5

// borderwidth of the ticker (pixels)
var borderwidth=0

// font-family
var fnt="arial"

// font-size of the text
var fntsize=9

// font-size of the last letter of the ticker
var fntsizelastletter=9

// font-color of the text
var fntcolor="003366"

// font-color of the last letter of the ticker
var fntcolorlastletter="003366"

// font-weight. Set a value between 1 to 9 to adjust the boldness
var fntweight=3

// backgroundcolor
var backgroundcolor="BDE6DE"

// standstill between the messages (microseconds)
var standstill=2000

// speed (a higher value will slow down the ticker)
var speed=40

// horizontal distance from the textlink to the popupbox (pixels)
var xdistance=50

// vertical distance from the textlink to the popupbox (pixels)
var ydistance=20

// 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;