var tickdelay=3500 //delay btw messages
var highlightspeed=6 //10 pixels at a time.
var currentmessage=0;var clipwidth=0;
function changetickercontent(){crosstick.style.clip="rect(0px 0px auto 0px)";crosstick.innerHTML=tickercontents[currentmessage];highlightmsg();}
function highlightmsg(){var msgwidth=crosstick.offsetWidth;if (clipwidth<msgwidth){clipwidth+=highlightspeed;crosstick.style.clip="rect(0px "+clipwidth+"px auto 0px)";beginclip=setTimeout("highlightmsg()",20);}else{clipwidth=0;clearTimeout(beginclip);if (currentmessage==tickercontents.length-1) currentmessage=0;else currentmessage++;setTimeout("changetickercontent()",tickdelay);}}
function start_ticking(){crosstick=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("highlighter") : document.all.highlighter;crosstickParent=crosstick.parentNode? crosstick.parentNode : crosstick.parentElement;
if (parseInt(crosstick.offsetHeight)>0) {crosstickParent.style.height=crosstick.offsetHeight+'px'; }else{setTimeout("crosstickParent.style.height=crosstick.offsetHeight+'px'",100);}changetickercontent();}
if (document.all || document.getElementById);window.onload=start_ticking;