var tickerCursorOffImageGif = new Image();

var tickerCursorOnImageGif = new Image();

var tickerCursorFinalImageGif = new Image();

var tickerContainer;

var tickerImage;

var tickerCurrentDynamicLength = 0;

var tickerCurrentHeadline = -1;

var tickerCharacterTimeout;

var tickerHeadlineTimeout;

var tickerHeadlines;

var tickerUrls;

var tickerTitle



function tickerStartTicker(tickerId, title, headlines, urls, headlineTimeout, characterTimeout, tickerImageId, offImageSrc, onImageSrc, finalImageSrc)

{

    // Locate base objects



	// Load headlines and urls and title

	tickerTitle = title;

	tickerHeadlines = headlines;

	tickerUrls = urls;

	

	// Set speed of characters and time between headlines.

	tickerCharacterTimeout = characterTimeout;

	tickerHeadlineTimeout = headlineTimeout;



	// Preload images

	tickerCursorOffImageGif.src = offImageSrc;

	tickerCursorOnImageGif.src = onImageSrc;

	tickerCursorFinalImageGif.src = finalImageSrc;



	// Locate ticker image.

	if (document.images) 

	{

		if (document.layers)

			tickerImage = document.layers['tickerContainer'].document.images['tickerCursorImageTag'];

		else 

			tickerImage = document.images['tickerCursorImageTag'];

	}



	// Locate ticker container

	if (document.getElementById) 

	{

	    tickerContainer = document.getElementById(tickerId);

	}



	// Run ticker

	if (tickerContainer != null)

	{

		tickerRunTicker();

	}

	else

	{

		document.write("<style>.ticki{display:none;}.tickl{border:0px; padding:0px;}</style>");

		return true;

	}

}



// Play Ticker, on endless loop.

function tickerRunTicker()

{

	var tickerTimeout;



	// Load next headline.

	if(tickerCurrentDynamicLength == 0)

	{

		tickerCurrentHeadline++;

		tickerCurrentHeadline = tickerCurrentHeadline % tickerHeadlines.length;

		tickerCurrentHeadlineText = tickerHeadlines[tickerCurrentHeadline].replace(/&quot;/g,'"');

		tickerCurrentHeadlineURL = tickerUrls[tickerCurrentHeadline];

		tickerContainer.href = tickerCurrentHeadlineURL;

		tickerPrefix = '<span class="tickerPrefix">' + tickerTitle + '&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>';

	}



	// Insert headline text into Ticker container.

	tickerContainer.innerHTML = tickerPrefix + tickerCurrentHeadlineText.substring(0,tickerCurrentDynamicLength);



	// Update image.

	tickerGetCursorFrame();



	// Expand the length of the leadline and how long to wait before running again.

	if(tickerCurrentDynamicLength != tickerCurrentHeadlineText.length)

	{

		tickerCurrentDynamicLength++;

		tickerTimeout = tickerCharacterTimeout;

	}

	else

	{

		tickerCurrentDynamicLength = 0;

		tickerTimeout = tickerHeadlineTimeout;

	}

	// Call up the next cycle of the ticker

	setTimeout("tickerRunTicker()", tickerTimeout);

}



// Cursor animator

function tickerGetCursorFrame()

{

	var imgSrc;



	// Select image based on position in headline.

	if(tickerCurrentDynamicLength == tickerCurrentHeadlineText.length)

	{

		imgSrc = tickerCursorFinalImageGif.src;

	}

	else if((tickerCurrentDynamicLength % 2) == 1)

	{

		imgSrc = tickerCursorOffImageGif.src;

	}

	else

	{

		imgSrc = tickerCursorOnImageGif.src;

	}



	// Update image source

	if (tickerImage != null) 

	{

		tickerImage.src = imgSrc;

	}



}



function tickerHTML()

{

	var spantag;

	spantag = document.getElementById('Ticker1');

	if (spantag != null)

		return spantag.innerHTML;

	else

		return 'Tag not found';

}