// JavaScript Document


function start_ticker()
{
	
 do_ticker(msg[0], 0, 1);
}

function do_ticker(text, pos, dir)
{
	
 ///var out='<span class="marquee">'+text.substring(0, pos)+'</span>';
var out=text.substring(0, pos);

 if(navigator.appName=="Netscape")
  with(document.ticker.document)
  {
   open(); write(out); close();
  }
 else
  ticker.innerHTML=out;

 pos+=dir;

 if(pos>text.length)
  setTimeout('do_ticker("'+text+'",'+pos+','+(-dir)+')', delay*100);
 else
 {
  if(pos<0)
  {
   if(++nextm>=msg.length)
    nextm=0;
   text=msg[nextm];
   dir=-dir;
  }

  setTimeout('do_ticker("'+text+'",'+pos+','+dir+')', delay);
 }
}