//-- Original concept by Cameron Gregory cameron@corona.att.com var tickertapeform tt_speed=500 tt_len=60 tt_space=" " tt_tid = 0; tt_message="." tt_c= -tt_len; function move() { cend=Math.min(tt_c+tt_len,tt_message.length) if (tt_c <0) cstart=0; else cstart=tt_c; if (tt_c < 0) tt_f.scroll.value=tt_space.substring(0,-tt_c) + tt_message.substring(cstart,cend) else tt_f.scroll.value=tt_message.substring(cstart,cend) tt_c = tt_c +1; if (tt_c == tt_message.length ) tt_c = -tt_len; tt_tid=window.setTimeout("move()",tt_speed); } function tt_start(x) { tt_f=x tt_tid=window.setTimeout("move()",tt_speed); } function tt_cleartid() { window.clearTimeout(tt_tid); } // for some reason on some pages this crashes netscape function ticker(m,l,s) { tt_message=m tt_len=l tt_speed=s document.write('

') tt_start(document.tickertapeform); } // for some reason on some pages this crashes netscape function ticker(m) { tt_message=m tt_len=60 tt_speed=150 document.write('

'); tt_start(document.tickertapeform); } // end-->