TICKER_STYLE = "font-family:Arial; font-size:12px; color:#444444";

function ticker_start(id) {
    var TICKER = id + "TICKER";
    var TICKER_BODY = id + "TICKER_BODY";
    var TICKER_CONTENT = document.getElementById(TICKER).innerHTML;
    var TICKER_LEFTTORIGHT = eval(id + "TICKER_LEFTTORIGHT");
    var IMG_URL = eval(id + "IMG_URL");
	var tickerSupported = false;
	TICKER_WIDTH = document.getElementById(TICKER).style.width;
	var img = "<img src='" + IMG_URL + "' width="+TICKER_WIDTH+" height=0>";
	// Firefox
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox")!=-1 || navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Safari")!=-1) {
		document.getElementById(TICKER).innerHTML = "<TABLE  cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%'><TR><TD nowrap='nowrap'>"+img+"<SPAN style='"+TICKER_STYLE+"' ID='" + TICKER_BODY + "' width='100%'>&nbsp;</SPAN>"+img+"</TD></TR></TABLE>";
		tickerSupported = true;
	}
	// IE
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")!=-1 && navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")==-1) {
		document.getElementById(TICKER).innerHTML = "<DIV nowrap='nowrap' style='width:100%;'>"+img+"<SPAN style='"+TICKER_STYLE+"' ID='" + TICKER_BODY + "' width='100%'></SPAN>"+img+"</DIV>";
		tickerSupported = true;
	}
	if(!tickerSupported) document.getElementById(TICKER).outerHTML = ""; else {
		document.getElementById(TICKER).scrollLeft = TICKER_LEFTTORIGHT ? document.getElementById(TICKER).scrollWidth - document.getElementById(TICKER).offsetWidth : 0;
		document.getElementById(TICKER_BODY).innerHTML = TICKER_CONTENT;
		document.getElementById(TICKER).style.display="block";
		TICKER_tick(id);
	}
}

function TICKER_tick(id) {
    var TICKER = id + "TICKER";
    var TICKER_PAUSED = eval(id + "TICKER_PAUSED");
    var TICKER_SPEED = eval(id + "TICKER_SPEED");
    var TICKER_LEFTTORIGHT = eval(id + "TICKER_LEFTTORIGHT");
	if(!TICKER_PAUSED) document.getElementById(TICKER).scrollLeft += TICKER_SPEED * (TICKER_LEFTTORIGHT ? -1 : 1);
	if(TICKER_LEFTTORIGHT && document.getElementById(TICKER).scrollLeft <= 0) document.getElementById(TICKER).scrollLeft = document.getElementById(TICKER).scrollWidth - document.getElementById(TICKER).offsetWidth;
	if(!TICKER_LEFTTORIGHT && document.getElementById(TICKER).scrollLeft >= document.getElementById(TICKER).scrollWidth - document.getElementById(TICKER).offsetWidth) document.getElementById(TICKER).scrollLeft = 0;
	window.setTimeout("TICKER_tick('" + id + "')", 30);
}