/*
Copyright (C) 1999 Thomas Brattli
This script is made by and copyrighted to Thomas Brattli at www.bratta.com
Visit for more great scripts. This may be used freely as long as this msg is intact!
I will also appriciate any links you could give me. 
*/
// Courtesy of SimplytheBest.net - http://simplythebest.net/scripts/
function checkBrowser(){
	this.ver=navigator.appVersion
	this.dom=document.getElementById?1:0
	this.ie5=(this.ver.indexOf("MSIE 5")>-1 && this.dom)?1:0;
	this.ie4=(document.all && !this.dom)?1:0;
	this.ns5=(this.dom && parseInt(this.ver) >= 5) ?1:0;
	this.ns4=(document.layers && !this.dom)?1:0;
	this.bw=(this.ie5 || this.ie4 || this.ns4 || this.ns5)
	return this
}
bw=new checkBrowser()

lstart=200
loop=true 
speed=200
pr_step=2

function makeObj(obj,nest){
    nest=(!nest) ? '':'document.'+nest+'.'
	this.el=bw.dom?document.getElementById(obj):bw.ie4?document.all[obj]:bw.ns4?eval(nest+'document.'+obj):0;
  	this.css=bw.dom?document.getElementById(obj).style:bw.ie4?document.all[obj].style:bw.ns4?eval(nest+'document.'+obj):0;
	this.scrollHeight=bw.ns4?this.css.document.height:this.el.offsetHeight
	this.newsScroll=newsScroll;
	this.moveIt=b_moveIt; this.x; this.y;
    this.obj = obj + "Object"
    eval(this.obj + "=this")
    return this
}
function b_moveIt(x,y){
	this.x=x;this.y=y
	this.css.left=this.x
	this.css.top=this.y
}
function newsScroll(speed){
	if(this.y>-this.scrollHeight){
		this.moveIt(0,this.y-pr_step)
		setTimeout(this.obj+".newsScroll("+speed+")",speed)
	}else if(loop) {
		this.moveIt(0,lstart)
		eval(this.obj+".newsScroll("+speed+")")
	  }
}
function newsScrollInit(){
	oNewsCont=new makeObj('divNewsCont')
	oNewsScroll=new makeObj('divNewsText','divNewsCont')
	oNewsScroll.moveIt(0,lstart)
	oNewsCont.css.visibility='visible'
	oNewsScroll.newsScroll(speed)
}

function addEvent(elm, evType, fn, useCapture)
{
	if (elm.addEventListener)
	{
		elm.addEventListener(evType,fn,useCapture);
		return (true);
	}
	else if ( elm.attachEvent )
	{
		var r = elm.attachEvent('on' + evType, fn);
		return (r);
	}
	else
	{
		elm['on' + evType] = fn;
	}
}

addEvent(window,'load',newsScrollInit);