TICKERT_CONTENT = document.getElementById("TICKERT").innerHTML;
TICKERT_RIGHTTOLEFT = false;
TICKERT_SPEED = 2;
TICKERT_STYLE = "font-family:Arial; font-size:14px; color: #F00";
TICKERT_PAUSED = false;

ticker_start();

function ticker_start() {
	var tickerSupported = false;
	TICKERT_WIDTH = document.getElementById("TICKERT").style.width;
	var img = "<img src=../ticker_space.gif width="+TICKERT_WIDTH+" height=0>";
	document.getElementById("TICKERT").innerHTML = "<TABLE  cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%'><TR><TD nowrap='nowrap'>"+img+"<SPAN style='"+TICKERT_STYLE+"' ID='TICKERT_BODY' width='100%'> </SPAN>"+img+"</TD></TR></TABLE>";
	document.getElementById("TICKERT").scrollLeft = TICKERT_RIGHTTOLEFT ? document.getElementById("TICKERT").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("TICKERT").offsetWidth : 0;
	document.getElementById("TICKERT_BODY").innerHTML = TICKERT_CONTENT;
	document.getElementById("TICKERT").style.display="block";
	TICKERT_tick();
}

function TICKERT_tick() {
	if(!TICKERT_PAUSED) document.getElementById("TICKERT").scrollLeft += TICKERT_SPEED * (TICKERT_RIGHTTOLEFT ? -1 : 1);
	if(TICKERT_RIGHTTOLEFT && document.getElementById("TICKERT").scrollLeft <= 0) document.getElementById("TICKERT").scrollLeft = document.getElementById("TICKERT").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("TICKERT").offsetWidth;
	if(!TICKERT_RIGHTTOLEFT && document.getElementById("TICKERT").scrollLeft >= document.getElementById("TICKERT").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("TICKERT").offsetWidth) document.getElementById("TICKERT").scrollLeft = 0;
	window.setTimeout("TICKERT_tick()", 30);
}