/* -- Adobe GoLive JavaScript Library */


function newImage(arg) {
	if (document.images) {
		rslt = new Image();
		rslt.src = arg;
		return rslt;
	}
}

function changeImagesArray(array) {
	if (preloadFlag == true) {
		var d = document; var img;
		for (var i=0; i<array.length; i+=2) {
			img = null; var n = array[i];
			if (d.images) {img = d.images[n];}
			if (!img && d.getElementById) {img = d.getElementById(n);}
			if (img) {img.src = array[i+1];}
		}
	}
}

function changeImages() {
	changeImagesArray(changeImages.arguments);
}

function init ()
{
if ( document.getElementById('newsticker') )
    ticker_init();
}

tickerSteps  = 1;
tickerSpeed  = 86;
tickerTimer  = false;
tickerBox    = null;
tickerHigher = false;


function ticker_start ()
{
  if ( tickerHigher )
  {
    if ( parseInt(tickerBox.offsetTop) > -parseInt(tickerBox.offsetHeight) )
      tickerBox.style.top = (parseInt(tickerBox.offsetTop) - tickerSteps)+'px';
    else
      tickerBox.style.top = '100px';
    
    tickerTimer = setTimeout('ticker_start()', tickerSpeed);
  }
}


function ticker_stop ()
{
  clearTimeout(tickerTimer);
}


function ticker_init ()
{
  document.getElementById('news').style.overflow = 'hidden';
  tickerBox = document.getElementById('tickerbox');
  
  if ( tickerBox.offsetHeight > 100 )
  {
    setTimeout("ticker_start()", 600);
    tickerHigher = true;
  }
}