SCROLL_CONTENT = document.getElementById("scrollRegion").innerHTML;
 
SCROLL_RIGHTTOLEFT = false;
SCROLL_SPEED = 1;
SCROLL_STYLE = "font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; color: red";
SCROLL_PAUSED = false;

start_scroll();

function start_scroll() {
	var tickerSupported = false;
	scrollWidth = document.getElementById("scrollRegion").style.width;
	var img = "<img src=ticker_space.gif width=" + scrollWidth + " height=0>";

	// Firefox
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox")!=-1 || navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Safari")!=-1) {
		document.getElementById("scrollRegion").innerHTML = "<table  cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%'><tr><td nowrap='nowrap'>" + img + "<span style='" + SCROLL_STYLE + "' id='scrollBody' width='100%'>&nbsp;</span>" + img + "</td></tr></table>";
		tickerSupported = true;
	}
	// IE
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")!=-1 && navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")==-1) {
		document.getElementById("scrollRegion").innerHTML = "<div nowrap='nowrap' style='width:100%;'>" + img + "<span style='" + SCROLL_STYLE + "' id='scrollBody' width='100%'></span>" + img + "</div>";
		tickerSupported = true;
	}
	if(!tickerSupported) document.getElementById("scrollRegion").outerHTML = ""; else {
		document.getElementById("scrollRegion").scrollLeft = SCROLL_RIGHTTOLEFT ? document.getElementById("scrollRegion").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("scrollRegion").offsetWidth : 0;
		document.getElementById("scrollBody").innerHTML = SCROLL_CONTENT;
		document.getElementById("scrollRegion").style.display="block";
		incrementScroll();
	}
}

function incrementScroll() {
	if(!SCROLL_PAUSED) document.getElementById("scrollRegion").scrollLeft += SCROLL_SPEED * (SCROLL_RIGHTTOLEFT ? -1 : 1);
	if(SCROLL_RIGHTTOLEFT && document.getElementById("scrollRegion").scrollLeft <= 0) document.getElementById("scrollRegion").scrollLeft = document.getElementById("scrollRegion").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("scrollRegion").offsetWidth;
	if(!SCROLL_RIGHTTOLEFT && document.getElementById("scrollRegion").scrollLeft >= document.getElementById("scrollRegion").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("scrollRegion").offsetWidth) document.getElementById("scrollRegion").scrollLeft = 0;
	window.setTimeout("incrementScroll()", 30);
}