speed = 1;	//how fast is it scrolls? (+ve for scroll down, -ve for scroll up, 0 for stop)
startPos = 50;	//where start? (y-position, relative)

/* 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/info/dhtml_scripts.html) */

delay = 100;
loop = true;
bw = "";

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
}

function makeObj(obj,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(delay){
	if(this.y > -this.scrollHeight){
		this.moveIt(0, this.y - speed)
		setTimeout(this.obj+".newsScroll("+delay+")",delay)
	}
	else if(loop) {
		this.moveIt(0,startPos)
		eval(this.obj+".newsScroll("+delay+")")
	}
}

function newsScrollInit(){
	bw = new checkBrowser();

	oNewsCont=new makeObj('divNewsCont')
	oNewsScroll=new makeObj('divNewsText','divNewsCont')
	oNewsScroll.moveIt(0,startPos)
	oNewsCont.css.visibility='visible'
	oNewsScroll.newsScroll(delay)
}

function scrollFaster(nStep) {
	speed += nStep;
}