bw=new verifyCompatibleBrowser();
lstart=373;
loop=true;
speed=100;
pr_step=2;
pause = false;

function verifyCompatibleBrowser()
{ 
	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 ConstructObject(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+"px";
	this.css.top=this.y+"px";
} 

function newsScroll(speed)
{ 
	if(!pause)
	{
		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+")");
		} 
	}
	else setTimeout(this.obj+".newsScroll("+speed+")",speed);
} 
 
function InitialiseAutoScrollArea()
{ 
	objContainer=new ConstructObject('ticker');
	objContent=new ConstructObject('tickerContent','ticker');
	objContent.moveIt(0,lstart);
	objContainer.css.overflow='hidden';
	objContent.newsScroll(speed);
}