var ticker = null; /* ticker object */

function startticker()
{
    try
    {
      ticker = new Ticker('ticker', 'tickerID', 1, 25);
      ticker.start();
    }
    catch(e)
    {
    
    }
        
}
function Ticker(name, id, shiftBy, interval)
{
  this.name     = name;
  this.id       = id;
  this.shiftBy  = shiftBy ? shiftBy : 1;
  this.interval = interval ? interval : 100;
  this.runId	= null;

  this.div = document.getElementById(id);

  // remove extra textnodes that may separate the child nodes
  // of the ticker div

  var node = this.div.firstChild;
  var next;

  while (node)
  {
    next = node.nextSibling;
    if (node.nodeType == 3)
      this.div.removeChild(node);
    node = next;
  }

  //end of extra textnodes removal
 
  this.left = 360;
  this.shiftLeftAt = this.div.firstChild.offsetWidth;
  this.div.style.height	= this.div.firstChild.offsetHeight;
  this.div.style.width = 2 * screen.availWidth;
  this.div.style.visibility = 'visible';
}

function startTicker()
{
  this.stop();
  
  this.left -= this.shiftBy;
	
  if (this.left <= -this.shiftLeftAt)
  {
    this.left = 0;
	this.div.appendChild(this.div.firstChild);
    this.shiftLeftAt = this.div.firstChild.offsetWidth;
	
  }
  
  this.div.style.left = (this.left + 'px');

  this.runId = setTimeout(this.name + '.start()', this.interval);
}

function stopTicker()
{
  if (this.runId)
    clearTimeout(this.runId);
    
  this.runId = null;
}


/* Prototypes for Ticker */
Ticker.prototype.start = startTicker;
Ticker.prototype.stop = stopTicker;

function stop_Ticker()
{
    try
    {
        if (ticker)
        {
            ticker.stop();
        }
    }
    catch(e)
    {

    }

}

function start_Ticker()
{
    try
    {
        if (ticker)
        {
           ticker.start();
        }    
    }
    catch(e)
    {
    
    }

}