/*******************************************************************
* Cross browser Marquee II- © Dynamic Drive (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for this script and 100s more.
*******************************************************************/

//Modified to be a horizontal news scroller script

var delayb4scroll = 1000; // Specify initial delay before marquee starts to scroll on page (2000=2 seconds)
var marqueespeed = 1; // Specify marquee scroll speed (larger is faster 1-10)
var pauseit = 1; // Pause marquee onMousever (0=no. 1=yes)?

var copyspeed = marqueespeed;
var pausespeed = (pauseit == 0) ? copyspeed : 0;
var actualwidth = '';

var marquee_container;
var cross_marquee;

function scrollmarquee()
{
    if (parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left) > (actualwidth * (-1) + 5))
        cross_marquee.style.left = parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left) - copyspeed + "px";
    else
        cross_marquee.style.left = parseInt(marqueewidth) + 5 + "px";
}

function initializemarquee()
{
    marquee_container = document.getElementById("marquee_container");
    cross_marquee = document.getElementById("vmarquee");
    
    cross_marquee.style.left = "0px";
    marqueewidth = marquee_container.offsetWidth;
    actualwidth = cross_marquee.offsetWidth;
    
    if (window.opera || navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Netscape/7")!= -1)
    {
        cross_marquee.style.width = marqueewidth + "px";
        cross_marquee.style.overflow = "scroll";
        return;
    }
    
    setTimeout('lefttime = setInterval("scrollmarquee()", 10)', delayb4scroll);
}