var list; // global list variable cache
var tickerObj; // global tickerObj cache
var hex = 255;

function fadeText(divId) {
  if(tickerObj)
  {
    if(hex>0) {
      hex-=5; // increase color darkness
      tickerObj.style.color="rgb("+hex+","+hex+","+hex+")";
      setTimeout("fadeText('" + divId + "')", fadeSpeed); 
    } else
      hex=255; //reset hex value
  }
}

function initialiseList(divId) {
  tickerObj = document.getElementById(divId);
  if(!tickerObj)
    reportError("Could not find a div element with id \"" + divId + "\"");
  list = tickerObj.childNodes;
  if(list.length <= 0)
    reportError("The div element \"" + divId + "\" does not have any children");
  for (var i=0; i<list.length; i++) {
    var node = list[i];
    if (node.nodeType == 3 && !/\S/.test(node.nodeValue)) 
              tickerObj.removeChild(node);
  }
  run(divId, 0);
}

function run(divId, count) {
  fadeText(divId);
  list[count].style.display = "block";
  if(count > 0)
    list[count-1].style.display = "none";
  else
    list[list.length-1].style.display = "none";
  count++;
  if(count == list.length)
    count = 0;
  window.setTimeout("run('" + divId + "', " + count+ ")", interval*1000);
}
function reportError(error) {
  alert("The script could not run because you have errors:\n\n" + error);
  return false;
}

var interval = 7; // interval in seconds
var fadeSpeed = 40; // fade speed, the lower the speed the faster the fade.  40 is normal.


function move_box(an, box) {
  var cleft = 0;
  var ctop = 0;
  var obj = an;
  while (obj.offsetParent) {
    cleft += obj.offsetLeft;
    ctop += obj.offsetTop;
    obj = obj.offsetParent;
  }
  box.style.left = cleft + 'px';
  ctop += an.offsetHeight + 8;
  if (document.body.currentStyle &&
    document.body.currentStyle['marginTop']) {
    ctop += parseInt(
      document.body.currentStyle['marginTop']);
  }
  box.style.top = ctop + 'px';
}

function show_hide_box(an, width, height, borderStyle) {
  var href = an.href;
  var boxdiv = document.getElementById(href);

  if (boxdiv != null) {
    if (boxdiv.style.display=='none') {
      move_box(an, boxdiv);
      boxdiv.style.display='block';
    } else
      boxdiv.style.display='none';
    return false;
  }

  boxdiv = document.createElement('div');
  boxdiv.setAttribute('id', href);
  boxdiv.style.display = 'block';
  boxdiv.style.position = 'absolute';
  boxdiv.style.width = width + 'px';
  boxdiv.style.height = height + 'px';
  boxdiv.style.border = borderStyle;
  boxdiv.style.backgroundColor = '#fff';

  var contents = document.createElement('iframe');
  contents.scrolling = 'no';
  contents.frameBorder = '0';
  contents.style.width = width + 'px';
  contents.style.height = height + 'px';
  contents.src = href;

  boxdiv.appendChild(contents);
  document.body.appendChild(boxdiv);
  move_box(an, boxdiv);

  return false;
}