ticker_width = "520px";
ticker_height = "19px";
ticker_speed = 1;
ticker_pause_onhover = 1;
marqueecontent = ""

function createXMLHttpRequest()
{
    var xmlHttp=null;
    try
    {
        // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
        xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
    catch (e)
    {
        // Internet Explorer
        try
        {
            xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
        }
        catch (e)
        {
            xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        }
    }
    return xmlHttp;
}

function gettickers()
{
    var xmlHttp = createXMLHttpRequest();

    if (xmlHttp==null)
    {
        alert ("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
        return;
    }

    xmlHttp.onreadystatechange  = function()
    {
        if(xmlHttp.readyState==4 && (!xmlHttp.status || xmlHttp.status==200))
        {
            parseXML(xmlHttp.responseXML);
            populate();
        }
    }

    xmlHttp.open("GET","/news_event/get_tickers",true);
    xmlHttp.send(null);
}

function parseXML(xmldoc)
{
    var news_events = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('url');
    var i=0;
    var tempstr = ""
    for (i=0;i<news_events.length;i++)
    {
        tempstr = tempstr + "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;" + news_events[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
    }
    marqueecontent = "<nobr><span class=ticker><nobr><span class=ticker_text_start></span>" + tempstr + "<span class=ticker_text_end></span></nobr></span></nobr>";
}

ticker_speed = (document.all) ? ticker_speed : Math.max(1, ticker_speed-1);
var copyspeed = ticker_speed;
var pausespeed = (ticker_pause_onhover == 0) ? copyspeed : 0;
var iedom = document.all || document.getElementById;
if (iedom) {
    document.write('<span id="temp" style="visibility:hidden;position:absolute;top:-200px;left:-100000px">'+marqueecontent+'</span>');
}

var actualwidth='';
var rh_ticker_iedom, rh_ticker_ns;

function populate() {
    if (iedom) {
        rh_ticker_iedom = document.getElementById? document.getElementById("ie_rh_ticker") : document.all.ie_rh_ticker;
        rh_ticker_iedom.style.left = parseInt(ticker_width)+8+"px";
        rh_ticker_iedom.innerHTML = marqueecontent;
    //actualwidth = document.all ? temp.offsetWidth : document.getElementById("temp").offsetWidth;
    } else if (document.layers) {
        rh_ticker_ns=document.rh_ticker_ns.document.ns_marquee2;
        rh_ticker_ns.left=parseInt(ticker_width)+8;
        rh_ticker_ns.document.write(marqueecontent);
        rh_ticker_ns.document.close();
    //actualwidth=rh_ticker_ns.document.width;
    }

    if (iedom) {
        rh_ticker_iedom.style.left="200px";
    } else {
        rh_ticker_ns.left=200;
    }

    actualwidth = marqueecontent.length;
    lefttime = setInterval("rh_ticker_scroll()",20);
}

function rh_ticker_scroll(){
    if (iedom) {
        if (parseInt(rh_ticker_iedom.style.left) > (actualwidth*(-1)+8)) {
            rh_ticker_iedom.style.left=parseInt(rh_ticker_iedom.style.left)-copyspeed+"px"
        } else {
            rh_ticker_iedom.style.left=parseInt(ticker_width)+8+"px"
        }
    } else if(document.layers) {
        if(rh_ticker_ns.left > (actualwidth*(-1)+8)) {
            rh_ticker_ns.left -= copyspeed;
        } else {
            rh_ticker_ns.left=parseInt(ticker_width)+8
        }
    }
}

if (iedom||document.layers) {
    with (document) {
        document.write('<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td>');
        if (iedom) {
            write('<div style="position:relative;width:'+ticker_width+';height:'+ticker_height+';overflow:hidden;border:0px solid #808080;">')
            write('<div style="position:absolute;width:'+ticker_width+';height:'+ticker_height+';" onMouseover="copyspeed=pausespeed" onMouseout="copyspeed=ticker_speed">')
            write('<div id="ie_rh_ticker" style="position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px"></div>')
            write('</div></div>')
        } else if (document.layers) {
            write('<ilayer width='+ticker_width+' height='+ticker_height+' name="rh_ticker_ns" bgColor='+ss_marquee_color_bg+'>')
            write('<layer name="ns_marquee2" left=0 top=0 onMouseover="copyspeed=pausespeed" onMouseout="copyspeed=ticker_speed"></layer>')
            write('</ilayer>')
        }
        document.write('</td></tr></table>')
        }
}

window.onload=gettickers;