// JScript File


 

var CharacterTimeout = 50;

var StoryTimeout = 3000;

var SymbolOne = '_';

var SymbolTwo = '-';

var SymbolNone = '';

var LeadString = 'LATEST:   ';

var Headlines = new Array();

var Links = new Array();

var ItemCount = 4;

 



 

function startTicker() {

 StoryCounter = -1;

 LengthCounter = 0;

 TickerLink = document.getElementById("tickerlink");

 runTicker();

}

 

function runTicker() {

 var Timeout;

 if (LengthCounter == 0) {

  StoryCounter++;

  StoryCounter = StoryCounter % ItemCount;

  CurrentHeadline = Headlines[StoryCounter];

  TargetLink = Links[StoryCounter];

  TickerLink.href = TargetLink;

  Prefix = "<span class=\"ticker\">" + LeadString + "</span>";

 }

 

 TickerLink.innerHTML = Prefix + CurrentHeadline.substring(0, LengthCounter) + getSymbol();

 

 if (LengthCounter != CurrentHeadline.length) {

  LengthCounter++;

  Timeout = CharacterTimeout;

 }

 else {

  LengthCounter = 0;

  Timeout = StoryTimeout;

 }

 setTimeout("runTicker()", Timeout);

}

 

function getSymbol() {

 if (LengthCounter == CurrentHeadline.length) {

  return SymbolNone;

 }

 if ((LengthCounter % 2) == 1) {

  return SymbolOne;

 }

 else {

  return SymbolTwo;

 }

}

 

startTicker();