/*Script for News Ticker*/

/*
DOM XML ticker- © Dynamic Drive (www.dynamicdrive.com)
For full source code, 100's more DHTML scripts, and Terms Of Use, visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com
Credit MUST stay intact
*/

//Container for ticker. Modify its STYLE attribute to customize style:
var tickercontainer='<div id="container">'
var tickering;
//Specify path to xml file
var xmlsource="ticker.xml"

////No need to edit beyond here////////////
//load xml file
if (window.ActiveXObject)
var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
else if (document.implementation && document.implementation.createDocument)
var xmlDoc= document.implementation.createDocument("","doc",null);
if (typeof xmlDoc!="undefined")
{
	document.write(tickercontainer)
	xmlDoc.load(xmlsource)
}

//Regular expression used to match any non-whitespace character
var notWhitespace = /\S/

function init_ticker()
{
	//Cache "messages" element of xml file
	tickerobj=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("xmlticker")[0]

	//REMOVE white spaces in XML file. Intended mainly for NS6/Mozilla
	for (i=0;i<tickerobj.childNodes.length;i++)
	{
		if ((tickerobj.childNodes[i].nodeType == 3)&&(!notWhitespace.test(tickerobj.childNodes[i].nodeValue))) 
		{
			tickerobj.removeChild(tickerobj.childNodes[i])
			i--
		}
	}
	currentmsg=1
	/*tickerobj.childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue*/
	msglength=tickerobj.childNodes.length
	rotatemsg()
	themessage=''
	setInterval("rotatemsg()",tickerobj.childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue)
}

function rotatemsg()
{
	var msgsobj=tickerobj.childNodes[currentmsg]
	if (msgsobj.getAttribute("url")!=null)
	{
		themessage='<a href="'+msgsobj.getAttribute("url")+'"'
		if (msgsobj.getAttribute("target")!=null)
		themessage+=' target="'+msgsobj.getAttribute("target")+'"'
		themessage+='>'
	}
	themessage+=msgsobj.firstChild.nodeValue
	if (msgsobj.getAttribute("url")!=null)
	themessage+='<a>'

	//Rotate msg and display it in DIV:
	//document.getElementById("container").innerHTML=themessage
	tickering.innerHTML = themessage;
	currentmsg=(currentmsg<msglength-1)? currentmsg+1 : 1
	themessage=''
}

function fetchxml()
{
	if (xmlDoc.readyState==4)
		init_ticker()
	else
	setTimeout("fetchxml()",10)
}