var l1 =   0; // left of ticker in pixel, or 0 to position relative
var t1 =   0; // top of ticker in pixel, or 0 to position relative
var w1 = 1020; // width of ticker in pixel
var ie = document.all ? true : false;
var first = true;
var l2 = l1 + w1;
var l3 = l1 - l2;
var l = l2;
function tickinit() {
 if (ie) {
  if (l1 == 0 && t1 == 0) {
   pos = document.all['tickpos'];
   l1 = getLeft(pos);
   t1 = getTop(pos);
  }
  ticktext.style.posTop = t1;
 }
 else {
  if (l1 == 0 && t1 == 0) {
   pos = document.anchors['tickpos'];
   l1 = pos.x;
   t1 = pos.y;
  }
  document.ticktext.pageY = t1;
 }
 l2 = l1 + w1;
 l3 = l1 - l2;
 l = l2;
 setInterval('tick()', 5);
}

function getLeft(ll) {
 if (ll.offsetParent)
  return (ll.offsetLeft + getLeft(ll.offsetParent));
 else 
  return (ll.offsetLeft);
}

function getTop(ll) {
 if (ll.offsetParent)
  return (ll.offsetTop + getTop(ll.offsetParent));
 else
  return (ll.offsetTop);
}

function tick() {
 l = l - 0.5;
 if (l < l3) l = l2;
 cl = l1 - l;
 cr = l2 - l;
 if (ie) {
  ticktext.style.posLeft = l;
  ticktext.style.posTop = t1;
  ticktext.style.clip = "rect(auto "+cr+"px auto "+cl+"px)";
  if (first) ticktext.style.visibility = "visible";
 }
 else {
  document.ticktext.pageX = l;
  document.ticktext.clip.left = cl;
  document.ticktext.clip.right = cr;
  if (first) document.ticktext.visibility = "visible"; //"show";
 }
 first = false;
}