function verifyCompatibleBrowser(){ 
    this.ver=navigator.appVersion; 
    this.dom=document.getElementById?1:0; 
    this.ie5=(this.ver.indexOf("MSIE 5")>-1 && this.dom)?1:0; 
    this.ie4=(document.all && !this.dom)?1:0; 
    this.ns5=(this.dom && parseInt(this.ver) >= 5) ?1:0; 
    this.ns4=(document.layers && !this.dom)?1:0; 
    this.bw=(this.ie5 || this.ie4 || this.ns4 || this.ns5); 
    return this;
} 
bw=new verifyCompatibleBrowser() 
 

var speed=75; 	//50
var pause=0;	//2000 
var velocity=1;	//1
var loop, timer, timer2; 
var compte=1; 
function ConstructObject(obj,nest){ 
    nest=(!nest) ? '':'document.'+nest+'.'; 
    this.el=bw.dom?document.getElementById(obj):bw.ie4?document.all[obj]:bw.ns4?eval(nest+'document.'+obj):0; 
    this.cs=bw.dom?document.getElementById(obj).style:bw.ie4?document.all[obj].style:bw.ns4?eval(nest+'document.'+obj):0; 
    this.scrollHeight=bw.ns4?this.cs.document.height:this.el.offsetHeight; 
    this.clipHeight=bw.ns4?this.cs.clip.height:this.el.offsetHeight; 
    this.up=MoveAreaUp;
	this.Wind=WindUp;
	this.down=MoveAreaDown; 
    this.MoveArea=MoveArea; this.x; this.y; 
    this.obj = obj + "Object"; 
    eval(this.obj + "=this"); 
    return this; 
}

function MoveArea(x,y){ 
    this.x=x;this.y=y ;
    this.cs.left=this.x; 
    this.cs.top=this.y; 
} 
 
function WindUp(move){
	if(this.y>-this.scrollHeight+objContainer.clipHeight){ 
    		this.MoveArea(0,this.y-move) 
    		if(loop) timer=setTimeout(this.obj+".Wind("+move+")",speed) 
	} 
} 

function MoveAreaUp(move){ 
	if(this.y<0){ 
    this.MoveArea(0,this.y-move) 
    if(loop) timer=setTimeout(this.obj+".up("+move+")",speed) 
	} 
} 

function MoveAreaDown(move){ 
	if(this.y>-31*compte){
	//if(true){	
		this.MoveArea(0,this.y-move); 
    		if (loop) timer=setTimeout(this.obj+".down("+move+")",speed); 
	}
	else {
		CeaseScroll();
		compte++;
		if(this.y>-this.scrollHeight+objContainer.clipHeight)  {
			setTimeout('PerformScroll(velocity)',pause);
		}	
		else 
		{
			//alert('end');
			compte=0;
			timer=setTimeout('Rewind()',100);
		}
	}
} 

function Rewind() {
	 objScroller.MoveArea(0,124);
	 timer=setTimeout('PerformScroll(velocity)',100);
	}
	 
function PerformScroll(speed){ 
	if(initialised){ 
		loop=true; 
		if(speed>0) objScroller.down(speed); 
		else objScroller.up(speed); 
	} 
} 

function goUp(speed) {
	CeaseScroll(); 
	if(initialised){ 
		loop=true; 
		objScroller.Wind(speed); 
		} 
} 

function goDown(speed) {
	CeaseScroll(); 
	if(initialised){ 
		loop=true; 
		objScroller.up(speed); 
		} 
} 

function CeaseScroll(){ 
    loop=false; 
    if(timer) clearTimeout(timer); 
} 

function StopScroll(){ 
    loop=false; 
    if(timer) clearTimeout(timer); 
	timer=setTimeout('PerformScroll(velocity)',pause)
} 


	function getRealLeft(obj) {

		// Get left position of object minus any offset/padding
		xPos = obj.offsetLeft;
		tempEl = obj.offsetParent;
		while (tempEl != null) {
			xPos += tempEl.offsetLeft;
			tempEl = tempEl.offsetParent;
		}
		return xPos;
	}

	function getRealTop(obj) {
		// Get top position of object minus any offset/padding
		yPos = obj.offsetTop;
		tempEl = obj.offsetParent;
		while (tempEl != null) {
			yPos += tempEl.offsetTop;
			tempEl = tempEl.offsetParent;
		}
		return yPos;
	}


var initialised;



function InitialiseScrollableArea(){ 
    objContainer=new ConstructObject('newsboard'); 
    objScroller=new ConstructObject('newscontent','newsboard'); 
    objScroller.MoveArea(0,0); 
    objContainer.cs.visibility='visible'; 
    initialised=true; 
    


if (document.all) { 		// IE
objContainer.cs.top=getRealTop(brandTickerImage);
objContainer.cs.left=getRealLeft(brandTickerImage);
}

else	{			// Netscape
objContainer.cs.top=document.images.brandTickerImage.y;
objContainer.cs.left=document.images.brandTickerImage.x;
}
    

    
}