var TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT = false;
var TICKER_SPEED = 1;
var TICKER_PAUSED = false;

var ticker;

window.onload = function() {
    ticker_Start();
}

function ticker_Start() {
    ticker = document.getElementById('tickertape');
    ticker.innerHTML = '<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><span width="100%">' + ticker.innerHTML + '</span></td></tr></table>';
    ticker.scrollLeft = TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT ? ticker.scrollWidth - ticker.offsetWidth : 0;
    ticker.style.visibility = 'visible';
    ticker_Tick();
}

function ticker_Tick() {
    if (!TICKER_PAUSED) ticker.scrollLeft += TICKER_SPEED * (TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT ? -1 : 1);
    if (TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT && ticker.scrollLeft <= 0) ticker.scrollLeft = ticker.scrollWidth - ticker.offsetWidth;
    if (!TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT && ticker.scrollLeft >= ticker.scrollWidth - ticker.offsetWidth) ticker.scrollLeft = 0;
    window.setTimeout('ticker_Tick()', 22);
}