TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT = false;
TICKER_SPEED = 1;
TICKER_STYLE = "";
TICKER_PAUSED = false;

function ticker_start() {
	var tickerSupported = false;
	TICKER_CONTENT = document.getElementById("TICKER").innerHTML;
	TICKER_WIDTH = document.getElementById("TICKER").style.width;
	var img = ""; //"<img src=/resources/Conferencepei_reg.gif width="+TICKER_WIDTH+" height=0>";
    //alert(navigator.userAgent);
	// Firefox
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox")!=-1 || navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Safari")!=-1)
	{
		document.getElementById("TICKER").innerHTML = "<TABLE  cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%'><TR><TD nowrap='nowrap'>"+img+"<SPAN style='"+TICKER_STYLE+"' ID='TICKER_BODY' width='100%'>&nbsp;</SPAN>"+img+"</TD></TR></TABLE>";
		tickerSupported = true;
	}
	// IE
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")!=-1 && navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")==-1)
	{
		document.getElementById("TICKER").innerHTML = "<DIV nowrap='nowrap' style='width:100%;'>"+img+"<SPAN style='"+TICKER_STYLE+"' ID='TICKER_BODY' width='100%'></SPAN>"+img+"</DIV>";
		tickerSupported = true;
	}
	//Opera
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")!=-1)
	{
	    document.getElementById("TICKER").innerHTML = "<TABLE cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0' width='100%'><TR><TD nowrap='nowrap'><SPAN ID='TICKER_BODY' width='100%'>&nbsp;</SPAN></TD></TR></TABLE>";
	    tickerSupported = true;
	}
	if(!tickerSupported)
	    document.getElementById("TICKER").outerHTML = "";
	else
	{
		document.getElementById("TICKER").scrollLeft = TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT ? document.getElementById("TICKER").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("TICKER").offsetWidth : 0;
		document.getElementById("TICKER_BODY").innerHTML = TICKER_CONTENT;
		document.getElementById("TICKER").style.display="block";
		TICKER_tick();
	}
}

function TICKER_tick()
{
	if(!TICKER_PAUSED)
	    document.getElementById("TICKER").scrollLeft += TICKER_SPEED * (TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT ? -1 : 1);
	if(TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT && document.getElementById("TICKER").scrollLeft <= 0)
	    document.getElementById("TICKER").scrollLeft = document.getElementById("TICKER").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("TICKER").offsetWidth;
	if(!TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT && document.getElementById("TICKER").scrollLeft >= document.getElementById("TICKER").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("TICKER").offsetWidth)
	    document.getElementById("TICKER").scrollLeft = 0;
	
	//test code for opera
	//if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")!=-1)
	//{
	    //window.status = 'Scroll left: ' + document.getElementById("TICKER").scrollLeft + ' Scroll width: ' + document.getElementById("TICKER").scrollWidth + ' Offset width: ' + document.getElementById("TICKER").offsetWidth;
	    //alert(document.getElementById("TICKER").scrollLeft);
	//}
	
	window.setTimeout("TICKER_tick()", 30);
}