// JavaScript Document

new scrollObject("hintscroller", 290, 300, "left", 7000, 1.4);

function scrollObject(main, width, height, direct, pause, speed) {
 var self = this;
 this.main = main;
 this.width = width;
 this.height = height;
 this.direct = direct;
 this.pause = pause;
 this.speed = Math.max(1.001, Math.min((direct == "up" || direct == "down") ? height : width, speed));
 this.slope = (direct == "up" || direct == "left") ? 1 : -1;
 this.prev = this.offset = 0;
 this.curr = 1;
 this.mouse = false;
 this.scroll = function() {
   this.main = document.getElementById(this.main);
   this.main.style.overflow = "hidden";
   this.main.style.position = "relative";
   this.main.style.width = this.width + "px";
   this.main.style.height = this.height + "px";
   var b = [], c;
   while (this.main.firstChild) if ((c = this.main.removeChild(this.main.firstChild)).nodeName == "DIV") b.push(c);
   for (var x = 0; x < b.length; x++) {
     var table = document.createElement('table');
         table.cellPadding = table.cellSpacing = table.border = "0";
         table.style.position = "absolute";
         table.style.left = table.style.top = "0px";
         table.style.width = table.style.height = "100%";
         table.style.overflow = table.style.visibility = "hidden";
       var tbody = document.createElement('tbody');
         var tr = document.createElement('tr');
           var td = document.createElement('td');
             while (b[x].firstChild)
                 td.appendChild(b[x].removeChild(b[x].firstChild));
             tr.appendChild(td);
           tbody.appendChild(tr);
         table.appendChild(tbody);
     this.main.appendChild(table);
   } b = c = null;
   if (this.main.childNodes.length > 1) {
     this.main.onmouseover = function() { self.mouse = true; };
     this.main.onmouseout = function() { self.mouse = false; };
     setInterval(function() {
       if (!self.offset && self.scrollLoop()) self.main.childNodes[self.curr].style.visibility = "visible";
     }, this.pause);
   } this.main.childNodes[this.prev].style.visibility = "visible";
 };
 this.scrollLoop = function() {
   if (!this.offset) {
     if (this.mouse) return false;
     this.offset = (this.direct == "up" || this.direct == "down") ? this.height : this.width;
   } else this.offset = Math.floor(this.offset / this.speed);
   if (this.direct == "up" || this.direct == "down") {
     this.main.childNodes[this.curr].style.top = (this.offset * this.slope) + "px";
     this.main.childNodes[this.prev].style.top = ((this.offset - this.height) * this.slope) + "px";
   } else {
     this.main.childNodes[this.curr].style.left = (this.offset * this.slope) + "px";
     this.main.childNodes[this.prev].style.left = ((this.offset - this.width) * this.slope) + "px";
   }
   if (!this.offset) {
     this.main.childNodes[this.prev].style.visibility = "hidden";
     this.prev = this.curr;
     if (++this.curr >= this.main.childNodes.length) this.curr = 0;
   } else setTimeout(function() { self.scrollLoop(); }, 30);
   return true;
 };
 if (window.addEventListener) {
   window.addEventListener('load', function() { self.scroll(); }, false);
 } else if (window.attachEvent)
   window.attachEvent('onload', function() { self.scroll(); });
}