// CREDITS:
// Flashlike zoom-fade-scroller
// by Urs Dudli and Peter Gehrig 
// Copyright (c) 2000 Peter Gehrig and Urs Dudli. All rights reserved.
// Permission given to use the script provided that this notice remains as is.
// Additional scripts can be found at http://www.24fun.com/fast/index.html
// info@24fun.com
// 11/21/2000

// IMPORTANT: 
// If you add this script to a script-library or script-archive 
// you have to add a link to http://www.24fun.com/fast/index.html on the webpage 
// where this script will be running.

// CONFIGURATION:
// Go to http://www.24fun.com/fast/index.html and download the script as ZIP-file 
// with step-by-step instructions and copy-and-paste installation.

var timer
var marginright=0
var i_fadestrength=5
var i_message=0
var i_messagecolor=0
var i_messagefont=0
var step=1
var maxfontsize=220
var fontsizefactor=maxfontsize/100
var content
var textboxwidth=0
var bodywidth=0
message=message.split(" ")


function setmessage() {
	if (i_message>=message.length) {i_message=0}
	if (i_messagecolor>=messagecolor.length) {i_messagecolor=0}
	if (i_messagefont>=messagefont.length) {i_messagefont=0}
	content="<nobr><font color="+messagecolor[i_messagecolor]+" face="+messagefont[i_messagefont]+">"+message[i_message]+"</font><nobr>"
	textbox.innerHTML=content
	i_message++
	i_messagecolor++
	i_messagefont++
	timer=setTimeout("resizemessage()",50)
}

function resizemessage() {
if (i_fadestrength<120) {
	textbox.filters.alpha.opacity=Math.floor(100-i_fadestrength)
	document.all.textbox.style.fontSize=i_fadestrength*fontsizefactor
	document.all.textbox.style.posLeft=positionleft-(Math.floor(i_fadestrength/1.1*fontsizefactor))
	document.all.textbox.style.posTop=positiontop
	document.all.textbox.style.width=bodywidth-document.all.textbox.style.posLeft-5
	document.all.textbox.style.overflowX="hidden"
	document.all.textbox.style.visibility="visible"
	step+=1.5
	i_fadestrength+=step
	timer=setTimeout("resizemessage()",200)
}
else {
	clearTimeout(timer)
	i_fadestrength=0;
	step=1;
	setmessage()
	}
}
if (document.all) {
	document.write("<DIV id='textbox' style='position:absolute;font-family:Verdana;filter:alpha(opacity=0);'></DIV>")
	document.write("<DIV style='position:relative;'>")
}

if (document.all) {
	bodywidth=document.body.clientWidth-5
	setmessage()
}
