// news ticker - one letter at a time - all selected no of articles

i = 1;
function newsticker(currtemptext) {
	countitems = document.newstickerform.countitems.value;
	nonews = 0;
	if (countitems == 0) {
		nonews = 1;
		temptext = 'More than 2500 Exhibits in 14 Galleries!';
		if (currtemptext == temptext) {
			currtemptext = temptext + "                ";
			temptext = 'Interactive Coca-Cola Gamezone';
			tempsplit = temptext.split('');
			temptext = currtemptext;
		} else {
			currtemptext = '';
			tempsplit = temptext.split('');
			temptext = '';
		}
		m = 0;
		additem = setTimeout("newstext(temptext,m)", 10);
	} else {
		items = countitems;
		newsfield = 'document.newstickerform.' + 'news' + i + ".value";
		newsidfield = 'document.newstickerform.' + 'newsid' + i + ".value";
		newsfieldexists = document.getElementById('news' + i);
		if (newsfieldexists != null) {
			tempnews = eval(newsfield);
			tempnewsid = eval(newsidfield);
			tempsplit = tempnews.split('');
			temptext = currtemptext + '               ';
			temptext = '';
			m = 0;
			additem = setTimeout("newstext(temptext,m)", 10);
			i = i+1;
		} else {
			i = 1;
			temptext = '';
			addnews = setTimeout("newsticker(temptext)", 1500);
		}  
	}
}
function newstext(temptext,m) {
	if (nonews ==1) {
		curr = tempsplit[m];
		if (curr != null) {
			curr = curr;
			currtemptext = temptext + curr;
			document.getElementById('newsspan').innerHTML = currtemptext + "_";
			addletter = setTimeout("newstext(currtemptext,currm)", 10);
			currm = m+1; 
		} else {
			additem = setTimeout("newsticker(currtemptext)", 1500);
		}
	} else {
		curr = tempsplit[m];
		if (curr != null) {
			curr = "<a href='scottish_football_museum_news.cfm?newsid=" + tempnewsid + "' class=newsticker>" + curr + "</a>";
			currtemptext = temptext + curr;
			document.getElementById('newsspan').innerHTML = currtemptext + "_";
			addletter = setTimeout("newstext(currtemptext,currm)", 10);
			currm = m+1; 
		} else {
			additem = setTimeout("newsticker(currtemptext)", 1500);
		}
	}
}