var nTotalNewsItems = 0;
var nCurrentNewsItem = -1;
var stdBrowser = true;

if (!document.getElementById) {
	stdBrowser = false
}

function get(sElement) {
	var oElement = document.getElementById(sElement);
	return oElement;
}

function onPageLoad() {
	showNewsReel();
};

function showNewsReel() {
	//Set the total news items to loop through
	nTotalNewsItems = get("oNewsReel").childNodes.length;
	
	//Show the news reel
	var oNewsReel = get("oNewsReel");
	oNewsReel.style.display = "block";
	
	showNextNewsItem();
	

};

function delayNextNewsItem() {
	setTimeout("showNextNewsItem()", 5000);
};

function showNextNewsItem() {
		
	nCurrentNewsItem++;
	if (nCurrentNewsItem == nTotalNewsItems) {
		nCurrentNewsItem = 0;
	}
	//alert("Item:  " + nCurrentNewsItem);
	
	//Get all news items and hide
	var oNewsItems = get("oNewsReel").childNodes;
	for (var i = 0; i < oNewsItems.length; i++) {
		oNewsItems[i].style.display = "none";
	}
	
	//Get the next news item
	var oNextNewsItem = oNewsItems[nCurrentNewsItem];
	oNextNewsItem.style.display = "block";
	
	new TypingText(oNextNewsItem, 30, function(i){ var ar = new Array("\\", "|", "/", "-"); return " " + ar[i.length % ar.length]; }, delayNextNewsItem);
	TypingText.runAll();
	
};

//toggleMenu() used for hiding showing a drop down list (block element)
function toggleMenu(currElem,nextPos) {
	if (stdBrowser) {
		menuObj = document.getElementById(currElem).style
	}
	else {
		menuObj = eval("document." + currElem)
	}
	if (toggleMenu.arguments.length == 1) {
		if (parseInt(menuObj.top) == -5) {
			nextPos = -90
		}
		else {
			nextPos = -5
		}
	}
	if (stdBrowser) {
		menuObj.top = nextPos + "px"
	}
	else {
		menuObj.top = nextPos
	}
	
}