/* DOMnews 1.0 homepage: http://www.onlinetools.org/tools/domnews/	released 11.07.05 */
// initial position 
var dn_startpos=10; 			
// end position
var dn_endpos=-700; 			
// Speed of scroller higher number = slower scroller 
var dn_speed=53;				
// ID of the news box
var dn_newsID='scrollBox';			
// class to add when JS is available
var dn_classAdd='hasJS';		
// Message to stop scroller
var dn_stopMessage='Stop scroller';	
// ID of the generated paragraph
var dn_paraID='DOMnewsstopper';

/* This is the functional bit, do not press any buttons or flick any switches without knowing what you are doing! */
var dn_scrollpos=dn_startpos;
var dn_interval;
/* Initialise scroller */
function initDOMnews() {
	var n=document.getElementById(dn_newsID);
	if(!n){return false;}
	//n.className=dn_classAdd;
	dn_interval=setInterval('scrollDOMnews()',dn_speed);
/*	var newa=document.createElement('a');
	var newp=document.createElement('p');
	newp.setAttribute('id',dn_paraID);
	newa.href='#';
	newa.appendChild(document.createTextNode(dn_stopMessage));
	newa.onclick=stopDOMnews;
	newp.appendChild(newa);
	n.parentNode.insertBefore(newp,n.nextSibling);*/
	n.onmouseover=function() { clearInterval(dn_interval); }
	n.onmouseout=function() { dn_interval=setInterval('scrollDOMnews()',dn_speed); }
	return void(0);
}

function stopDOMnews() {
	clearInterval(dn_interval);
	var n=document.getElementById('news');
	//n.className='';
	n.parentNode.removeChild(n.nextSibling);
	return false;
}
function scrollDOMnews() {
	var n=document.getElementById(dn_newsID).getElementsByTagName('ul')[0];
	//n.style.top=dn_scrollpos+'px';	
	n.style.left=dn_scrollpos+'px';	
	if(dn_scrollpos==dn_endpos){dn_scrollpos=dn_startpos;}
	dn_scrollpos--;	
}

/* Initialise scroller when window loads 
window.onload=function() {
	// check for DOM
	if(!document.getElementById || !document.createTextNode){return;}
	initDOMnews();
}*/
/* stop scroller when window is closed */
window.onunload=function() { if(dn_interval) clearInterval(dn_interval); }
function startCases(){
	if(!document.getElementById || !document.createTextNode){return;}
	var n=document.getElementById('casesBox');
	var lis = n.getElementsByTagName('li');
	if(lis){ dn_endpos = -120 * lis.length; }
	initDOMnews();
}
