/***********************************************
* Fading Scroller- © Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/

var delay = 2000; //set delay between message change (in miliseconds)
var maxsteps=30; // number of steps to take to change from start color to endcolor
var stepdelay=40; // time in miliseconds of a single step
//**Note: maxsteps*stepdelay will be total time in miliseconds of fading effect
//var startcolor= new Array(255,255,255); // start color (red, green, blue)
//var endcolor=new Array(0,0,0); // end color (red, green, blue)
var startcolor= new Array(154,204,255); // start color (red, green, blue)
var endcolor1=new Array(3,19,255); // end color (red, green, blue)
var endcolor2=new Array(1,60,150); // end color (red, green, blue)

/*var fcontent=new Array();
begintag='<div style="font: normal 14px Arial; padding: 5px;">'; //set opening tag, such as font declarations
fcontent[0]="<b>What\'s new?</b><br />New scripts added to the Scroller category!<br /><br />The MoreZone has been updated. <a href='../morezone/index.htm'>Click here to visit</a>";
fcontent[1]="Dynamic Drive has been featured on Jars as a top 5% resource, and About.com as a recommended DHTML destination.";
fcontent[2]="Ok, enough with these pointless messages. You get the idea behind this script.</a>";
closetag='</div>';*/

//var fwidth='280px'; //set scroller width
//var fheight='100px'; //set scroller height

var fadelinks=0;  //should links inside scroller content also fade like text? 0 for no, 1 for yes.
var fadebg=1; 

var curbox=1;
var maxbox=6;
///No need to edit below this line/////////////////


var ie4=document.all&&!document.getElementById;
var DOM2=document.getElementById;
var faderdelay=0;
var index=0;


/*Rafael Raposo edited function*/
//function to change content
function changecontent(){
  if (index>=fcontent.length)
    index=0
  if (DOM2){
    //document.getElementById("fscroller"+curbox).style.color="rgb("+startcolor[0]+", "+startcolor[1]+", "+startcolor[2]+")"
	//document.getElementById("fscroller"+curbox).style.backgroundColor="rgb("+startcolor[0]+", "+startcolor[1]+", "+startcolor[2]+")"
    document.getElementById("fscroller"+curbox).innerHTML=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag
    //if (fadelinks)
    //  linkcolorchange(1);
    colorfade(1, 15);
  }
  else if (ie4)
    document.all.fscroller.innerHTML=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag;
  index++
}

// colorfade() partially by Marcio Galli for Netscape Communications.  ////////////
// Modified by Dynamicdrive.com

/*function linkcolorchange(step){
  var obj=document.getElementById("fscroller"+curbox).getElementsByTagName("A");
  if (obj.length>0){
    for (i=0;i<obj.length;i++)
	  //obj[i].style.color==getstepcolor(step);
	  obj[i].style.color=="red";
  }
}*/

/*Rafael Raposo edited function*/
var fadecounter;
function colorfade(step) {
  if(step<=maxsteps) {	
	//document.getElementById("fscroller"+curbox).style.color=getstepcolor(step);
	if (fadebg)
		document.getElementById("fscroller"+curbox).style.backgroundColor=getstepcolor(step);
    //if (fadelinks)
    //  linkcolorchange(step);
    step++;
    fadecounter=setTimeout("colorfade("+step+")",stepdelay);
  }else{
    clearTimeout(fadecounter);
	//document.getElementById("fscroller"+curbox).style.color="rgb("+endcolor[0]+", "+endcolor[1]+", "+endcolor[2]+")";
	if (fadebg){
		if (curbox == 1 || curbox == 3 || curbox == 5){
			document.getElementById("fscroller"+curbox).style.backgroundColor="rgb("+endcolor1[0]+", "+endcolor1[1]+", "+endcolor1[2]+")";
		}else{
			document.getElementById("fscroller"+curbox).style.backgroundColor="rgb("+endcolor2[0]+", "+endcolor2[1]+", "+endcolor2[2]+")";
		}
	}
  	if (curbox < maxbox){
		curbox++;
	}else{
		curbox=1;
	}
    setTimeout("changecontent()", delay);
	
  }   
}

/*Rafael Raposo's new function*/
function getstepcolor(step) {
  var diff
  var newcolor=new Array(3);
  for(var i=0;i<3;i++) {
	if (curbox == 1 || curbox == 3 || curbox == 5){
    	diff = (startcolor[i]-endcolor1[i]);
	}else{
    	diff = (startcolor[i]-endcolor2[i]);
	}
    if(diff > 0) {
      newcolor[i] = startcolor[i]-(Math.round((diff/maxsteps))*step);
    } else {
      newcolor[i] = startcolor[i]+(Math.round((Math.abs(diff)/maxsteps))*step);
    }
  }
  return ("rgb(" + newcolor[0] + ", " + newcolor[1] + ", " + newcolor[2] + ")");
}

//if (ie4||DOM2)
//  document.write('<div id="fscroller" style="border:1px solid black;width:'+fwidth+';height:'+fheight+'"></div>');

if (window.addEventListener)
window.addEventListener("load", changecontent, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
window.attachEvent("onload", changecontent)
else if (document.getElementById)
window.onload=changecontent