var delay = 5000; //set delay between message change (in miliseconds)
var maxsteps=60; // 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(7,6,54); // start color (red, green, blue)
var endcolor=new Array(255,255,255); // end color (red, green, blue)

var fcontent=new Array();
begintag='<div style="regular_white" border=0>'; //set opening tag, such as font declarations
fcontent[0]="<a href=newsroom.html>Purchasing Power: The multi-million dollar shopping spree behind Transworld's latest fleet expansion</a>;"
fcontent[1]="<a href=newsroom.html>Transworld Group of Companies awards USD 80 million shipbuilding contract to Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard</a>";
fcontent[2]="<a href=newsroom.html>Transworld Logistics invests AED 16 million to expand state-of-the-art warehouse at Jafza</a>";
fcontent[3]="<a href=newsroom.html>Shreyas eyes fleet expansion potential</a>";
fcontent[4]="<a href=newsroom.html>Transworld sees huge growth in Logistics business</a>";
fcontent[5]="<a href=newsroom.html>Transworld sees big growth post-summer</a>";
fcontent[6]="<a href=newsroom.html>Singapore smile An Indian owner says doing business out of Singapore is its best move ever</a>";
fcontent[7]="<a href=newsroom.html>The Lloyd's List Middle East and Indian Subcontinent Awards 2006</a>";
fcontent[8]="<a href=newsroom.html>Business Profile: Transworld Group Chairman</a>";
fcontent[9]="<a href=newsroom.html>Orient Express Line's 20th Anniversary Celebrations and ISO 9001:2000 Certification</a>";
fcontent[10]="<a href=newsroom.html>The shipping Journal</a>";
fcontent[11]="<a href=newsroom.html>Transworld, Concor tie up for direct coastal shipping</a>";

closetag='</div>';

var fwidth='180px'; //set scroller width
var fheight='80px'; //set scroller height

var fadelinks=1;  //should links inside scroller content also fade like text? 0 for no, 1 for yes.

///No need to edit below this line/////////////////


var ie4=document.all;
//var ie4=document.all&&!document.getElementById;
var DOM2=document.getElementById;
var faderdelay=0;
var index=0;



//function to change content
function changecontent(){
  if (index>=fcontent.length)
    index=0
  if (DOM2){
    document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color="rgb("+startcolor[0]+", "+startcolor[1]+", "+startcolor[2]+")"
    document.getElementById("fscroller").innerHTML=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag
    if (fadelinks)
      linkcolorchange(1);
    colorfade(1, 15);
  }
  else if (ie4)
    document.all.fscroller.innerHTML=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag;
  index++
}



function linkcolorchange(step){
  var obj=document.getElementById("fscroller").getElementsByTagName("A");
  if (obj.length>0){
    for (i=0;i<obj.length;i++)
      obj[i].style.color=getstepcolor(step);
  }
}


var fadecounter;
function colorfade(step) {
  if(step<=maxsteps) {	
    document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color=getstepcolor(step);
    if (fadelinks)
      linkcolorchange(step);
    step++;
    fadecounter=setTimeout("colorfade("+step+")",stepdelay);
  }else{
    clearTimeout(fadecounter);
    document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color="rgb("+endcolor[0]+", "+endcolor[1]+", "+endcolor[2]+")";
    setTimeout("changecontent()", delay);
	
  }   
}


function getstepcolor(step) {
  var diff
  var newcolor=new Array(3);
  for(var i=0;i<3;i++) {
    diff = (startcolor[i]-endcolor[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:0px 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
