// begin absolutely positioned autoscroll area object scripts

function verifyCompatibleBrowser(){
	this.ver=navigator.appVersion
	this.dom=document.getElementById?1:0
	this.ie5=(this.ver.indexOf("MSIE 5")>-1 && this.dom)?1:0;
	this.ie4=(document.all && !this.dom)?1:0;
	this.ns5=(this.dom && parseInt(this.ver) >= 5) ?1:0;
	this.ns4=(document.layers && !this.dom)?1:0;
	this.bw=(this.ie5 || this.ie4 || this.ns4 || this.ns5)
	return this
}
bw=new verifyCompatibleBrowser()
lstart=600
loop=true
speed=50
pr_step=2
function ConstructObject(obj,nest){
    nest=(!nest) ? '':'document.'+nest+'.'
	this.el=bw.dom?document.getElementById(obj):bw.ie4?document.all[obj]:bw.ns4?eval(nest+'document.'+obj):0;
  	this.css=bw.dom?document.getElementById(obj).style:bw.ie4?document.all[obj].style:bw.ns4?eval(nest+'document.'+obj):0;
	this.scrollHeight=bw.ns4?this.css.document.height:this.el.offsetHeight
	this.newsScroll=newsScroll;
	this.moveIt=b_moveIt; this.x; this.y;
    this.obj = obj + "Object"
    eval(this.obj + "=this")
    return this
}
function b_moveIt(x,y){
	this.x=x;this.y=y
	this.css.left=this.x
	this.css.top=this.y
}
//Makes the object scroll up
function newsScroll(speed){
	if(this.y>-this.scrollHeight){
		this.moveIt(0,this.y-pr_step)
		setTimeout(this.obj+".newsScroll("+speed+")",speed)
	}else if(loop) {
		this.moveIt(0,lstart)
		eval(this.obj+".newsScroll("+speed+")")
	  }
}
//Makes the object
function InitialiseAutoScrollArea(){
	objContainer=new ConstructObject('container')
	objContent=new ConstructObject('content','container')
	objContent.moveIt(0,lstart)
	objContainer.css.visibility='visible'
	objContent.newsScroll(speed)
}
// end absolutely positioned scrollable area object scripts
