var browserok=window.ActiveXObject
		if (browserok)
		var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");

		function loadXML(xmlFile)
		{
 		xmlDoc.async="false";
 		xmlDoc.onreadystatechange=verify;
 		xmlDoc.load(xmlFile);
 		ticker=xmlDoc.documentElement;
		}

		function verify()
		{ 
		 if (xmlDoc.readyState != 4)
 		{ 
 		 return false; 
		 }
		}

		if (browserok){
		loadXML('ticker_items.xml');

		document.write('<style type="text\/css">');
		document.write('.ticker_style{font-family:' + ticker.childNodes(1).childNodes(0).getAttribute('font') + '; font-size:' + ticker.childNodes(1).childNodes(0).getAttribute('size') + '; color:' + ticker.childNodes(1).childNodes(0).getAttribute('color') + '; font-weight:' + ticker.childNodes(1).childNodes(0).getAttribute('weight') + '; text-decoration:' + ticker.childNodes(1).childNodes(0).getAttribute('decoration') + '}');
		document.write('.ticker_style:hover{font-family:' + ticker.childNodes(1).childNodes(1).getAttribute('font') + '; font-size:' + ticker.childNodes(1).childNodes(1).getAttribute('size') + '; color:' + ticker.childNodes(1).childNodes(1).getAttribute('color') + '; font-weight:' + ticker.childNodes(1).childNodes(1).getAttribute('weight') + '; text-decoration:' + ticker.childNodes(1).childNodes(1).getAttribute('decoration') + '}<br>');
		document.write('</style>');

		document.write('<table style="border:' + ticker.childNodes(0).getAttribute('border') + ' solid ' + ticker.childNodes(0).getAttribute('bordercolor') + '; background:' + ticker.childNodes(0).getAttribute('background') + '; width:' + ticker.childNodes(0).getAttribute('width') + '; height:' + ticker.childNodes(0).getAttribute('height') + '"><tr><td><div id="ticker_space"></div></td></tr></table>');

		var item_count=2;
		var timeOutVal=(ticker.childNodes(0).getAttribute('timeout'))*1000;
		var original_timeOutVal=timeOutVal;
		var isPauseContent;

		if(ticker.childNodes(0).getAttribute('pause')=="true")
		{
 		isPauseContent=' onmouseover="setDelay();" onmouseout="reset();"';
		}
		else
		{
		 isPauseContent='';
		}
		}

		function setTicker()
		{
 		document.all.ticker_space.innerHTML='<left><a href="' + ticker.childNodes(item_count).getAttribute('URL') + '" target="' + ticker.childNodes(item_count).getAttribute('target') + '" class="ticker_style"' + isPauseContent + '>' +  ticker.childNodes(item_count).firstChild.text + '</a></left>';
 		if(item_count==ticker.childNodes.length-1)
 		{
  		item_count=2;
 		}
 		else
 		{
  		item_count++;
 		}
 		setTimeout("setTicker()",timeOutVal);
		}

		function setDelay()
		{
 		timeOutVal=10000000000000;
 		item_count--;
		}

		function reset()
		{
 		timeOutVal=original_timeOutVal;
 		setTicker();
		}

		if (browserok)
		setTicker(); // script for ticker ends here.