ie4 = (document.all)?true:false
dom = (document.getElementById)?true:false
ns4 = (document.layers)?true:false

function ticker(){
	direction = "left"
	tickerPos = 29
	moveTicker()
}

function moveTicker(){
	if (tickerPos > -140 && direction == "left"){
		tickerPos -= 1;
		if (ie4) document.all.ticker.style.left = tickerPos
		if (dom) document.getElementById("ticker").style.left = tickerPos
		if (ns4) document.tickerClip.document.ticker.left = tickerPos
		setTimeout("moveTicker()", 20)
	} else if (tickerPos == -140 && direction == "left"){
		direction = "right"
		switchPanel("right")
		setTimeout("moveTicker()", 3000)
	} else if (tickerPos < 29 && direction == "right"){
		tickerPos += 1;
		if (ie4) document.all.ticker.style.left = tickerPos
		if (dom) document.getElementById("ticker").style.left = tickerPos
		if (ns4) document.tickerClip.document.ticker.left = tickerPos
		setTimeout("moveTicker()", 20)
	} else if (tickerPos == 29 && direction == "right"){
		direction = "left"
		switchPanel("left")
		setTimeout("moveTicker()", 3000)
	}
}

function switchPanel(dir){
	if (dir == "left"){
		if (ie4) document.all.panelLeft.style.visibility = "visible"
		if (ie4) document.all.panelRight.style.visibility = "hidden"
		if (dom) document.getElementById("panelLeft").style.visibility = "visible"
		if (dom) document.getElementById("panelRight").style.visibility = "hidden"
		if (ns4) document.panelLeft.visibility = "show"
		if (ns4) document.panelRight.visibility = "hide"
	} else if (dir == "right"){
		if (ie4) document.all.panelRight.style.visibility = "visible"
		if (ie4) document.all.panelLeft.style.visibility = "hidden"
		if (dom) document.getElementById("panelRight").style.visibility = "visible"
		if (dom) document.getElementById("panelLeft").style.visibility = "hidden"
		if (ns4) document.panelRight.visibility = "show"
		if (ns4) document.panelLeft.visibility = "hide"
	}
}