function createAjaxObj(){
var httprequest=false; 
if (window.XMLHttpRequest){ httprequest=new XMLHttpRequest(); if (httprequest.overrideMimeType) httprequest.overrideMimeType('text/xml'); } else if (window.ActiveXObject){  try { httprequest=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); }  catch (e){ try{ httprequest=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); }  catch (e){} } } 
return httprequest; };

function ajax_ticker(xmlfile, divId, divClass, delay, fadeornot){
this.xmlfile=xmlfile; this.tickerid=divId; this.delay=delay; this.mouseoverBol=0; this.pointer=0; if (typeof fadeornot!="undefined") {
	this.opacitystring="width: 100%; filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.alpha(opacity=100); -opacity: 1";
	this.delay+=7500; 
} else { 	this.opacitystring=""; }

this.opacitysetting=0.2;  
this.messages=[]; 
this.ajaxobj=createAjaxObj()
document.write('<div id="'+divId+'" class="'+divClass+'"><div style="'+this.opacitystring+'">Initialisation...</div></div>');
this.getXMLfile(); };

ajax_ticker.prototype.getXMLfile=function(){
if (this.ajaxobj){
var instanceOfTicker=this;
var url=this.xmlfile+"?bustcache="+new Date().getTime();
this.ajaxobj.onreadystatechange=function(){instanceOfTicker.initialize()};
this.ajaxobj.open('GET', url, true);
this.ajaxobj.send(null); } };

ajax_ticker.prototype.initialize=function(){ 
if (this.ajaxobj.readyState == 4){ 
if (this.ajaxobj.status==200 || window.location.href.indexOf("http")==-1){ 
this.contentdiv=document.getElementById(this.tickerid).firstChild; 
var xmldata=this.ajaxobj.responseText;
this.contentdiv.style.display="none";
this.contentdiv.innerHTML=xmldata;
if (this.contentdiv.getElementsByTagName("div").length==0){ 
this.contentdiv.innerHTML="<b>Error</b> fetching remote ticker file!";
return }
var instanceOfTicker=this;
document.getElementById(this.tickerid).onmouseover=function(){instanceOfTicker.mouseoverBol=1};
document.getElementById(this.tickerid).onmouseout=function(){instanceOfTicker.mouseoverBol=0};
if (window.attachEvent) 
window.attachEvent("onunload", function(){instanceOfTicker.contentdiv=instanceOfTicker.ajaxobj=null});

for (var i=0; i<this.contentdiv.getElementsByTagName("div").length; i++){
if (this.contentdiv.getElementsByTagName("div")[i].className=="message")
this.messages[this.messages.length]=this.contentdiv.getElementsByTagName("div")[i].innerHTML; }
this.contentdiv.innerHTML="";
this.contentdiv.style.display="block";
this.rotatemsg(); } } };

ajax_ticker.prototype.rotatemsg=function(){
var instanceOfTicker=this;
if (this.mouseoverBol==1) 
setTimeout(function(){instanceOfTicker.rotatemsg()}, 100);
else{ 
this.fadetransition("reset"); 
this.contentdiv.innerHTML=this.messages[this.pointer];
this.fadetimer1=setInterval(function(){instanceOfTicker.fadetransition('up', 'fadetimer1')}, 100); 
this.pointer=(this.pointer<this.messages.length-1)? this.pointer+1 : 0;
setTimeout(function(){instanceOfTicker.rotatemsg()}, this.delay);  } };

ajax_ticker.prototype.fadetransition=function(fadetype, timerid){
var contentdiv=this.contentdiv;
if (fadetype=="reset")
this.opacitysetting=0.2;
if (contentdiv.filters && contentdiv.filters[0]){
if (typeof contentdiv.filters[0].opacity=="number") 
contentdiv.filters[0].opacity=this.opacitysetting*100;
else 
contentdiv.style.filter="alpha(opacity="+this.opacitysetting*100+")";
}
else if (typeof contentdiv.style.MozOpacity!="undefined" && this.opacitystring!=""){
contentdiv.style.MozOpacity=this.opacitysetting;
}
else
this.opacitysetting=1;
if (fadetype=="up")
this.opacitysetting+=0.1;
if (fadetype=="up" && this.opacitysetting>=1)
clearInterval(this[timerid]); };