/***********************************************
* Fading Scroller- © Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/

var delay = 3000; //set delay between message change (in miliseconds)
var maxsteps=30; // 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(255,255,255); // start color (red, green, blue)
var endcolor=new Array(0,0,0); // end color (red, green, blue)

var fcontent=new Array();
begintag='<div style="font: normal 12px Arial; padding: 5px;">'; //set opening tag, such as font declarations
fcontent[0]="<b>December 2009</b><br>Congress Extends COBRA Subsidy into 2010<br><br><a href='http://www.flexadministrators.com/cobra/cobra_subsidy.html'>Click here to<br>read more</a>";
fcontent[1]="<b>January 2010</b><br>Mileage Reimbursement<br><br><a href='http://www.flexadministrators.com/updates.html'>Click here to<br>read more</a>";
closetag='</div>';

var fwidth='128px'; //set scroller width
var fheight='120px'; //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&&!document.getElementById;
var DOM2=document.getElementById;
var faderdelay=0;
var index=0;


/*Rafael Raposo edited function*/
//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++
}

// colorfade() partially by Marcio Galli for Netscape Communications. ////////////
// Modified by Dynamicdrive.com

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);
	}
}

/*Rafael Raposo edited function*/
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);
	}
}

/*Rafael Raposo's new function*/
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 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