var TheItemURL = 0;
var TheItemText = 1;
var DistanceFromLeftEdge = 0;
var LeftEdge = "left_edge";
var ScrollerWidth = 450;
var ScrollerHeight = 16;
var ScrollerLeft = 169;
var ScrollerTop = 84;
var ItemPadding = 25;
var LinkPrefix ="";
var OpenNewPageHere = "";
var SpanClassName = "TickerText";
var ScrollItemURL = new Array();
var ScrollItemText = new Array();
var ScrollItemTextAndURL = new Array();
var ShiftBy = 1;
var Loop = -1;
var Interval = 20;
var ScrollerObj = null;





		ScrollItemText[0] = '<b>23/12/08</b>&nbsp;Emporiki Bank adopts measures to support small and...';
		

		ScrollItemURL[0] ='/cbgen/gr/press/press_releases_story.jsp?docid=691B77C83E23493E9B69DE207319EF&cabinet=PRESS_RELEASES&lang=gr';

		ScrollItemText[1] = '<b>16/12/08</b>&nbsp;Mr. Crontiras visits Cyprus where he holds importa...';
		

		ScrollItemURL[1] ='/cbgen/gr/press/press_releases_story.jsp?docid=AB21FCC4B57E640441F14982E7340B&cabinet=PRESS_RELEASES&lang=gr';

		ScrollItemText[2] = '<b>24/11/08</b>&nbsp;Opening of the new headquarters and confirmation o...';
		

		ScrollItemURL[2] ='/cbgen/gr/press/press_releases_story.jsp?docid=4FA1A655E927D65A93A5C393AAB152&cabinet=PRESS_RELEASES&lang=gr';



function LaunchScroller(up,left)
{
	DistanceFromLeftEdge = left - 14; 
	ScrollerTop = up;
	ScrollerLeft = eval(DistanceFromLeftEdge + leftEdgePosition(document.getElementById(LeftEdge)));
	
	for(i=0; i<ScrollItemURL.length; i++)
	{
		ScrollItemTextAndURL[i]=[LinkPrefix+ScrollItemURL[i], ScrollItemText[i]];
	}
	
	createItemContainers();

	setTimeout("repositionScroller()",1);
	
	ScrollerObj = new Scroller('ScrollerObj', 'scrollerID', ShiftBy, Interval, Loop);
	ScrollerObj.start();
}

function createItemContainers()
{
	if(typeof HTMLElement!="undefined" && !HTMLElement.prototype.insertAdjacentHTML)
	{
		HTMLElement.prototype.insertAdjacentHTML = function(BeforeEnd, sHTML)
		{
			var df;   // : DocumentFragment
			var r = this.ownerDocument.createRange();
			r.selectNodeContents(this);
			r.collapse(false);
			df = r.createContextualFragment(sHTML);
			this.appendChild(df);
		};
	}
	
	var text='<div id="scrollerDIV" style="overflow: hidden; position: absolute; height:' + ScrollerHeight + '; width:' + ScrollerWidth + '; left:' + ScrollerLeft + '; top:' + ScrollerTop + ';">' +
				'<div id="scrollerID" style="position: relative; left: 0px; top: 0px; white-space: nowrap">';
	
	for(var i=0; i<ScrollItemTextAndURL.length; i++)
	{
		text += '<span style="padding-left:0px; padding-right:' + ItemPadding + 'px;"><a href="' + ScrollItemTextAndURL[i][TheItemURL] + '"' + OpenNewPageHere + '><span class="' + SpanClassName + '" onmouseover="ScrollerObj.stop()" onmouseout="ScrollerObj.start()">' + ScrollItemTextAndURL[i][TheItemText] + '</span></a></span>';
	}
		
	text += '<span style="visibility:hidden; word-spacing:' + (ScrollerWidth-ItemPadding) + 'px">| |</span></div></div>';
		
	document.body.insertAdjacentHTML("beforeEnd",text);
}

function Scroller(name, id, shiftBy, interval, loop)
{
   this.name = name;
   this.id = id;
   this.shiftBy = shiftBy ? shiftBy : 1;
   this.interval = interval ? interval : 100;
   this.loop = loop ? loop : -1;
   this.timesLooped = 0;
	this.itemsScrolled = 1;
   this.runId	= null;
   this.div = document.getElementById(id);
   this.left = ScrollerWidth;
   this.div.style.visibility = 'hidden';
  
   var node = this.div.firstChild;
   var next;
   	
   while (node)
   {
      next = node.nextSibling;
      if (node.nodeType == 3)
         this.div.removeChild(node);
      node = next;
   }
   
   this.shiftLeftAt = this.div.firstChild.offsetWidth;
   this.div.style.height = this.div.firstChild.offsetHeight;
}

function startScroller()
{
   this.div.style.visibility = 'hidden';
   this.stop();
   this.left -= this.shiftBy;

   if (this.left <= -this.shiftLeftAt)
   {
	   if (this.loop != -1)
	   {
			if (this.timesLooped >= this.loop - 1)
			{
				this.div.firstChild.style.visibility = 'hidden';
			}

			this.div.appendChild(this.div.firstChild);

			this.itemsScrolled++;

			if (this.itemsScrolled == ScrollItemTextAndURL.length + 1)
			{
				this.itemsScrolled = 0;
				this.timesLooped++;
			}

			if (this.timesLooped >= this.loop)
			{
				return;
			}
	   }
	   else
	   {
	   	this.div.appendChild(this.div.firstChild);
	   }

	   this.left = 0;
	   
	   this.shiftLeftAt = this.div.firstChild.offsetWidth;
	   if(this.shiftLeftAt == undefined)
	      this.shiftLeftAt = 0;
   }

   this.div.style.left = (this.left + 'px');
   this.runId = setTimeout(this.name + '.start()', this.interval);
   this.div.style.visibility = 'visible';
	
}

function stopScroller()
{
   if (this.runId)
      clearTimeout(this.runId);
    
   this.runId = null;
}

function leftEdgePosition(parent)
{
	var offsetLeft = 0;
	var offsetTrail = parent;
	while (offsetTrail)
	{
		offsetLeft += offsetTrail.offsetLeft;
		offsetTrail = offsetTrail.offsetParent;
	}
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Mac") != -1 && typeof document.body.leftMargin != "undefined")
	{
		offsetLeft += document.body.leftMargin;
	}
	return offsetLeft;
}

function repositionScroller()
{
	var scrollerDiv = document.getElementById("scrollerDIV");
	
	if(scrollerDiv)
	{
		scrollerDiv.style.left = eval(DistanceFromLeftEdge + leftEdgePosition(document.getElementById(LeftEdge)));
	}
}

window.onresize = repositionScroller;

Scroller.prototype.start = startScroller;
Scroller.prototype.stop = stopScroller;