var delay = 6000; //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
var fadelinks=1; //should links inside scroller content also fade like text? 0 for no, 1 for yes.
var ie4=document.all&&!document.getElementById;
var DOM2=document.getElementById;
var faderdelay=0;
var index=0;
//**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 startcolor= new Array(255,255,255); // start color
var endcolor=new Array(255,255,255); // end color
var fcontent=new Array();

begintag='<div style="font-size:12px;">'; //set opening tag, such as font declarations

fcontent[0]="<a href=\"/Main/Default.aspx?Page=4306\">Employee engagement jumps at SaskEnergy</a>&nbsp;<img src=\"/images/home-arrow.gif\">";

fcontent[1]="<a href=\"/Main/Default.aspx?Page=694\">Extraordinary leaders drive Direct Energy success</a>&nbsp;<img src=\"/images/home-arrow.gif\">";

fcontent[2]="<a href=\"/Main/Default.aspx?Page=4305\">Larkin offers insights into leadership performance</a>&nbsp;<img src=\"/images/home-arrow.gif\">";

fcontent[3]="<a href=\"/Main/Default.aspx?Page=693\">Whirlpool raises bar on performance</a>&nbsp;<img src=\"/images/home-arrow.gif\">";

fcontent[4]="<a href=\"/Main/Default.aspx?Page=1025\">Winning companies optimize teams for success</a>&nbsp;</img src=\"images/home-arrow.gif\">";

fcontent[5]="<a href=\"/Main/Default.aspx?Page=1023\">Talent drives competitive advantage</a>&nbsp;<img src=\"/images/home-arrow.gif\">";

closetag='</div>';

/*Rafael Raposo edited function*/
//function to change content
function changecontent()
{
	if (index>=fcontent.length)
		index=0
		
	if (DOM2)
	{
	 	document.getElementById("divFading").style.color="rgb("+startcolor[0]+", "+startcolor[1]+", "+startcolor[2]+")"
		document.getElementById("divFading").innerHTML=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag

		if (fadelinks)
			linkcolorchange(1);
			
		colorfade(1, 15);
	}//end of if
	else if (ie4)
		document.all.divFading.innerHTML=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag;
		
	index++
}//end of changecontent()

// colorfade() partially by Marcio Galli for Netscape Communications. ////////////
// Modified by Dynamicdrive.com
function linkcolorchange(step)
{
	var obj=document.getElementById("divFading").getElementsByTagName("A");
	
	if (obj.length>0)
	{
		for (i=0;i<obj.length;i++)
			obj[i].style.color=getstepcolor(step);
	}//end of if
}//end of linkcolorchange()

/*Rafael Raposo edited function*/
var fadecounter;
	
function colorfade(step) 
{
	if(step<=maxsteps) 
	{
		document.getElementById("divFading").style.color=getstepcolor(step);
		
		if (fadelinks)
			linkcolorchange(step);
		
		step++;
		fadecounter=setTimeout("colorfade("+step+")",stepdelay);
	}//end of if
	else
	{
		clearTimeout(fadecounter);
		document.getElementById("divFading").style.color="rgb("+endcolor[0]+", "+endcolor[1]+", "+endcolor[2]+")";
		setTimeout("changecontent()", delay);
	}//end of else
}//end of colorfade()

/*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);
	}//end of for loop

	return ("rgb(" + newcolor[0] + ", " + newcolor[1] + ", " + newcolor[2] + ")");
}//end of getstepcolor()

if (ie4||DOM2)
	document.write('<div id="divFading" class="lblFontBold"></div>');

if (window.addEventListener)
	window.addEventListener("load", changecontent, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
	window.attachEvent("onload", changecontent)
else if (document.getElementById)
	window.onload=changecontent