<\/span>
<\/span>';
theAnchorObject = document.getElementsByName("tickerAnchor")[theCurrentStory];
theStoryObject = document.getElementsByName("tickerStory")[theCurrentStory];
theStoryHeader = getElementTextNS("", "title", items[theCurrentStory], 0);
theStorySummary = getElementTextNS("", "dateDisplay", items[theCurrentStory], 0);
theTargetLink = getElementTextNS("", "link", items[theCurrentStory], 0);
theAnchorObject.innerHTML = theStoryHeader;
theAnchorObject.href = theTargetLink;
}
// Stuff the current ticker text into the anchor
theStoryObject.innerHTML = theStorySummary.substring(0,theCurrentLength);
// Modify the length for the substring and define the timer
if(theCurrentLength < theStorySummary.length) {
theCurrentLength++;
myTimeout = theCharacterTimeout;
} else {
theCurrentLength = 0;
myTimeout = theStoryTimeout;
}
if(objDetails.scrollHeight > objDetails.clientHeight)
{
objDetails.scrollTop = objDetails.scrollHeight - objDetails.clientHeight;
}
// Call up the next cycle of the ticker
myTimer = window.setTimeout(runTheTicker, myTimeout);
}
function loadXMLDoc(strXML) {
if (window.ActiveXObject) {
doc=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
doc.loadXML(strXML);
}
else if (document.implementation && document.implementation.createDocument) {
var objDOMParser = new DOMParser();
doc = objDOMParser.parseFromString(strXML, "text/xml");
}
startTicker() ;
}
// DISPLAY LOADING ANIMATION
function startLoadFlag() {
document.getElementById(DETAILS).innerHTML = '<\/p>';
}
// HIDE LOADING ANIMATION
function stopLoadFlag() {
document.getElementById(DETAILS).innerHTML = "";
}
// retrieve text of an XML document element, including
// elements using namespaces
function getElementTextNS(prefix, local, parentElem, index) {
var result = "";
if (prefix && isIE) {
// IE/Windows way of handling namespaces
result = parentElem.getElementsByTagName(prefix + ":" + local)[index];
} else {
// the namespace versions of this method
// (getElementsByTagNameNS()) operate
// differently in Safari and Mozilla, but both
// return value with just local name, provided
// there aren't conflicts with non-namespace element names
result = parentElem.getElementsByTagName(local)[index];
}
if (result) {
// get text, accounting for possible
// whitespace (carriage return) text nodes
if (result.childNodes.length > 1) {
return result.childNodes[1].nodeValue;
} else {
return result.firstChild.nodeValue;
}
} else {
return "n/a";
}
}
})();