// constructor method of custom class for the ticker
function TickerMessage(message, link)
{
	this.Message = message;
	this.Link = link;
}

// ticker is the HTML element in which the ticker messages will display.
function Ticker_PreInit(ticker)
{
	var messages = new Array();
	messages[0] = new TickerMessage('Superior SPD350 HD', '/Superior/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=1050186');
messages[1] = new TickerMessage('Superior 48"-60" Pipe Bender with Artic Package', '/Superior/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=1050177');
messages[2] = new TickerMessage('Superior SPX-960 Pipelayers', '/Superior/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=1049744');
messages[3] = new TickerMessage('Superior Carrying the Load for Construction of 30" Slurry', '/Superior/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=957396');
messages[4] = new TickerMessage('NEW SUPERIOR 48"-60" PIPE BENDER', '/Superior/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=566798');
messages[5] = new TickerMessage('SUPERIOR D9H DOZER CONVERSIONS', '/Superior/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=566795');
messages[6] = new TickerMessage('NEW SUPERIOR 16"-30" PIPE BENDER', '/Superior/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=566785');
messages[7] = new TickerMessage('New Series Superior SPD350 Padder Launched', '/Superior/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=504412');
messages[8] = new TickerMessage('Superior SPD-250 Padder Working on Extreme Slopes', '/Superior/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=494509');
messages[9] = new TickerMessage('SPD-250 padder at work in Australia', '/Superior/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=494491');
messages[10] = new TickerMessage('RIO-CAMPINAS 28" GAS PIPELINE', '/Superior/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=462878');
messages[11] = new TickerMessage('Superior Manufactures new SPD-100 Mini-Padder', '/Superior/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=427047');
messages[12] = new TickerMessage('WMPD provides pipelayers to Katrina clean-up disaster in New Orleans', '/Superior/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=425331');
messages[13] = new TickerMessage('WMPD Sells (2) SPD-350 Padding Machines to Stroytransgas', '/Superior/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=414018');
messages[14] = new TickerMessage('New Padding Bucket', '/Superior/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=388104');
messages[15] = new TickerMessage('A smarter way to transport bulk items on your jobsite', '/Superior/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=2');
messages[16] = new TickerMessage('Superior SPD-350 beats the competition', '/Superior/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=1');
messages[17] = new TickerMessage('(2) New Superior 56\'\' Line Up Clamps headed to the Middle East', '/Superior/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=3');
messages[18] = new TickerMessage('Padding Machines by Superior are Tougher than a Siberian Winter', '/Superior/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=4');
messages[19] = new TickerMessage('Peruvian Pipeline Project Nears Completion', '/Superior/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=7');
messages[20] = new TickerMessage('New Pipeline Construction Equipment Manufactured by Superior', '/Superior/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=5');
messages[21] = new TickerMessage('OCP-Oleoducto Crudo Pesado', '/Superior/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=8');
messages[22] = new TickerMessage('SEMCO Vacuum Lift Equipment Speeds Pipeline Construction', '/Superior/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=6');

	Ticker_Init(ticker, messages);
}

// sets up properties/methods of the ticker
function Ticker_Init(ticker, messages)
{
	ticker.MESSAGE_INTERVAL = 5000;
	ticker.CHARACTER_INTERVAL = 50;
	ticker.CurrentMessageIndex = 0;
	ticker.CurrentCharacterIndex = 0;
	ticker.Messages = messages;

	ticker.CurrentMessage = function() { return this.Messages[this.CurrentMessageIndex].Message; }
	ticker.CurrentLink = function() { return this.Messages[this.CurrentMessageIndex].Link; }

	ticker.NextCharacter = function()
	{
		this.innerHTML = this.CurrentMessage().substr(0, this.CurrentCharacterIndex);
		this.href = this.CurrentLink();
		
		if(this.CurrentCharacterIndex < this.CurrentMessage().length)
		{
			if(this.CurrentCharacterIndex % 2 == 0)
				this.innerHTML += "_";
			else
				this.innerHTML += "-";
			
			this.CurrentCharacterIndex++;			
		}
		else
		{
			this.CurrentMessageIndex = (this.CurrentMessageIndex + 1) % this.Messages.length;
			this.CurrentCharacterIndex = 0;
			this.DelayStart();
		}
	}
	
	ticker.DelayStart = function() { this.Stop(); this.IntervalID = setTimeout("document.getElementById('ticker').Start()", this.MESSAGE_INTERVAL); }
	ticker.Start = function() { this.Stop(); this.IntervalID = setInterval("document.getElementById('ticker').NextCharacter()", this.CHARACTER_INTERVAL); }
	ticker.Stop = function() { clearInterval(this.IntervalID); }

	ticker.onmouseover = function() { this.Stop(); }
	ticker.onmouseout = function() { this.CurrentCharacterIndex == 0 ? this.DelayStart() : this.Start(); }
	
	ticker.DelayStart();
}