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Premshree Pillai (8/28/2002)

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This is a Cross Browser Javascript Button Ticker that ticks a number of messages on a button and allows the user to click the link and navigate to the page.

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DHTML Button Ticker

This is a Cross Browser Javascript Button Ticker that ticks a number of messages on a button.You can change the direction in which the message ticks. (i.e the order in which the message ticks).

This ticker is very easy to customise. You can add any number of messages and their corresponding URLs. Messages must be added to the array ticker_msg and the URLs must be added to the array ticker_url.

This ticker ticks the messages on a button. You can change the style of the button easily.

The ticker speed can be changed easily by changing the value of the variable ticker_speed. (Here it is 1, which means that the message would change every 1 second.)

To use this script, you just have to copy the <script> section of the source and paste it wherever you require on your web page.

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<script language="javascript">
 
//**************************************************
// Button Ticker                                   *
// Date created : 19 Feb, 2002                     *
// (c) 2002 Premshree Pillai. All rights reserved. *
// http://www.qiksearch.com                        *
// premshree@hotmail.com                           *
// Visit http://www.qiksearch.com/javascripts.htm  *
//                               for FREE scripts  *
// Use freely as long as this message is intact    *
//**************************************************
// Location : http://www.qiksearch.com/javascripts/button-ticker.htm

count=0;
var inv_button_flag=0;
if (navigator.appName=="Microsoft Internet Explorer" || (navigator.appName=="Netscape" && navigator.appVersion >= "5"))
{
document.write('<form name="qiksearch_ticker"><input type="button" name="qiksearch_ticker" onclick="goURL();" style="background:#FFFFFF; width:377; height:22; border-width:1; border-color:#000000; cursor:hand" onmouseover="this.style.background='#BDDCFF';return true" onmouseout="this.style.background='#FFFFFF';return true" onmousedown="this.style.background='#FFD543';return true"><input type="button" value="5" onclick="javascript:inv_button();inv_msg();inv_URL();" style="width:22; height:22; font-family:webdings; background:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:0; border-right-width:1px; border-top-width:1px; border-bottom-width:1px; border-color:#000000; cursor:hand" name="inv_but" title="Tick Up Direction"></form>');
}
else
{
document.write('<form name="qiksearch_ticker"><input type="button" name="qiksearch_ticker" onclick="goURL();" width="349" border="0"><input type="button" width="50" value="up" onclick="javascript:inv_button();inv_msg();inv_URL();" name="inv_but"></form>');
}

var ticker_speed=1;
 
 // Ticker messages
 var ticker_msg = new Array(
     "Welcome to Qiksearch",
     "FREE Javascripts",
     "Intellisearch Bar NOW!",
     "www.qiksearch.com",
     "FREE Articles" ); // No comma after last ticker msg

 // Ticker URLs
 var ticker_url = new Array(
     "http://www.qiksearch.com",
     "http://www.qiksearch.com/javascripts.htm",
     "http://intellisearch.cjb.net",
     "http://www.qiksearch.com",
     "http://www.qiksearch.com/articles.htm" ); // No comma after last ticker url

function tick()
{
 if(count<ticker_msg.length)
 {  
  this.document.qiksearch_ticker.qiksearch_ticker.value=ticker_msg[count];
  count++;
  if(count==ticker_msg.length)
  {
   count=0;
  }
  setTimeout("tick();",ticker_speed*1000);
 }
}

function goURL()
{
 if(this.document.qiksearch_ticker.qiksearch_ticker.value==ticker_msg[ticker_msg.length-1])
 {
  location.href=ticker_url[ticker_msg.length-1];
 }
 else
 {
  location.href=ticker_url[count-1];
 }
}

function inv_button()
{
 if (navigator.appName=="Microsoft Internet Explorer" || (navigator.appName=="Netscape" && navigator.appVersion >= "5"))
 {
  if (inv_button_flag==0)
  {
   this.document.qiksearch_ticker.inv_but.value="6";
   this.document.qiksearch_ticker.inv_but.title="Tick Down Direction";
   inv_button_flag=1;
  }
  else
  {
   this.document.qiksearch_ticker.inv_but.value="5";
   this.document.qiksearch_ticker.inv_but.title="Tick Up Direction";
   inv_button_flag=0;
  }
 }
 else
 {
  if (inv_button_flag==0)
  {
   this.document.qiksearch_ticker.inv_but.value="Down";
   inv_button_flag=1;
  }
  else
  {
   this.document.qiksearch_ticker.inv_but.value="Up";
   inv_button_flag=0;
  }
 }
}

function inv_msg()
{
 for(var i=0;i<Math.floor(ticker_msg.length/2);i++)
 {
  var temp=ticker_msg[i];
  ticker_msg[i]=ticker_msg[ticker_msg.length-1-i];
  ticker_msg[ticker_msg.length-1-i]=temp;
 }
}

function inv_URL()
{
 for(var i=0;i<Math.floor(ticker_msg.length/2);i++)
 {
  var temp=ticker_url[i];
  ticker_url[i]=ticker_url[ticker_msg.length-1-i];
  ticker_url[ticker_msg.length-1-i]=temp;
 }
}

tick();

</script>

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