var speed = 75		//Geschwindigkeit
var pause = 3600	//Pausen zwischen den Nachrichten
var timerID = 10
var NewsRunning = false
var usePart = false

var currentMessage = 0
var offset = 0

function stopNews() {
    if (NewsRunning)

    NewsRunning = false
}

function startNews() {
    if(MessageArray != null && MessageArray.length > 0){
        nr = Get_Cookie("message");
        if(nr != null) 
            currentMessage = nr - 1;
        stopNews()
        showNews()
    }
}
function showNews() {
    var text = MessageArray[currentMessage]
    if (offset < text.length) {
        if (text.charAt(offset) == " ")
            offset++
        if(!usePart) offset = text.length;
                
        var partialMessage = text.substring(0, offset + 1) 
    //alert(document.getElementById("ticker"))
    //alert(document.getElementById("ticker").innerHTML)
    //alert(partialMessage)
        document.getElementById("ticker").innerHTML=partialMessage
    //alert(document.getElementById("ticker").innerHTML)
        offset++
        timerID = setTimeout("showNews()", speed)
		NewsRunning = true
    } else {
        offset = 0
        currentMessage++
        Set_Cookie("message", currentMessage);
        if (currentMessage == MessageArray.length)
            currentMessage = 0
        timerID = setTimeout("showNews()", pause)
		NewsRunning = true
    }
}
window.onload=startNews;