var story = new Array();
var links = new Array();


story[0] = "New Teledyne Oil & Gas European Headquarters located at Decoy Road, Worthing.    ";
story[1] = "Please call 01903 854800 for information";


links[0] = "http://www.cormon.com/cormon/news.aspx";
links[1] = "http://www.cormon.com/cormon/news.aspx";


var	storynumber;
var	displayLength;
var	characterTime;
var	storyTime;
var	newsAnchor;
var maxDisplayLength;

function begin()
{
	//set up global variables
	storynumber=0;
	displayLength=0;
	characterTime=100;
	storyTime=2000;
	newsAnchor = document.getElementById("newsfeed");
	maxDisplayLength = 100;
	run();
}

function run()
{
	pause=characterTime;
	if (displayLength == 0)
	{
		createNewStory();
	}
	else
	{
		writeSubstring();
		displayLength++;
		if (displayLength > story[storynumber].length)
		{
			displayLength = 0;
			storynumber++;
			pause=storyTime;
		}
	}
	setTimeout("run()", pause);
}

function createNewStory()
{
	newsAnchor.href=links[storynumber];
	//newsAnchor.href=links[0];
	newsAnchor.innerHTML="|";

	displayLength++;

	if (storynumber == story.length)
	{
		storynumber=0;
	}
}

function writeSubstring()
{
	if (displayLength < maxDisplayLength)
	{
		if (story[storynumber].charAt(displayLength)=="&")
		{

			
			var s = story[storynumber].substring(displayLength, story[storynumber].length);
			var p = s.indexOf(";");
			displayLength = displayLength + p;
		}

		
		newsAnchor.innerHTML=story[storynumber].substring(0, displayLength) + "|";
	
	}
}