/*
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 RSS JavaScript Ticker object
 Author: George at JavaScriptKit.com/ DynamicDrive.com
 Created: Feb 5th, 2006. Updated: Feb 5th, 2006
  ======================================================================
*/
function createAjaxObj(){
	var httprequest=false
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest){ // if Mozilla, Safari etc
		httprequest=new XMLHttpRequest()
		if (httprequest.overrideMimeType)
			httprequest.overrideMimeType('text/xml')
	}
	else if (window.ActiveXObject){ // if IE
		try {
			httprequest=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		}catch (e){
			try{
				httprequest=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			}catch (e){}
		}
	}
	return httprequest
}

// -------------------------------------------------------------------
// Main RSS Ticker Object function
// rss_news(RSS_id, cachetime, divId, divClass, delay, optionalswitch)
// -------------------------------------------------------------------
function rss_news(RSS_id, cachetime, divId, divClass, delay, optionalswitch, tableSize){
	this.RSS_id=RSS_id //Array key indicating which RSS feed to display
	this.cachetime=cachetime //Time to cache feed, in minutes. 0=no cache.
	this.tickerid=divId //ID of ticker div to display information
	this.delay=delay //Delay between msg change, in miliseconds.
	this.tableSize=tableSize;
	this.logicswitch=(typeof optionalswitch!="undefined")? optionalswitch : -1
	this.mouseoverBol=0 //Boolean to indicate whether mouse is currently over ticker (and pause it if it is)
	this.pointer=0
	this.ajaxobj=createAjaxObj()
	document.write('<br><div id="'+divId+'" class="'+divClass+'">Initializing ...</div>')
	this.getAjaxcontent()
}

// -------------------------------------------------------------------
// getAjaxcontent()- Makes asynchronous GET request to "rssfetch.php" with the supplied parameters
// -------------------------------------------------------------------
rss_news.prototype.getAjaxcontent=function(){
	if (this.ajaxobj){
		var instanceOfTicker=this
		var parameters="id="+encodeURIComponent(this.RSS_id)+"&cachetime="+this.cachetime+"&bustcache="+new Date().getTime()
		this.ajaxobj.onreadystatechange=function(){instanceOfTicker.initialize()}
		this.ajaxobj.open('GET', "rssfetch.php?"+parameters, true)
		this.ajaxobj.send(null)
	}
}

// -------------------------------------------------------------------
// initialize()- Initialize ticker method.
// -Gets contents of RSS content and parse it using JavaScript DOM methods 
// -------------------------------------------------------------------
rss_news.prototype.initialize=function(){ 
	if (this.ajaxobj.readyState == 4){ //if request of file completed
		if (this.ajaxobj.status==200){ //if request was successful
			var xmldata=this.ajaxobj.responseXML
			if(xmldata.getElementsByTagName("item").length==0){ //if no <item> elements found in returned content
				document.getElementById(this.tickerid).innerHTML="<b>Error</b> fetching remote RSS feed!<br />"+this.ajaxobj.responseText
				return

			}
			var instanceOfTicker=this
			this.feeditems=xmldata.getElementsByTagName("item")
			//Cycle through RSS XML object and store each peice of the item element as an attribute of the element
			for (var i=0; i<this.feeditems.length; i++){
				this.feeditems[i].setAttribute("ctitle", this.feeditems[i].getElementsByTagName("title")[0].firstChild.nodeValue)
				this.feeditems[i].setAttribute("clink", this.feeditems[i].getElementsByTagName("link")[0].firstChild.nodeValue)
				this.feeditems[i].setAttribute("cdescription", this.feeditems[i].getElementsByTagName("description")[0].firstChild.nodeValue)
			}
			this.rotatemsg2()
		}
	}
}

rss_news.prototype.rotatemsg2=function(){
	var instanceOfTicker=this
	var tickerDiv=document.getElementById(this.tickerid)
	var table = '<table width=' + this.tableSize + '><tr><td></td></tr>';
	for (var i=0; i<this.feeditems.length; i++){
		table = table + '<tr><td>' + '<a href="'+this.feeditems[i].getAttribute("clink")+'">'+this.feeditems[i].getAttribute("ctitle")+'</a>'
		table = table + '<br>'+this.feeditems[i].getAttribute("cdescription") + '<br><br class="shortBr"></td></tr>';
	}
	table = table + "</table>";
	//alert(table);
	tickerDiv.innerHTML=table
	//doc.write(table);
}