Scrolling Text in Browser Status Bar

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function statusMessageObject(p,d) {

this.msg = MESSAGE

this.out = " "

this.pos = POSITION

this.delay = DELAY

this.i = 0

this.reset = clearMessage

}

function clearMessage() {

this.pos = POSITION

}

var POSITION = 100

var DELAY = 85

var MESSAGE = "Get all the information you need about building a web site "

+ "from the experts at Netcue."

var scroll = new statusMessageObject()

function scroller() {

//

// add spaces to beggining of message

//

for (scroll.i = 0; scroll.i < scroll.pos; scroll.i++) {

scroll.out += " "

}

//

// if you're still have leading spaces, just

// add custom string to tail of message

// OR else if the string is running off the

// screen, only add the characters left

//

if (scroll.pos >= 0)

scroll.out += scroll.msg

else scroll.out = scroll.msg.substring(-scroll.pos,scroll.msg.length)

window.status = scroll.out

// set parameters for next run

scroll.out = " "

scroll.pos--

// if you're at the end of the message,

// reset parameters to start again

if (scroll.pos < -(scroll.msg.length)) {

scroll.reset()

}

setTimeout ('scroller()',scroll.delay)

}