

	// begin absolutely positioned autoscroll area object scripts 
	// Extension developed by David G. Miles 
	// Original Scrollable Area code developed by Thomas Brattli 

	function verifyCompatibleBrowser()
	{ 
		this.ver=navigator.appVersion 
		this.dom=document.getElementById?1:0 
		this.ie5=(this.ver.indexOf("MSIE 5")>-1 && this.dom)?1:0; 
		this.ie4=(document.all && !this.dom)?1:0; 
		this.ns5=(this.dom && parseInt(this.ver) >= 5) ?1:0; 
		this.ns4=(document.layers && !this.dom)?1:0; 
		this.bw=(this.ie5 || this.ie4 || this.ns4 || this.ns5) 
		return this 
	}
	 
	bw=new verifyCompatibleBrowser() 
	lstart=95 
	loop=true  
	speed=80 
	pr_step=1 

	function ConstructObject(obj,nest)
	{ 
	    nest=(!nest) ? '':'document.'+nest+'.' 
		this.el=bw.dom?document.getElementById(obj):bw.ie4?document.all[obj]:bw.ns4?eval(nest+'document.'+obj):0; 
	  	this.css=bw.dom?document.getElementById(obj).style:bw.ie4?document.all[obj].style:bw.ns4?eval(nest+'document.'+obj):0; 
		this.scrollHeight=bw.ns4?this.css.document.height:this.el.offsetHeight 
		this.newsScroll=newsScroll; 
		this.moveIt=b_moveIt; this.x; this.y; 
	    this.obj = obj + "Object" 
	    eval(this.obj + "=this") 
	    return this 
	} 
	function b_moveIt(x,y)
	{ 
		this.x=x;this.y=y 
		this.css.left=this.x 
		this.css.top=this.y 
	} 

	//Makes the object scroll up 
	function newsScroll(speed)
	{ 
		if(this.y>-this.scrollHeight)
		{ 
			this.moveIt(0,this.y-pr_step) 
			setTimeout(this.obj+".newsScroll("+speed+")",speed) 
		}
		else if(loop) 
		{ 
			this.moveIt(0,lstart) 
			eval(this.obj+".newsScroll("+speed+")") 
		} 
	} 

	//Makes the object 
	function initialiseAutoScrollArea()
	{ 
		objContainer=new ConstructObject('divASContainer') 
		objContent=new ConstructObject('divASContent','divASContainer') 
		objContent.moveIt(0,lstart) 
		objContainer.css.visibility='visible' 
		objContent.newsScroll(speed) 
	} 
	// end absolutely positioned scrollable area object scripts 


