var ie4=document.all&&!document.getElementById;
var DOM2=document.getElementById;
var faderdelay=0;
var index=0;


/*Rafael Raposo edited function*/
//function to change content
function changecontent(scrollername){
  if (index>=fcontent.length)
    index=0
  if (DOM2){
    document.getElementById(scrollername).style.color="rgb("+startcolor[0]+", "+startcolor[1]+", "+startcolor[2]+")"
    document.getElementById(scrollername).innerHTML=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag
    if (fadelinks)
      linkcolorchange(1, scrollername);
    //colorfade(1, 15);
	colorfade(1, scrollername);
	
  }
  else if (ie4) {
    document.all.fscroller.innerHTML=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag;
  }
  index++
}

// colorfade() partially by Marcio Galli for Netscape Communications.  ////////////
// Modified by Dynamicdrive.com

function linkcolorchange(step, scrollername){
  var obj=document.getElementById(scrollername).getElementsByTagName("A");
  if (obj.length>0){
    for (i=0;i<obj.length;i++)
      obj[i].style.color=getstepcolor(step, scrollername);
  }
}

/*Rafael Raposo edited function*/
var fadecounter;
function colorfade(step, scrollername) {
  if(step<=maxsteps) {	
    document.getElementById(scrollername).style.color=getstepcolor(step);
    if (fadelinks)
      linkcolorchange(step, scrollername);
    step++;
    fadecounter=setTimeout("colorfade("+step+", "+scrollername+")",stepdelay);
  }else{
    clearTimeout(fadecounter);
    document.getElementById(scrollername).style.color="rgb("+endcolor[0]+", "+endcolor[1]+", "+endcolor[2]+")";
    setTimeout("changecontent('"+ scrollername +"')", delay);
	
  }   
}

/*Rafael Raposo's new function*/
function getstepcolor(step, scrollername) {
  var diff
  var newcolor=new Array(3);
  for(var i=0;i<3;i++) {
    diff = (startcolor[i]-endcolor[i]);
    if(diff > 0) {
      newcolor[i] = startcolor[i]-(Math.round((diff/maxsteps))*step);
    } else {
      newcolor[i] = startcolor[i]+(Math.round((Math.abs(diff)/maxsteps))*step);
    }
  }
  return ("rgb(" + newcolor[0] + ", " + newcolor[1] + ", " + newcolor[2] + ")");
}