// JavaScript Document<!--
        // array with newstext
        var tickertxt = new Array();

                        tickertxt[0] = "<b>Herzlich willkommen!</b>";
                        tickertxt[1] = "Schön dass Sie hier sind.";




        // set delay between messages (ms)
        var delay = 4500;

        // set begin and close tag
        begintag = '<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" height="100%" background=""><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><span class="newstickertext" id="newstickertxt">';
        closetag='</span></td></tr></table>';

        var ie4 = document.all && !document.getElementById;
        var ns4 = document.layers;
        var DOM2 = document.getElementById;
        var faderdelay = 0;
        var index = 0;

        if (DOM2) faderdelay = 2000;

        // set ticker text
        function setTicker()
         {
                 if (tickertxt.length <= 0) return false;
                 if (index >= tickertxt.length) index = 0;

                 if (DOM2)
                  {
                          document.getElementById("fscroller").innerHTML = begintag + tickertxt[index] + closetag;
                          colorfade();
                  }
                 else if (ie4) document.all.fscroller.innerHTML = begintag + tickertxt[index] + closetag;
                 else if (ns4)
                  {
                          document.fscrollerns.document.fscrollerns_sub.document.write(begintag + tickertxt[index] + closetag);
                          document.fscrollerns.document.fscrollerns_sub.document.close();
                  }

                index++;
                setTimeout("setTicker()",delay + faderdelay);
         }

        frame = 20;
        rgbval = 0;  // initial color

        // fade color in DOM browser
        function colorfade()
         {
                 // 20 frames fading process
                 if (frame > 0)
                  {
                          rgbval += 12; // increase color
                          document.getElementById("newstickertxt").style.color = "rgb(" + rgbval + "," + rgbval + "," + rgbval + ")"; // set color
                          frame--;
                          setTimeout("colorfade()",20);
                  }
                 else
                  {
                          document.getElementById("newstickertxt").style.color = "rgb(255,255,255)";
                          frame = 20;
                          rgbval = 0;
                  }
         }
//-->