Uncle Jim's Web Designs: Typewriter Ticker

COPY - Insert Inside Body: <BODY></BODY>

function initArray() {

this.length = initArray.arguments.length;
  for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
  this[i] = initArray.arguments[i];
  }
}

var mymessage = new initArray(
"This is the Typewriter Ticker.",
"It looks a lot cooler than the banners.",
"Be sure to check out the color coding so you can configure this.",
"This is really easy to conform to your page."
);

var mymessage2 = mymessage;
var x = 0;
var y = 0;

if(navigator.appName == "Netscape") {
document.write('<layer id="ticker"></layer><br>');
}

if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1){
document.write('<span id="ticker"></span><br>');
}

function upticker(){

if (y > mymessage2.length - 1) {
  y = 0;
  setTimeout("upticker()",speed);
}

else{

if (x > mymessage2[y].length) {
    mymessage = mymessage2[y]; 
    x = 0; y++;
    setTimeout("upticker()",speed2);
  }

else {
    mymessage = mymessage2[y].substring(0,x++);
    setTimeout("upticker()",speed);
  }

if(navigator.appName == "Netscape") {
    document.ticker.document.write(tags_before_clock+mymessage+tags_after_clock);
    document.ticker.document.close();
  }

if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1){
    ticker.innerHTML = tags_before_clock+mymessage+tags_after_clock;
  }
}
}

setTimeout("upticker()",speed);
//--></script>