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

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

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

}
}

function getstepcolor(step) {
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] + ")");
}