var ticker = null; /* ticker object */

function Set_Cookie_Ticker(name,value) {
    document.cookie = name + "=" +escape(value) + ";path=/";
}

function Get_Cookie_Ticker(name) {
    var start = document.cookie.indexOf(name+"=");
    var len = start+name.length+1;
    if ((!start) && (name != document.cookie.substring(0,name.length)))
    	return null;
    if (start == -1)
    	return null;
    var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";",len);
    if (end == -1)
    	end = document.cookie.length;
    return unescape(document.cookie.substring(len,end));
}

function startticker()
{
	var offset=Get_Cookie_Ticker('scrollLeft');
	
	if (offset==null) {
		ticker = new Ticker('ticker', 'tickerID', 2, 25,800);
	} else {
		ticker = new Ticker('ticker', 'tickerID', 2, 25,offset);
	}
	
	ticker.start();

	document.onclick=function (e) {
		Set_Cookie_Ticker('tickerItem',ticker.tickerItem);
		Set_Cookie_Ticker('scrollLeft',ticker.left);
	}
}