//Manual Scroller- © Dynamic Drive 2001
//For full source code, visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com

//specify speed of scroll (greater=faster)
var speed=5

function movedown(){
var crossobj=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("news_event_content") : document.all.content
var contentheight=crossobj.offsetHeight  
if (window.moveupvar) clearTimeout(moveupvar)
if (parseInt(crossobj.style.top)>=(contentheight*(-1)+100))
crossobj.style.top=parseInt(crossobj.style.top)-speed+"px"
movedownvar=setTimeout("movedown()",20)
}

function moveup(){
var crossobj=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("news_event_content") : document.all.content
var contentheight=crossobj.offsetHeight
if (window.movedownvar) clearTimeout(movedownvar)
if (parseInt(crossobj.style.top)<=(0-speed))
crossobj.style.top=parseInt(crossobj.style.top)+speed+"px"
moveupvar=setTimeout("moveup()",20)
}

function stopscroll(){
var crossobj=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("news_event_content") : document.all.content
var contentheight=crossobj.offsetHeight  
if (window.moveupvar) clearTimeout(moveupvar)
if (window.movedownvar) clearTimeout(movedownvar)
}

function movetop(){
var crossobj=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("news_event_content") : document.all.content
var contentheight=crossobj.offsetHeight  
stopscroll()
crossobj.style.top=0+"px"
}

function getcontent_height(){
var crossobj=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("news_event_content") : document.all.content
var contentheight=crossobj.offsetHeight  
contentheight=crossobj.offsetHeight
}