var text="NEWS FLASH"; 
        
var delay=50;
var currentChar=1;
var destination="[none]";
var textRotate = 1;

function type()
{
    //if (document.all)
    {
	    if(textRotate ==1)
	    {
        //text = document.getElementById(destination).innerHTML;
	text = _texts[count];
	textRotate =0;
	    } 
       //alert(text);
       var dest=document.getElementById(destination);
       if (dest)// && dest.innerHTML)
       {
	       dest.innerHTML=text.substr(0, currentChar)+"_";
	       currentChar++;
	       if (currentChar>text.length)
	       {
		       currentChar=1;
	        //next round 2.3 seconds later	
				setTimeout("type()", 2300);
		
		setTimeout("changeText()", 2200);	
	       }   
	       else
	       {
		       setTimeout("type()", delay);
	       }
       }
    }
}

function startTyping(textParam, delayParam, destinationParam)
{
	text=textParam;
	delay=delayParam;
	currentChar=1;
	destination=destinationParam;
	type();
}

var _banners = new Array();
var _texts = new Array();

function addBanner(_bannerHTML, url  ){
	var index = _banners.length?_banners.length:0;
	//_banners[index]="<a href='"+url+"' target='"+target+"' class='links'><div 
	_banners[index]="<a href='"+url+"' ><div id='textDestination'>_</div></a>";
	_texts[index] = _bannerHTML;
}


function addBannerWhole(_bannerHTML)
{
	_banners[_banners.length?_banners.length:0]= _bannerHTML;
}
         


function changeText() {
     count++;
     count%=_banners.length;
     div_bbc.setBody(_banners[count]);
     textRotate =1;
 }
   //setInterval('changeText()',5000);