/* Periodically animate text in the status bar. The text will be
	 * displayed one letter at a time from the left.
	*/
	var Messages;		// Will be an Array to hold the Text that is displayed.
	var MsgCount;		// The Number of Strings to be held in the Messages Array.
	var Interval;		// Interval of time between messages.
	var MsgIndex;		// This will hold the Array Index of the String currently in use.
	var oldMsgIndex;		// This will hold the Index of the previously used Array member.
	var CurrentMsg;		// The current String in use.
	var timerID;		// A handle to the timer procedures.
	var PosInStr;		// Substring index.
	var Direction;		// Determines if Text is being displayed or wiped away.
	var MsgSubStr;		// Substring of the String currently in use.

function Start()
{
	MsgCount = 3;
	Messages = new Array(MsgCount);
	Messages[0] = "Cheating is a gift a man can give to himself";
	Messages[1] = "You must find the Jade Monkey before the next full moon.";
	Messages[2] = "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself";
	Interval = 20000;
	Direction = "forward";
	PosInStr = 0;
	MsgIndex = 0;
	oldMsgIndex = 0;
	GetMsg();
	timerID = setTimeout("ShowTxt()", Interval);
}

function GetMsg()
{
	do {
		MsgIndex = Math.round(Math.random() * MsgCount);
	} 
	while (MsgIndex == oldMsgIndex);
	oldMsgIndex = MsgIndex;
	CurrentMsg = Messages[MsgIndex];

}

function ShowTxt()
{
	if (Direction == "forward")
	{
		PosInStr++;
	} else {
		PosInStr--;
	}

	switch (PosInStr)
	{
		case CurrentMsg.length :
			clearTimeout(timerID);
			Direction = "backward";
			timerID = setTimeout("ShowTxt()", 3000);
			break;
		case 0 :
			clearTimeout(timerID);
			window.status = "";
			GetMsg();
			Direction = "forward";
			timerID = setTimeout("ShowTxt()", Interval);
			break;
		default :
			MsgSubStr = CurrentMsg.substring(0, PosInStr);
			window.status = MsgSubStr;
			timerID = setTimeout("ShowTxt()", 100);
	}
}