var Announcements = {

	width: '',
	
	extrie: '',
	
	init : function(){
	
		var scroll = document.getElementById('scroller');
		width = 0;
		extrie = 300;
		
		if ( scroll && typeof scroll != 'undefined' ){
			for ( i=0; i < scroll.getElementsByTagName('P').length; i++ ){
				tmpw = scroll.getElementsByTagName('P')[i].innerHTML.replace(/<[^>]*>/g, "");
				tmpWidth = (tmpw.length * 10) + extrie;
				//tmpWidth = (scroll.getElementsByTagName('P')[i].innerHTML.length * 10) + extrie;
				scroll.getElementsByTagName('P')[i].style.width = tmpWidth+'px';
				width += tmpWidth;
				
			}

			//var p = document.getElementById('text');
			//p.innerHTML = 'width: '+width+'<br />limit: ' + parseInt(-(width-extrie));

			scroll.style.width = width+'px';
			Announcements.scroll();

		}
	},
	
	scroll: function(){
		var scroll = document.getElementById('scroller');
		var left = parseInt(scroll.style.left) - 1;
		var limit = parseInt(-(width-extrie));
			if ( left <  limit ){
				scroll.style.left = extrie+'px';
			}
			else {
				scroll.style.left = left+'px';
			}
			
		setTimeout('Announcements.scroll();', 1);
	}

}