function initScroller( width, height, fgcolor, bgcolor, bdcolor, speed )
{
	// set scroller appearance and messages
	scroller = new Scroller( 0, 0, width, height, 0, 0 ); // (xpos, ypos, width, height, border, padding)
	scroller.setColors( fgcolor, bgcolor, bdcolor ); // (fgcolor, bgcolor, bdcolor)
	scroller.setFont( "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica", 2 );
	scroller.setSpeed( speed );
	// set scroller pause
	scroller.setPause(3500); // set pause between msgs (in milliseconds)
}

function setItem(title,text,newslink)
{
    itemStr='<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tr><td class="f11px"><b><a href="'+newslink+'" target="_blank" class="linkmain">'+title+'</a></b></td></tr><tr><td class="f11px">'+text+'</td></tr></table>'
	scroller.addItem(itemStr);
}

function Scroll()
{
	// locate placeholder layer so we can use it to position the scrollers
	var layer = getLayer("placeholder");
	var scrollerX = getPageLeft(layer);
	var scrollerY = getPageTop(layer);

	// create the first scroller and position it
	scroller.create();
	scroller.hide();
	scroller.moveTo(scrollerX, scrollerY);
	scroller.setzIndex(100);
	scroller.show();

	pageLoaded = true;
}