// Ticker startup
function startTicker()
{
	// Define run time values
	theCurrentStory     = -1;
	theCurrentLength    = 0;
	// Locate base objects
	if (document.getElementById) {	
		    theAnchorObject     = document.getElementById("tickerAnchor");
			runTheTicker();   	
		 }
	else {
            document.write("<style>.ticki{display:none;}.ticko{border:0px; padding:0px;}</style>");
            return true;
	}
}
// Ticker main run loop
function runTheTicker()
{
	var myTimeout;  
	// Go for the next story data block
	if(theCurrentLength == 0)
	{
		theCurrentStory++;
		theCurrentStory      = theCurrentStory % theItemCount;
		theStorySummary      = theSummaries[theCurrentStory].replace(/&quot;/g,'"');		
		theTargetLink        = theSiteLinks[theCurrentStory];
		theAnchorObject.href = theTargetLink;
		thePrefix 	     = "<span class=\"tickls\">" + theLeadString + "</span>";
	}
	// Stuff the current ticker text into the anchor
	theAnchorObject.innerHTML = thePrefix + 
	theStorySummary.substring(0,theCurrentLength) + whatWidget();
	// Modify the length for the substring and define the timer
	if(theCurrentLength != theStorySummary.length)
	{
		theCurrentLength++;
		myTimeout = theCharacterTimeout;
	}
	else
	{
		theCurrentLength = 0;
		myTimeout = theStoryTimeout;
	}
	// Call up the next cycle of the ticker
	setTimeout("runTheTicker()", myTimeout);
}

// Widget generator
function whatWidget()
{
	if(theCurrentLength == theStorySummary.length)
	{
		return theWidgetNone;
	}

	if((theCurrentLength % 2) == 1)
	{
		return theWidgetOne;
	}
	else
	{
		return theWidgetTwo;
	}
}

	
	var theCharacterTimeout = 50; 			// suggested 50
	var theStoryTimeout     = 5000;			// suggested 5000
	var theWidgetTwo        = "_";			// suggested '-'
	var theWidgetOne        = ".";			// suggested '_'
	var theWidgetNone       = "";			// suggested ' '
	var theLeadString       = "&nbsp;";		// suggested &nbsp;

	var theSummaries = new Array();
	var theSiteLinks = new Array();

	var theItemCount = 8;	//numero de elementos, recordar que empieza en 0

		
		
		theSummaries[0] = "Proveedor Científico vive por sus valores ¿los conoces?.";
		theSiteLinks[0] = "/mision.shtml#valores";
	
		theSummaries[1] = "Una Gran Historia, Un Mejor Futuro.pdf";
		theSiteLinks[1] = "/res/Una Gran Historia, Un Mejor Futuro.pdf";
		
		theSummaries[2] = "¿Nos permite un poquito de su tiempo?";
		theSiteLinks[2] = "/sondeo_de_sitio.shtml";
		
		theSummaries[3] = "2 de febrero, Día de la Candelaria";
		theSiteLinks[3] = "";
		
		theSummaries[4] = "5 de febrero, Día de la Constitución Política de 1917";
		theSiteLinks[4] = "";
		
		theSummaries[5] = "14 de febrero, Día de San Valentín, Día del Amor y la Amistad";
		theSiteLinks[5] = "";
		
		theSummaries[6] = "24 de febrero, Día de la Bandera";
		theSiteLinks[6] = "";
		
		theSummaries[7] = "25 de febrero, Miércoles de Ceniza";
		theSiteLinks[7] = "";