// set speed of banner (pause in milliseconds between characters)

var speed = 70 // decrease value to increase speed (must be positive)



// set pause between completion of message and beginning of following message

var pause = 700 // increase value to increase pause



// set initial values

var timerID = null

var bannerRunning = false



// create global array

var ar = new Array()



// assign the strings to the array's elements

ar[0] = "FUJA DO STRESS"

ar[1] = "POUSADA DAS MAGAS"

ar[2] = "SÃO THOMÉ DAS LETRAS MG BRASIL"

ar[3] = "SINTA-SE EM CASA ! ! !"



// set index of first message to be displayed first

var currentMessage = 0



// set index of last character to be displayed first

var offset = 0



// stop the banner if it is currently running

function stopBanner() {

        // if banner is currently running

        if (bannerRunning)

                // stop the banner

                clearTimeout(timerID)



        // timer is now stopped

        bannerRunning = false

}



// start the banner

function startBanner() {

        // make sure the banner is stopped

        stopBanner()



        // start the banner from the current position

        showBanner()

}



// type-in the current message

function showBanner() {

        // assign current message to variable

        var text = ar[currentMessage]



        // if current message has not finished being displayed

        if (offset < text.length) {

                // if last character of current message is a space

                if (text.charAt(offset) == " ")

                        // skip the current character

                        offset++                        



                // assign the up-to-date to-be-displayed substring

                // second argument of method accepts index of last character plus one

                var partialMessage = text.substring(0, offset + 1) 



                // display partial message in status bar

                window.status = partialMessage



                // increment index of last character to be displayed

                offset++ // IE sometimes has trouble with "++offset"



                // recursive call after specified time

                timerID = setTimeout("showBanner()", speed)



                // banner is running

                bannerRunning = true

        } else {

                // reset offset

                offset = 0



                // increment subscript (index) of current message

                currentMessage++



                // if subscript of current message is out of range

                if (currentMessage == ar.length)

                        // wrap around (start from beginning)

                        currentMessage = 0



                // recursive call after specified time

                timerID = setTimeout("showBanner()", pause)



                // banner is running

                bannerRunning = true

        }

}