/*
Mastering JavaScript, Premium Edition
by James Jaworski
ISBN:078212819X
Publisher Sybex CopyRight 2001
*/
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var msgIX = 0
var msgs = new Array(
"Notice anything different?",
"The text you are looking at has changed.",
"This is a handy way of sending messages to your users."
)
function scrollMessages(milliseconds) {
window.setInterval("displayMessage()", milliseconds)
}
function displayMessage() {
if(document.getElementById != null) {
var heading = document.getElementById("scrollme")
heading.firstChild.nodeValue = msgs[msgIX]
}else{
if(navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") {
var heading = document.all.item("scrollme")
heading.innerText = msgs[msgIX]
}
}
++msgIX
msgIX %= msgs.length
}
Watch this text very carefully!