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Status Bar Message

function infoscroll(seed,looped)
{
  var text1  = " Your Text Here ";
  var text2  = "                   and more here..............              ";        
  var msg=text1+text2;
  var putout = " ";
  var c   = 1;

if (looped > 10) 
  {  window.status="<Thanks !>";  }
  else if (seed > 100) 
  {
     seed--;
     var cmd="infoscroll(" + seed + "," + looped + ")";
     timerTwo=window.setTimeout(cmd,100);
  }
  else if (seed <= 100 && seed > 0) 
  {
    for (c=0 ; c < seed ; c++) 
    {  putout+=" ";  }
    putout+=msg.substring(0,100-seed);	
    seed--;
    var cmd="infoscroll(" + seed + "," + looped + ")";
    window.status=putout;
    timerTwo=window.setTimeout(cmd,100);
  }
  else if (seed <= 0) 
  {
    if (-seed < msg.length) 
    {
      putout+=msg.substring(-seed,msg.length);
      seed--;
      var cmd="infoscroll(" + seed + "," + looped + ")";
      window.status=putout;
      timerTwo=window.setTimeout(cmd,100); // 100
    }
    else 
    {
      window.status=" ";
      looped += 1;
      var cmd = "infoscroll(100," + looped + ")";
      timerTwo=window.setTimeout(cmd,75); // 75
    }
  }
}
// -->

</SCRIPT>

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