var xmlDso, tickerSet;
function initTicker(xmlFile, objName, counter, maxMsgs, timeOut) {
	if(document.all&&navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")==-1) {
		eval('xmlDso='+objName+'.XMLDocument');
		xmlDso.load(xmlFile);
		setTimeout("xmlDsoTicker('"+objName+"','"+counter+"','"+maxMsgs+"','"+timeOut+"')", timeOut);
	}
	else {
		//alert('This Ticker works with IE4+ only!');
		return false;
	}
}

function xmlDsoTicker(objName, counter, maxMsgs, timeOut) {
	eval('tickerSet=' + objName + '.recordset');
	if(!tickerSet.EOF && counter<maxMsgs-1) {
		tickerSet.MoveNext();
		counter++;
	}
	else {
		counter=0;
		tickerSet.MoveFirst();
	}
	setTimeout("xmlDsoTicker('"+objName+"','"+counter+"','"+maxMsgs+"','"+timeOut+"')", timeOut);
}