var tickerpos = 0;
var intervalID;

function ticker(){
  intervalID = setInterval(flashText, 3500);
}

function flashText(){
	/* 
	// document.getElementById("whats_new_item_" + tickerpos).style.display = "none";
	// tickerpos++;
	// if(tickerpos>=class_count){
	// 	tickerpos = 0;
	// }
	// document.getElementById("whats_new_item_" + tickerpos).style.display = "block";
	*/
}

function stopTextColor(){
  clearInterval(intervalID);
}

function ClassCount(className, tag){
	var testClass = new RegExp("(^|\\\\s)" + className + "(\\\\s|$)");
	var tag = tag || "*";
	var elm = document;
	var elements = (tag == "*" && elm.all)? elm.all : elm.getElementsByTagName(tag);
	var returnElements = [];
	var current;
	var length = elements.length;
	for(var i=0; i<length; i++){
		current = elements[i];
		if(testClass.test(current.className)){
			returnElements.push(current);
		}
	}
    return returnElements.length;
}


function getremotevalue(url){
	var content = '';
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
		request = new XMLHttpRequest();
	} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
		request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	}
	if (request){
		request.open("GET", url, false);
		request.send(null);
		if (request.status == 200) {
			content = request.responseText;
		} else {
			content = 'Error: ' + request.status + ' ' + request.statusText;
		}
	}
	return content;
}

function tweet_this(id, source, url, title, hash){ 
	if(url!=""){
		strtweet = "http://www.twitter.com/home?source=" + source + "&status=" + title + " " + getremotevalue("/pressroom/tinyurl.asp?url=" + url); 
	} else {
		strtweet = "http://www.twitter.com/home?source=" + source + "&status=" + title + " " + getremotevalue("/pressroom/tinyurl.asp?url=" + location.href); 
	}
	document.getElementById(id).href=strtweet.replace(/\s/gi, "+");
}



function showmedia(file, ft, id){
	if(ft==1){
		document.getElementById("media_showcase").innerHTML = "<a href='image.asp?id=" + id + "'><img src='/pressroom/images/image_library/lg/" + file + "' /></a>";
	}

	if(ft==2){
		/* 
		var s1 = new SWFObject("player.swf","ply","215","215","9","#FFFFFF");
		s1.addParam("allowfullscreen","true");
		s1.addParam("allowscriptaccess","always");
		s1.addParam("flashvars","file=/pressroom/images/image_library/full/" + file);
		s1.write("media_showcase");
		*/
		document.getElementById("media_showcase").innerHTML = "<object width='215' height='215'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/" + file + "&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0'></param><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/" + file + "&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true' width='215' height='215'></embed></object>";
			
		
	}
	

	
}


function validate_comments(){
	// alert("HI!!!");
	return WebForm_OnSubmit();
}


function show_embed_code(id){
	$(".embed_hide").each(function(){ document.getElementById($(this).attr("id")).style.display = "none"; });
	$(".embed_link").each(function(){ document.getElementById($(this).attr("id")).style.display = "block"; });
	document.getElementById("embed_link_" + id).style.display = "none";
	document.getElementById("embed_code_" + id).style.display = "block";
	return false;
}

function hide_embed_code(id){
	document.getElementById("embed_link_" + id).style.display = "block";
	document.getElementById("embed_code_" + id).style.display = "none";
	return false;
}