var delay = 5000; 
var maxsteps=30; 
var stepdelay=40;
var startcolor= new Array(255,255,255); 
var endcolor=new Array(0,0,0); 
var fcontent=new Array();

var fadelinks=1;
var ie4=document.all&&!document.getElementById;
var DOM2=document.getElementById;
var faderdelay=0;
var index=0;
var fadecounter;

function scroller(){
	begintag='<div class="noticia">';
	// CONTENIDO A PRESENTAR EN EL SCROLLER
   fcontent[0]='<p align=center>Curso Internacional de Patología Renal - Universidad de Coruña / España</p><br><br> <a href="http://www.slap.org.pa/eventos.html">Ver más información</a>';	
	
	// FINAL DEL CONTENIDO EN EL SCROLL
	closetag='</div>';
	
	if (ie4||DOM2)
	  document.write('<div id="fscroller"></div>');
	
	if (window.addEventListener)
	window.addEventListener("load", changecontent, false)
	else if (window.attachEvent)
	window.attachEvent("onload", changecontent)
	else if (document.getElementById)
	window.onload=changecontent
}





function getstepcolor(step) {
  var diff
  var newcolor=new Array(3);
  for(var i=0;i<3;i++) {
    diff = (startcolor[i]-endcolor[i]);
    if(diff > 0) {
      newcolor[i] = startcolor[i]-(Math.round((diff/maxsteps))*step);
    } else {
      newcolor[i] = startcolor[i]+(Math.round((Math.abs(diff)/maxsteps))*step);
    }
  }
  return ("rgb(" + newcolor[0] + ", " + newcolor[1] + ", " + newcolor[2] + ")");
}


function colorfade(step) {
  if(step<=maxsteps) {	
    document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color=getstepcolor(step);
    if (fadelinks)
      linkcolorchange(step);
    step++;
    fadecounter=setTimeout("colorfade("+step+")",stepdelay);
  }else{
    clearTimeout(fadecounter);
    document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color="rgb("+endcolor[0]+", "+endcolor[1]+", "+endcolor[2]+")";
    setTimeout("changecontent()", delay);
	
  }   
}

function linkcolorchange(step){
  var obj=document.getElementById("fscroller").getElementsByTagName("A");
  if (obj.length>0){
    for (i=0;i<obj.length;i++)
      obj[i].style.color=getstepcolor(step);
  }
}

function changecontent(){
  if (index>=fcontent.length)
    index=0
  if (DOM2){
    document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color="rgb("+startcolor[0]+", "+startcolor[1]+", "+startcolor[2]+")"
    document.getElementById("fscroller").innerHTML=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag
    if (fadelinks)
      linkcolorchange(1);
    colorfade(1, 15);
  }
  else if (ie4)
    document.all.fscroller.innerHTML=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag;
  index++
}