<!-- hide the script
/*
Cursor Trailor Text- By Peter Gehrig (http://www.24fun.ch/)
Permission given to Dynamicdrive.com to feature script in its archive.
For full source code, installation instructions, and 1000's more DHTML scripts,
visit http://dynamicdrive.com
*/

var x,y
var step=20
var flag=0

// Your snappy message. Important: the space at the end of the sentence!!!
var message="* MUSIC, ARTS AND DRAMA "
message=message.split("")

var xpos=new Array()
for (i=0;i<=message.length-1;i++) {
	xpos[i]=-50
}

var ypos=new Array()
for (i=0;i<=message.length-1;i++) {
	ypos[i]=-50
}

function handlerMM(e){
	x = (document.layers) ? e.pageX : document.body.scrollLeft+event.clientX
	y = (document.layers) ? e.pageY : document.body.scrollTop+event.clientY
	flag=1
}

function makesnake() {
	if (flag==1 && document.all) {
    		for (i=message.length-1; i>=1; i--) {
   			xpos[i]=xpos[i-1]+step
			ypos[i]=ypos[i-1]
    		}
		xpos[0]=x+step
		ypos[0]=y
	
		for (i=0; i<message.length-1; i++) {
    		var thisspan = eval("span"+(i)+".style")
    		thisspan.posLeft=xpos[i]
			thisspan.posTop=ypos[i]
    	}
	}
	
	else if (flag==1 && document.layers) {
    		for (i=message.length-1; i>=1; i--) {
   			xpos[i]=xpos[i-1]+step
			ypos[i]=ypos[i-1]
    		}
		xpos[0]=x+step
		ypos[0]=y
	
		for (i=0; i<message.length-1; i++) {
    			var thisspan = eval("document.span"+i)
    			thisspan.left=xpos[i]
			thisspan.top=ypos[i]
    		}
	}	
	if (gcontinueAnim) {
			var timer=setTimeout("makesnake()",30)
	}
}

function togglesnake() {
	if (gcontinueAnim)
	{
		gcontinueAnim = false;
		if (flag==1 && document.all) { //IE
			for (i=0; i<message.length-1; i++) {
    				var thisspan = eval("span"+(i)+".style")
    				thisspan.visibility="hidden"
    			}
		} else if (flag == 1 && document.layers) { //NN
			for (i=0; i<message.length-1; i++) {
    				var thisspan = eval("document.span"+i)
    				thisspan.visibility="hide" 
			}
    		}
	}
	else 
	{
		gcontinueAnim = true;
		if (flag==1 && document.all) {  //IE
			for (i=0; i<message.length-1; i++) {
    				var thisspan = eval("span"+(i)+".style")
    				thisspan.visibility="visible"
    			}
		} else if (flag == 1 && document.layers) {  //Netscape
			for (i=0; i<message.length-1; i++) {
    				var thisspan = eval("document.span"+i)
    				thisspan.visibility="show"
			}
    		}
		
		makesnake();
	}

}

gcontinueAnim=false;  //init global

//end scrolling text game
// end script -->