function pausescroller(content, divId, divClass, delay)
{
 this.content = content //contenido del arreglo de mensajes.
 this.tickerid = divId //ID que identifica el tipo de scroll.
 this.delay = delay //tiempo en milisegundos entre cada noticia.
 this.mouseoverBol = 0 //indica si el mouse esta sombre el artículo.
 this.hiddendivpointer = 1 //indice del array de mensajes que oculta los demas dvi.
 
 document.write('<div id="' + divId + '" class="' + divClass + '" style="position: relative; overflow: hidden"><div class="innerDiv" style="position: absolute; width: 100%" id="' + divId + '1">' + content[0] + '</div><div class="innerDiv" style="position: absolute; width: 100%; visibility: hidden" id="' + divId + '2">' + content[1] + '</div></div>')
 
 var scrollerinstance=this
 
 if (window.addEventListener) //run onload in DOM2 browsers
    window.addEventListener("load", function(){scrollerinstance.initialize()}, false)
 else if (window.attachEvent) //run onload in IE5.5+
    window.attachEvent("onload", function(){scrollerinstance.initialize()})
      else if (document.getElementById) //if legacy DOM browsers, just start scroller after 0.5 sec
        setTimeout(function(){scrollerinstance.initialize()}, 500)
}

 pausescroller.prototype.initialize = function()
 {
  this.tickerdiv=document.getElementById(this.tickerid)
  this.visiblediv=document.getElementById(this.tickerid+"1")
  this.hiddendiv=document.getElementById(this.tickerid+"2")
  this.visibledivtop=parseInt(pausescroller.getCSSpadding(this.tickerdiv))
 
  //set width of inner DIVs to outer DIV's width minus padding (padding assumed to be top padding x 2)
  this.visiblediv.style.width=this.hiddendiv.style.width=this.tickerdiv.offsetWidth-(this.visibledivtop*2)+"px"
  this.getinline(this.visiblediv, this.hiddendiv)
  this.hiddendiv.style.visibility="visible"
 
  var scrollerinstance=this
  document.getElementById(this.tickerid).onmouseover=function(){scrollerinstance.mouseoverBol=1}
  document.getElementById(this.tickerid).onmouseout=function(){scrollerinstance.mouseoverBol=0}
 
  if (window.attachEvent) //Clean up loose references in IE
    window.attachEvent("onunload", function(){scrollerinstance.tickerdiv.onmouseover=scrollerinstance.tickerdiv.onmouseout=null})
  setTimeout(function(){scrollerinstance.animateup()}, this.delay)
 }

 pausescroller.prototype.animateup=function(){
 
 var scrollerinstance=this
 if (parseInt(this.hiddendiv.style.top)>(this.visibledivtop+5))
 {
  this.visiblediv.style.top=parseInt(this.visiblediv.style.top)-5+"px"
  this.hiddendiv.style.top=parseInt(this.hiddendiv.style.top)-5+"px"
  setTimeout(function(){scrollerinstance.animateup()}, 50)
 }
 else
 {
  this.getinline(this.hiddendiv, this.visiblediv)
  this.swapdivs()
  setTimeout(function(){scrollerinstance.setmessage()}, this.delay)
 }
}

pausescroller.prototype.swapdivs=function()
{
 var tempcontainer=this.visiblediv
 this.visiblediv=this.hiddendiv
 this.hiddendiv=tempcontainer
}

pausescroller.prototype.getinline=function(div1, div2)
{
 div1.style.top=this.visibledivtop+"px"
 div2.style.top=Math.max(div1.parentNode.offsetHeight, div1.offsetHeight)+"px"
}

pausescroller.prototype.setmessage=function()
{
 var scrollerinstance=this
 if (this.mouseoverBol==1) //if mouse is currently over scoller, do nothing (pause it)
 setTimeout(function(){scrollerinstance.setmessage()}, 100)
 else
 {
  var i=this.hiddendivpointer
  var ceiling=this.content.length
  this.hiddendivpointer=(i+1>ceiling-1)? 0 : i+1
  this.hiddendiv.innerHTML=this.content[this.hiddendivpointer]
  this.animateup()
 }
}

pausescroller.getCSSpadding=function(tickerobj)
{ //get CSS padding value, if any
 if (tickerobj.currentStyle) return tickerobj.currentStyle["paddingTop"]
 else if (window.getComputedStyle) //if DOM2
   return window.getComputedStyle(tickerobj, "").getPropertyValue("padding-top")
      else return 0
}