var theMessage = "";
    var messageLength = 0;
    var theIndex   = 0;
    var thePadding = "";
    var padLength  = 0;

    var scrollMessageCounter = 0;
    var thePreviousString    = "";
    var theMessage = "";
    var scrollingEnabled = true;

    var numberOfMessages = 5;
    var weeklyEvents = theCollectedWeeksEvents();

       function scrollTheMessage() {

          if (thePadding.length >= Math.floor((80 - theMessage.length)/2)) {
             document.ScrollSpace.ScrollText.value = thePreviousString.substring(theIndex, thePreviousString.length) + thePadding + theMessage.substring(theIndex,0);
             theIndex++;
             thePadding = thePadding.substring(0,--padLength);
             TO = window.setTimeout( "scrollTheMessage()", 32);
              
          }
            else {
               thePreviousString = thePadding + theMessage;
               document.ScrollSpace.ScrollText.value = thePreviousString;
            }
       }


     function setMessageArray () {

       for (messageIndex = 0; messageIndex < numberOfMessages; messageIndex++) {

         var messageToScroll = eval("userMessage" + messageIndex.toString()); 
         allMessages [messageIndex] = (messageToScroll.length) ? messageToScroll : eval("defaultMessage" + messageIndex.toString());

       }
   
     }

     function showEm() {
       if (scrollingEnabled) {

          theMessage = allMessages[scrollMessageCounter];
          messageLength = theMessage.length;
          theIndex   = 0;
          thePadding = "                                                                                ";
          padLength = thePadding.length;
          scrollTheMessage();

          scrollMessageCounter = (++scrollMessageCounter)%allMessages.length;

        }
          showNext = window.setTimeout ( "showEm()", 7500 );
      }


var theCollectedMessages = ""
for (messageIndex = 0; messageIndex < numberOfMessages; messageIndex++) {

   messageToScroll = eval("userMessage" + messageIndex.toString());
   theCollectedMessages += "<LI>";
   theCollectedMessages += (messageToScroll.length) ? messageToScroll : eval("defaultMessage" + messageIndex.toString());

}