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Script Name: Dancing Text
Author: Premshree Pillai
Description: Text that actually dances.

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Example:

The AC CODE

window.onerror = null;
 var bName = navigator.appName;
 var bVer = parseInt(navigator.appVersion);
 var NS4 = (bName == "Netscape" && bVer >= 4);
 var IE4 = (bName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer" 
 && bVer >= 4);
 var NS3 = (bName == "Netscape" && bVer < 4);
 var IE3 = (bName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer" 
 && bVer < 4);
 var time_length =100; //Scroll speed
 var begin_pos=305;
 var left_pos=125;
 var jump_height=3;
 var i;
 var k=0;
 var text_dance = "Dancing Text by Premshree Pillai";
 var text_dance_len= text_dance.length;
 
 //IF STRING LENGTH IS EVEN
 if(text_dance_len%2==0)
 {
 text_dance_len+=1;
 }

function dance()
{
for(var i=1; i<=text_dance_len; i++)
{
document.write('<div id="' + text_dance + i + '" style="position:absolute; visibility:hidden; left:' + (left_pos+15*i) + '">');
document.write('<font face="verdana,arial,helvetica" size="2" color="#003399"><b>' + text_dance.charAt(i-1) + '</b></font></div>');
}
dodance();
}

function dodance()
{
for(var i=1; i<=text_dance_len; i++)
{
Scroll(text_dance+i);
}
}

if (NS4 || IE4) {
 if (navigator.appName == "Netscape") {
 layerStyleRef="layer.";
 layerRef="document.layers";
 styleSwitch="";
 }else{
 layerStyleRef="layer.style.";
 layerRef="this.document.all";
 styleSwitch=".style";
 }
}

//DANCER
function Scroll(layerName){
 if (NS4 || IE4) { 
 eval(layerRef+'["'+layerName+'"]'+
 styleSwitch+'.visibility="visible"');
 if(k%2==0)
 {
 eval(layerRef+'["'+layerName+'"]'+
 styleSwitch+'.top="' + (begin_pos+jump_height) + '"');
 }
 else
 {
 eval(layerRef+'["'+layerName+'"]'+
 styleSwitch+'.top="'+ (begin_pos-jump_height) +'"');
 }
 i++;
 if(k<1)
 {
 k++;
 } 
 else
 {
 k--
 }
 setTimeout("Scroll('"+layerName+"')",time_length);
 }
}

dance();

</script>