A different kind of status

				
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' Name: A different kind of status
' Description:This code basically adds a typed-in message on your status bar. I saw it on another site, but I restructured it (its in a total different code) and enhanced it (if the message on the original source code exceeded the status bar, it wouldn't display. But before I added the enhancement (basically just scrolls after a certain amount of characters), it was a few lines shorter. So I guess I did totally code it, but didn't exactly think of it myself. Very simple, but cool (IMO)
' By: Rag
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' Side Effects:although I haven't tested it, some browsers may not display it correctly.
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'This code is copyrighted and has' limited warranties.Please see http://www.Planet-Source-Code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=2148&lngWId=14'for details.'**************************************

var wait = 50
//number of millseconds before next letter
var message = new Array()
//add more messages if needed
message[0] = "testing for the 1st time"
message[1] = "testing for the 2nd time"
message[2] = "testing for the 3rd time"
var numberofmsgs = 2 //number of messages above
/*this is the actual workings of the script, don't mess with it unless you know what you're doing*/
var currentmsg = 0
var next = 1
var speed = 0
var begin = 0
var end = 100
function scrollit(){
	if (currentmsg <= numberofmsgs){
		if (next <= message[currentmsg].length + 5){
			window.status = message[currentmsg].substring(0, next)
			next++
			if (next >= 100){
				window.status = message[currentmsg].substring(begin, end)
				begin++
				end++
			}
			if (next == message[currentmsg].length + 5){
				currentmsg++
				next = 0
			}
			speed = setTimeout("scrollit()", wait)
		}
		if (currentmsg == numberofmsgs + 1){
			currentmsg = 0
			begin = 0
		}
	}
}
scrollit();