/* myMsg
is split into two parts, myMsg.substring(i,
myMsg.length)
returns the part of the string starting with the character at position
i and
stopping at one character before the total length of string
(given by the property myMsg.length)
*/
frontPart = myMsg.substring(i,
myMsg.length);
/* This
line sets backPart
to the left half of myMsg,
starting at position 0 and continuing to position i.
As i
increases, frontPart
gets smaller and backPart
gets larger. */
backPart = myMsg.substring(0,
i);
// This sets the
Window's Status Line Property of the window object.
window.status = frontPart +
backPart;
if (i < myMsg.length) i++;
// if we haven't reached the end of the
string increase the counter
else i = 0; // if we have
reached the end of the string reset the counter back to zero
/* Add a
pause to the function scrollMsg()
using setTimeout.
Here the length of the pause is 50 milliseconds. If you
want a faster scroll, decrease the number of milliseconds, or increase
for a slower scroll */
setTimeout("scrollMsg()",
50) ;
