function ScrollText(seed)
  {
   // Classic Scroll - display text at the right position of the statusbar and set a timeout.
   var paddedText = " ", c = 1, messageText;

   if (seed > 100)
      {seed --;
       messageText = "ScrollText("+seed+")";
       timerWait   = window.setTimeout(messageText, 100);
      }
   else
      if (seed <= 100 && seed > 0) 
         {for (c = 0 ; c < seed ; c++)
              {paddedText += " ";} 
          paddedText   += scrtxt;
          seed --;
          window.status = paddedText;
          messageText   = "ScrollText("+seed+")";
          timerWait     = window.setTimeout(messageText, 100);
         } 
   else
      if (seed <= 0)
         {if (-seed < scrtxt.length) 
             {paddedText   += scrtxt.substring(-seed,scrtxt.length);
              seed --;
              window.status = paddedText;
              messageText   = "ScrollText("+seed+")";
              timerWait     = window.setTimeout(messageText, 100);
             }            
          else 
             {window.status = " ";
              timerWait     = window.setTimeout("ScrollText(100)", 100);
             }
         }     
  }