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Absolutely Positioned Scrollable Area

I am trying to implement a DHTML scrollable area into my site and have found one on [url]www.z3roadster.net/dreamweaver.[/url] The JavaScript is within a file written in HTML. It works fine when I test it in IE6 and Mozilla 1.3. When I try and copy it into my [U]X[/U]HTML script, it results in the scrollable area not working in Mozilla, yet it still works fine in IE6. Can anyone help me? I can’t see what I need to alter in order to make it work in Mozilla. Thanks in advance. The script is as follows:

<head>
<style type=”text/css”>

#divUpControl{position:absolute; width:400; left:40; top:200; z-index:1;}
#divDownControl{position:absolute; width:400; left:40; top:490; z-index:1;}
#divContainer{position:absolute; width:500; height:281; overflow:hidden; top:200; left:40; clip:rect(0,400,281,0); visibility:hidden}
#divContent{position:absolute; top60; left:0;font-size:11px;font-family:Verdana;line-height:18px;text-align:justify;}
</style>
<script language=”JavaScript”>

function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
if (a[i].indexOf(“#”)!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}

function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
var i,x,a=document.MM_sr;
for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) {
x.src=x.oSrc;
}
CeaseScroll();
}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
var p,i,x; if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf(“?”))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array;
for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
if (a[0]==’Image2′) PerformScroll(7);
else PerformScroll(-7);
}

// begin absolutely positioned scrollable area object scripts
/*
Extension developed by David G. Miles ([url]www.z3roadster.net/dreamweaver[/url])
Original Scrollable Area code developed by Thomas Brattli
To add more shock to your site, visit [url]www.DHTML[/url] Shock.com
*
/
function lib_bwcheck(){ //Browsercheck (needed)
this.ver=navigator.appVersion
this.agent=navigator.userAgent
this.dom=document.getElementById?1:0
this.opera5=(navigator.userAgent.indexOf(“Opera”)>-1 && document.getElementById)?1:0
this.ie5=(this.ver.indexOf(“MSIE 5”)>-1 && this.dom && !this.opera5)?1:0;
this.ie6=(this.ver.indexOf(“MSIE 6”)>-1 && this.dom && !this.opera5)?1:0;
this.ie4=(document.all && !this.dom && !this.opera5)?1:0;
this.ie=this.ie4||this.ie5||this.ie6
this.mac=this.agent.indexOf(“Mac”)>-1
this.ns6=(this.dom && parseInt(this.ver) >= 5) ?1:0;
this.ns4=(document.layers && !this.dom)?1:0;
this.bw=(this.ie6 || this.ie5 || this.ie4 || this.ns4 || this.ns6 || this.opera5)
return this
}
var bw=lib_bwcheck()

var speed=50

var loop, timer

function ConstructObject(obj,nest){
nest=(!nest) ? ”:’document.’+nest+’.’
this.el=bw.dom?document.getElementById(obj):bw.ie4?document.all[obj]:bw.ns4?eval(nest+’document.’+obj):0;
this.css=bw.dom?document.getElementById(obj).style:bw.ie4?document.all[obj].style:bw.ns4?eval(nest+’document.’+obj):0;
this.scrollHeight=bw.ns4?this.css.document.height:this.el.offsetHeight
this.clipHeight=bw.ns4?this.css.clip.height:this.el.offsetHeight
this.up=MoveAreaUp;this.down=MoveAreaDown;
this.MoveArea=MoveArea; this.x; this.y;
this.obj = obj + “Object”
eval(this.obj + “=this”)
return this
}
function MoveArea(x,y){
this.x=x;this.y=y
this.css.left=this.x
this.css.top=this.y
}

function MoveAreaDown(move){
if(this.y>-this.scrollHeight+objContainer.clipHeight){
divUpArrow.css.visibility=’visible’
this.MoveArea(0,this.y-move)
if(loop) setTimeout(this.obj+”.down(“+move+”)”,speed)
}
else divDownArrow.css.visibility=’hidden’
}
function MoveAreaUp(move){
if(this.y<0){
divDownArrow.css.visibility=’visible’
this.MoveArea(0,this.y-move)
if(loop) setTimeout(this.obj+”.up(“+move+”)”,speed)
}
else divUpArrow.css.visibility=’hidden’
}

function PerformScroll(speed){
if(initialised){
loop=true;
if(speed>0) objScroller.down(speed)
else objScroller.up(speed)
}
}

function CeaseScroll(){
loop=false
if(timer) clearTimeout(timer)
}
var initialised;
function InitialiseScrollableArea(){
objContainer=new ConstructObject(‘divContainer’)
objScroller=new ConstructObject(‘divContent’,’divContainer’)
objScroller.MoveArea(0,0)
objContainer.css.visibility=’visible’
initialised=true;
divUpArrow=new ConstructObject(‘divUpControl’)
divDownArrow=new ConstructObject(‘divDownControl’)
divUpArrow.css.visibility=’hidden’
}
// end absolutely positioned scrollable area object scripts

window.focus();

</script>
</head>

<body topmargin=”0″ leftmargin=”0″ marginheight=”0″ marginwidth=”0″ bgcolor=”#FFFFFF” onLoad=”InitialiseScrollableArea()”>

<!– begin absolutely positioned scrollable area object–>

<div id=”divUpControl” align=”center” style=”visibility:hidden;”> <a href=”javascript:;” onMouseOver=”MM_swapImage(‘Image1′,”,’images/scrollup_r.gif’,1)” onMouseOut=”MM_swapImgRestore()”><img src=”images/scrollup.gif” width=”400″ height=”11″ alt=”” border=”0″ name=”Image1″></a></div>
<div id=”divDownControl” align=”center”> <a href=”javascript:;” onMouseOver=”MM_swapImage(‘Image2′,”,’images/scrolldown_r.gif’,1)” onMouseOut=”MM_swapImgRestore()”><img src=”images/scrolldown.gif” width=”400″ height=”11″ alt=”” border=”0″ name=”Image2″></a></div>
<div id=”divContainer”>
<div id=”divContent”>

Content here!

</div>
</div>

<!– end absolutely positioned scrollable area object –>

</body>
</html>

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