var myScroller1 = new Scroller(6, 0, 200, 180, 0, 10); //(xpos, ypos, width, height, border, padding)
myScroller1.setColors("#000000", "#57574F", "#57574F"); //(fgcolor, bgcolor, bdcolor)
myScroller1.setFont("Arial,Helvetica", 2); 

myScroller1.addItem("<SPAN class='ftext' align='center'>Form Works Plastics Inc. Celebrates<br>25 Years of excellence<br><img src='pics/25years.gif' width='150' height='148'></span>");
myScroller1.addItem("<SPAN class='ftext'>Form Works Plastics Inc. wins award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Department of Commerce. To produce Polyurethane Parts for a new instrument being built by NIST to reduce the background presents from interfering with sensitive spectroscopic measurements.</SPAN>");

myScroller1.setPause(2500); //set pause beteen msgs, in milliseconds

function runmikescroll() {

  var layer;
  var mikex, mikey;

  layer = getLayer("placeholder");
  mikex = getPageLeft(layer);
  mikey = getPageTop(layer);

  myScroller1.create();
  myScroller1.hide();
  myScroller1.moveTo(mikex, mikey);
  myScroller1.setzIndex(1);
  myScroller1.show();
}