Fading Scroller

[azaral]

I'm using the Fading Scroller to display text that I'll be using as headlines. I'd like each link to open in a new window but when I add in target='_blank' to the lines below in blue the whole script fails to run in my browser. Can anybody show me how to open these links in a new window? please advise.

The whole script looks like this:

<script type="text/javascript">

/***********************************************
* Fading Scroller- © Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/

var delay = 5000; //set delay between message change (in miliseconds)
var maxsteps=30; // number of steps to take to change from start color to endcolor
var stepdelay=40; // time in miliseconds of a single step
//**Note: maxsteps*stepdelay will be total time in miliseconds of fading effect
var startcolor= new Array(255,255,255); // start color (red, green, blue)
var endcolor=new Array(0,0,0); // end color (red, green, blue)

var fcontent=new Array();
begintag='<div style="font: normal 14px Arial; padding: 5px;">'; //set opening tag, such as font declarations

fcontent[0]="<a href='link1.htm'>Text 1</a>";
fcontent[1]="<a href='link2.htm'>Text 2</a>";
fcontent[2]="<a href='link3.htm'>Text 3</a>";

<closetag='</div>';

var fwidth='300px'; //set scroller width
var fheight='300px'; //set scroller height

var fadelinks=1; //should links inside scroller content also fade like text? 0 for no, 1 for yes.

///No need to edit below this line/////////////////


var ie4=document.all&&!document.getElementById;
var DOM2=document.getElementById;
var faderdelay=0;
var index=0;


/*Rafael Raposo edited function*/
//function to change content
function changecontent(){
if (index>=fcontent.length)
index=0
if (DOM2){
document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color="rgb("+startcolor[0]+", "+startcolor[1]+", "+startcolor[2]+")"
document.getElementById("fscroller").innerHTML=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag
if (fadelinks)
linkcolorchange(1);
colorfade(1, 15);
}
else if (ie4)
document.all.fscroller.innerHTML=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag;
index++
}

// colorfade() partially by Marcio Galli for Netscape Communications. ////////////
// Modified by Dynamicdrive.com

function linkcolorchange(step){
var obj=document.getElementById("fscroller").getElementsByTagName("A");
if (obj.length>0){
for (i=0;i<obj.length;i++)
obj[i].style.color=getstepcolor(step);
}
}

/*Rafael Raposo edited function*/
var fadecounter;
function colorfade(step) {
if(step<=maxsteps) {
document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color=getstepcolor(step);
if (fadelinks)
linkcolorchange(step);
step++;
fadecounter=setTimeout("colorfade("+step+")",stepdelay);
}else{
clearTimeout(fadecounter);
document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color="rgb("+endcolor[0]+", "+endcolor[1]+", "+endcolor[2]+")";
setTimeout("changecontent()", delay);

}
}

/*Rafael Raposo's new function*/
function getstepcolor(step) {
var diff
var newcolor=new Array(3);
for(var i=0;i<3;i++) {
diff = (startcolor[i]-endcolor[i]);
if(diff > 0) {
newcolor[i] = startcolor[i]-(Math.round((diff/maxsteps))*step);
} else {
newcolor[i] = startcolor[i]+(Math.round((Math.abs(diff)/maxsteps))*step);
}
}
return ("rgb(" + newcolor[0] + ", " + newcolor[1] + ", " + newcolor[2] + ")");
}

if (ie4||DOM2)
document.write('<div id="fscroller" style="border:0px solid black;width:'+fwidth+';height:'+fheight+'"></div>');

if (window.addEventListener)
window.addEventListener("load", changecontent, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
window.attachEvent("onload", changecontent)
else if (document.getElementById)
window.onload=changecontent

</script>

[jscheuer1]

I copied your code from your post and it wouldn't run at all until I removed the red part from the below line:

<closetag='</div>';

Once I did that, I was able to add target='_blank' with no problem and a new window opened each time:

fcontent[0]="<a href='link1.htm' target='_blank'>Text 1</a>";
fcontent[1]="<a href='link2.htm' target='_blank'>Text 2</a>";
fcontent[2]="<a href='link3.htm' target='_blank'>Text 3</a>";