//var eventdata_location="http://www.eastbedscamra.org.uk/events.txt";
var eventdata_location="news.txt";
var i = 0;
var ii = 0;
var scrollercontent = "";
var dateChk = false;
var br='<br>';
var rule = "<br>&nbsp<hr width=90%><br>";
var errC = "Error count: 0, Last error: ---";
var eCnt = 0;
var text_month = ["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"];
var today = new Date();


$.ajaxSetup({timeout: 10000, async: false, dataType: "text", error: function(request, error){eCnt++;} });

function getdata(typ) {
// read events.txt file and parse it using \n
	var d = new Date(); 
	var eventdata = $.ajax({url: eventdata_location + "?" + d.getTime()}).responseText;
	if (eventdata.indexOf(eventdata_location) == -1 ) {  
		var events=eventdata.split('\n');
// Check to see if there are any values
		window.test = events[0].split('>');
		if (window.test && window.test[0]=="<!-- Date --"){
// create content
		if (typ == 1){
			dt = "<i>" + events[i] + "</i>";i++;
			tl = events[i];i++;
			dl = events[i];i++;
			im = events[i];
			scrollercontent = scrollercontent+dt+br+tl+br+im+br+dl+"<br><a href='news.html'>More News Here..</a>";		
		}else{
			i--;rule="";
			while (ii < parseInt(events.length/4)) {
				dt = "<i>" + events[i] + "</i>";i++;
				tl = "<u>" + events[i] + "</u>";i++;
				dl = events[i];i++;				
				im = events[i];i++; 
				scrollercontent = scrollercontent+rule+dt+br+tl+br+im+br+dl;			
				ii++;rule="<br>&nbsp<hr width=90%><br>";
			}
		}
				return scrollercontent;
		}else{ // error handler for no data
			errC = "Error count: "+eCnt+", Last error: "+window.test;
			$("#scrollercontent").html(errC);
		}
	}
}