stop the scroll

[ascikey]

hi all,
i have one of these scrolling status bar messages but what command do i use to stop it. i.e. how do i stop the timer.

  // call this function again after 100 milliseconds
  setTimeout("scroll()", 100);
}

thx

 

[byam]

try this:


var timeoutID;

function scroll() {

........
milliseconds
timeoutID = setTimeout("scroll()", 100);
}

// to stop it;
clearTimeout(timeoutID);

 

[ascikey]

Sorry for my delay in answering
thx that worked great