activeTime Property

Retrieves the current point in time along the total active timeline, including repeats and time spent in reverse mode.

Syntax

[ iTime = ] currTimeState.activeTime

Possible Values

iTime Integer that receives the current point in time along the timeline, in seconds. The value of this property ranges from 0 to activeDur.
The property is read-only. The property has no default value.

Remarks

This property supersedes the currTime property.
The activeTime property contains the time elapsed since the timeline for the object began, including time spent repeating and in reverse mode. Run the example below and note how activeTime accumulates throughout the entire duration of the timeline.

Example

This example shows how activeTime, segmentTime, and simpleTime relate to each other.

<HTML XMLNS:t ="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:time">
<HEAD>
<TITLE>autoReverse Example</TITLE>
<STYLE>
.time{behavior: url(#default#time2);}
</STYLE>
<?IMPORT namespace="t" implementation="#default#time2">
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JScript">
window.onload = fnOnLoad;
function fnOnLoad()
{
// Set up a timer to watch the time values.
window.setInterval(fnUpdateTimes, 100);
}
function fnUpdateTimes()
{
oSimpleTime.innerHTML = "&nbsp;simpleTime:&nbsp;" +
(oAnim.currTimeState.simpleTime);
oSegmentTime.innerHTML = "segmentTime:&nbsp;" +
(oAnim.currTimeState.segmentTime);
oActiveTime.innerHTML = "&nbsp;activeTime:&nbsp;" +
(oAnim.currTimeState.activeTime);
}
function fnRepeat()
{
oRepeatCount.innerHTML = "repeatCount:&nbsp;" +
(oAnim.currTimeState.repeatCount + 1);
// Add one because repeatCount is zero-based.
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV STYLE="font-family:courier;">
<DIV ID="oRepeatCount">repeatCount: 1</DIV>
<DIV ID="oSimpleTime">&nbsp;simpleTime:&nbsp;0</DIV>
<DIV ID="oSegmentTime">segmentTime:&nbsp;0</DIV>
<DIV ID="oActiveTime">&nbsp;activeTime:&nbsp;0</DIV>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="oDiv" CLASS="time" STYLE="position:absolute; left:50px;
top:250px; width:100px; height:100px; background-color:blue;"></DIV>
<t:ANIMATEMOTION ID="oAnim" targetElement="oDIV" to="340,40" dur="2"
autoReverse="true" repeatCount="5" onrepeat="fnRepeat()" fill="freeze"/>
</BODY>
</HTML>

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Standards Information

This property is a Microsoft extension to Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) .

Applies To

currTimeState