isActive Property

Retrieves a value that indicates whether the element is currently active on the timeline.

Syntax

[ bActive = ] currTimeState.isActive

Possible Values

bActive Boolean that receives one of the following values.
true Element is active on the timeline.
false Element is not active on the timeline.
The property is read-only. The property has no default value.

Example

This example uses the isActive property to retrieve a value that indicates whether the media element is active on the timeline.

<HTML XMLNS:t="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:time">
<HEAD>
<TITLE>isActive Property</TITLE>
<?IMPORT namespace="t" implementation="#default#time2">
<STYLE>
.time{ behavior: url(#default#time2);}
</STYLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function checkIsActive(){
isActive1.innerText='isActive: ' + m1.currTimeState.isActive;
if(m1.currTimeState.isActive){
b0.disabled=true;
b1.disabled=false;
}else{
b0.disabled=false;
b1.disabled=true;
}
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY TOPMARGIN=0 LEFTMARGIN=0 BGPROPERTIES="FIXED" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
LINK="#000000" VLINK="#808080" ALINK="#000000">
<t:video id="m1" begin="0;indefinite;"
src="../../common/samples/author/behaviors/media/shuttle3.wmv"
onend="checkIsActive();" onbegin="checkIsActive();" fill="remove"/>
<BR><BR>
<SPAN id="isActive1">isActive:</SPAN>
<BR>
<BUTTON id="b0" onclick="m1.beginElement();">Restart</BUTTON>
<BUTTON id="b1" onclick="m1.endElement();">Stop</BUTTON>
</BODY>
</HTML>

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Standards Information

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

Applies To

currTimeState