isPaused Property

Retrieves a value that specifies whether the element is paused on the timeline.

Syntax

[ bPaused = ] currTimeState.isPaused

Possible Values

bPaused Boolean that specifies one of the following values:
true Element is currently paused on the timeline.
false Default. Element is not paused on the timeline.
The property is read-only. The property has a default value of false.

Remarks

When an element is paused on the timeline, it is still considered to be in an active state. Elements in an active state can generate and respond to events.

Example

This example uses the isPaused property to retrieve a value that indicates whether the element is paused on the timeline.

<HTML XMLNS:t="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:time">
<HEAD>
<TITLE>isPaused Property</TITLE>
<?IMPORT namespace="t" implementation="#default#time2">
<SCRIPT>
function doPauseCheck(){
(a1.currTimeState.isPaused == true ? s1.innerHTML='<B>isPaused: </B>True - Element is currently paused on timeline.' : s1.innerHTML='<B>isPaused: </B>False - Element is not paused on timeline.');
}
</SCRIPT>
<STYLE>
.time{behavior: url(#default#time2);}
</STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY TOPMARGIN=0 LEFTMARGIN=0 BGPROPERTIES="FIXED" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
LINK="#000000" VLINK="#808080" ALINK="#000000">
<B>Moving DIV timer:</B>
<SPAN id="Timer3" class="time" dur="1" repeatCount="indefinite"
onrepeat="innerText=parseInt(a1.currTimeState.activeTime);">0</SPAN>
<t:excl id="t1" begin="indefinite" dur="5" repeatCount="5"
onbegin="doPauseCheck();" onend="s1.innerHTML='<B>isPaused:</B>';">
<t:ANIMATEMOTION ID="a1" targetElement="div1" to="200,0" begin="0" dur="2"
autoReverse="true" />
</t:excl>
<DIV ID="div1" CLASS="time" STYLE="position:relative;top:15px;left:25px;
height:100px;width:100px;background-color:yellow;"></DIV>
<SPAN id="s1" style="position:relative;top:40px;"><B>isPaused:</B></SPAN>
<P style="position:relative;top:40px;">
<BUTTON id="b1" onclick="t1.beginElement();">Start</BUTTON>
<BUTTON id="b2" onclick="t1.pauseElement();doPauseCheck();">Pause</BUTTON>
<BUTTON id="b3" onclick="t1.resumeElement();doPauseCheck();">Resume</BUTTON>
<BUTTON id="b4" onclick="t1.endElement();s1.innerHTML='<B>isPaused:</B>';">Stop</BUTTON>
</P>
</BODY>
</HTML>

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Standards Information

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

Applies To

currTimeState