segmentDur Property

Retrieves the duration of an element on a timeline in seconds, including autoReverse.

Syntax

[ iDuration = ] currTimeState.segmentDur

Possible Values

iDuration Integer that receives the duration of an element on a timeline in seconds, including autoReverse.
The property is read-only. The property has no default value.

Example

This example uses the segmentDur property to retrieve the duration of the elements on the timeline.

<HTML XMLNS:t ="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:time">
<HEAD>
<?IMPORT namespace="t" implementation="#default#time2">
<SCRIPT>
function getSegmentDur(){
s1.innerText += d1.currTimeState.segmentDur;
s2.innerText += d2.currTimeState.segmentDur;
}
</SCRIPT>
<STYLE>
.time{ behavior: url(#default#time2);}
</STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY TOPMARGIN=0 LEFTMARGIN=0 BGPROPERTIES="FIXED" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
LINK="#000000" VLINK="#808080" ALINK="#000000">
<t:excl id="t1" onbegin="getSegmentDur();">
<t:priorityclass peers="pause">
<SPAN id="d1" class="time" begin="0" dur="10">
<H3>Paragraph 1</H3>
<P>Paragraph 1 is displayed until it is interrupted by the
next element (at 5 seconds); it then resumes its
duration of 10 seconds.
</P>
</SPAN>
<SPAN id="d2" class="time" begin="5" dur="5">
<H3>Paragraph 2</H3>
<P>Paragraph 2 is displayed for 5 seconds; Paragraph 1 then
resumes its duration.
</P>
</SPAN>
</t:priorityclass>
</t:excl>
<BR>
<B>Duration of paragraph 1 on timeline:&nbsp;</B><SPAN id="s1"></SPAN>&nbsp;second(s)
<BR>
<B>Duration of paragraph 2 on timeline:&nbsp;</B><SPAN id="s2"></SPAN>&nbsp;second(s)
</BODY>
</HTML>

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Standards Information

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

Applies To

currTimeState