isActive Property

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

Syntax

[ bActive = ] currTimeState.isActive

Possible Values

bActiveBoolean that receives one of the following values.
trueElement is active on the timeline.
falseElement 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) Non-Microsoft link.

Applies To

currTimeState

See Also

Introduction to HTML+TIME, activeElements, isOn, isPaused, state, stateString