activeTimeToSegmentTime Method

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This topic documents a feature of HTML+TIME 2.0, which is obsolete as of Windows Internet Explorer 9.

Converts a value in the element's active timeline to the corresponding point in the segment timeline.

Syntax

segmentTime = object.activeTimeToSegmentTime(activeTime)

Parameters

activeTime Required. An Integer that specifies a point on the element's active timeline. Legal values range from 0 to activeDur.

Return Value

An Integer that specifies the point in the segment timeline that corresponds to activeTime.

Example

This example uses the activeTimeToSegmentTime method to compare the value of the element's active timeline to the corresponding point in the element's segment timeline.

<HTML XMLNS:t="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:time">
<HEAD>
<TITLE>activeTimeToSegmentTime Method</TITLE>
<?IMPORT namespace="t" implementation="#default#time2">
<SCRIPT>
window.onload = fnOnLoad;
function fnOnLoad()
{
  // Set up a timer to watch the time values.
  window.setInterval(fnUpdateTimes, 100);
}
function fnUpdateTimes()
{
  s1.innerHTML = "&nbsp;activeTimeToSegmentTime:&nbsp;" +
    (a1.activeTimeToSegmentTime(div1.currTimeState.activeTime));
  s2.innerHTML = "&nbsp;segmentTime:&nbsp;" +
    (a1.currTimeState.segmentTime);
}
</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>Timer:</B>
<SPAN id="Timer1" class="time" dur="1" repeatCount="indefinite"
    onrepeat="innerText=parseInt(document.body.currTimeState.activeTime);">
    0</SPAN>

<DIV ID="div1" CLASS="time" STYLE="position:relative;top:25px;left:25px;
    height:100px;width:100;background-color:yellow;"></DIV>

<t:ANIMATEMOTION ID="a1" targetElement="div1" to="250,0" dur="3"
    autoReverse="true"/>

<SPAN id="s1" style="position:relative;top:40px;">
    activeTimeToSegmentTime:</SPAN>
<BR>
<SPAN id="s2" style="position:relative;top:40px;">segmentTime:</SPAN>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/behaviors/activeTimeToSegmentTime.htm

Applies To

t:TRANSITIONFILTER, t:ANIMATE, t:ANIMATECOLOR, t:ANIMATEMOTION, t:ANIMATION, t:AUDIO, t:EXCL, t:IMG, t:MEDIA, t:PAR, t:REF, t:SEQ, t:SET, time2, t:VIDEO

See Also

Introduction to HTML+TIME, activeTime, segmentTime