Clock.CurrentGlobalSpeed Property
Gets the rate at which the clock's time is currently progressing, compared to real-world time.
Assembly: PresentationCore (in PresentationCore.dll)
A ClockController object's SpeedRatio property enables you to change the speed of a Clock without altering the SpeedRatio of the clock's Timeline. In the following example, a ClockController is used to interactively modify the SpeedRatio of a clock. The CurrentGlobalSpeedInvalidated event and the clock's CurrentGlobalSpeed property are used to display the clock's current global speed each time its interactive SpeedRatio is changed.
' ' This example shows how to interactively control ' the speed of a clock ' Imports System Imports System.Windows Imports System.Windows.Controls Imports System.Windows.Media Imports System.Windows.Shapes Imports System.Windows.Media.Animation Namespace Microsoft.Samples.Animation.TimingBehaviors Public Class ClockControllerSpeedRatioExample Inherits Page Private myControllableClock As AnimationClock Private speedRatioButton As Button Private speedRatioSettingTextBox As TextBox Private doubleParseResult As Double = 1 Private currentGlobalSpeedTextBlock As TextBlock Public Sub New() Dim mainPanel As New StackPanel() ' Create a rectangle to animate. Dim animatedRectangle As New Rectangle() animatedRectangle.Width = 100 animatedRectangle.Height = 100 animatedRectangle.Fill = Brushes.Orange mainPanel.Children.Add(animatedRectangle) ' Create a DoubleAnimation to ' animate its width. Dim widthAnimation As New DoubleAnimation(100, 500, New Duration(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5))) 'widthAnimation.RepeatBehavior = RepeatBehavior.Forever widthAnimation.AutoReverse = True widthAnimation.SpeedRatio = 0.5 ' Create a clock from the animation. myControllableClock = widthAnimation.CreateClock() ' Apply the clock to the rectangle's Width property. animatedRectangle.ApplyAnimationClock(Rectangle.WidthProperty, myControllableClock) ' ' Create some controls the enable the user to ' interactively control the SpeedRatio of the clock. ' Dim speedRatioDetailsPanel As New StackPanel() speedRatioDetailsPanel.Margin = New Thickness(0,20,0,20) speedRatioDetailsPanel.Orientation = Orientation.Horizontal Dim speedRatioLabel As New Label() speedRatioLabel.Content = "Speed Ratio:" speedRatioDetailsPanel.Children.Add(speedRatioLabel) ' Create a text box so that the user can ' specify the amount by which to seek. speedRatioSettingTextBox = New TextBox() speedRatioSettingTextBox.Text = myControllableClock.Controller.SpeedRatio.ToString() speedRatioSettingTextBox.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Top AddHandler speedRatioSettingTextBox.TextChanged, AddressOf seekAmountTextBox_TextChanged speedRatioDetailsPanel.Children.Add(speedRatioSettingTextBox) ' Create a button to apply SpeedRatio changes. speedRatioButton = New Button() speedRatioButton.Content = "Apply Speed Ratio" AddHandler speedRatioButton.Click, AddressOf speedRatioButton_Clicked speedRatioDetailsPanel.Children.Add(speedRatioButton) mainPanel.Children.Add(speedRatioDetailsPanel) ' Display the clock's global speed information. Dim myLabel As New Label() myLabel.Content = "CurrentGlobalSpeed " mainPanel.Children.Add(myLabel) currentGlobalSpeedTextBlock = New TextBlock() currentGlobalSpeedTextBlock.Text = myControllableClock.CurrentGlobalSpeed.ToString() mainPanel.Children.Add(currentGlobalSpeedTextBlock) ' List for speed changes. AddHandler myControllableClock.CurrentGlobalSpeedInvalidated, AddressOf myControllableClock_currentGlobalSpeedInvalidated Me.Content = mainPanel End Sub ' Updates the clock's SpeedRatio. Private Sub speedRatioButton_Clicked(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs) ' This statement triggers a CurrentGlobalSpeedInvalidated ' event. myControllableClock.Controller.SpeedRatio = doubleParseResult End Sub ' Displays the current global speed. Private Sub myControllableClock_currentGlobalSpeedInvalidated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) currentGlobalSpeedTextBlock.Text = myControllableClock.CurrentGlobalSpeed.ToString() & " Event triggered at: " & Date.Now.ToString() End Sub ' Verifies that speedRatioSettingTextBox has valid text content. ' If it doesn't, the speedRatioButton is disabled. Private Sub seekAmountTextBox_TextChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As TextChangedEventArgs) Dim theTextBox As TextBox = CType(e.Source, TextBox) If theTextBox.Text Is Nothing OrElse theTextBox.Text.Length < 1 OrElse Double.TryParse(theTextBox.Text, System.Globalization.NumberStyles.Any, Nothing, doubleParseResult) = False Then speedRatioButton.IsEnabled = False Else speedRatioButton.IsEnabled = True End If End Sub End Class End Namespace
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