resumeElement Method

Restarts the element's timeline from a paused state.

Syntax

object.resumeElement()

Return Value

No return value.

Remarks

This method supersedes the resume method.
If an element is not paused and the resumeElement method is called, the element's timeline will not be affected.

Example

The following example shows how to pause and resume a timeline using the pauseElement and resumeElement methods.

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Pause and Resume</TITLE>
<?IMPORT namespace="t" implementation="#default#time2">
<STYLE>
.time{ behavior: url(#default#time2); }
.hiliteText{ color:#483D8B;
font-weight:bold;}
</STYLE>
<SCRIPT>
function doResume(){
oParent.resumeElement();
pauseBtn.disabled = false;
resumeBtn.disabled = true;
}
function doPause(){
oParent.pauseElement();
pauseBtn.disabled = true;
resumeBtn.disabled = false;
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY TOPMARGIN=0 LEFTMARGIN=0 BGPROPERTIES="FIXED" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
LINK="#000000" VLINK="#808080" ALINK="#000000">
<TABLE ID="oParent" border="1px" CLASS="time" DUR="8s" REPEATCOUNT="indefinite"
TIMECONTAINER="SEQ" TIMEACTION="none">
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TH width="120px">Item</TH>
<TH width="50px">Code</TH>
<TH width="40px">Qty.</TH>
</TR>
<TR CLASS="time" TIMEACTION="class:hiliteText" DUR="2s">
<TD>Apples</TD>
<TD>A1</TD>
<TD>7</TD>
</TR>
<TR CLASS="time" TIMEACTION="class:hiliteText" DUR="2s">
<TD>Bananas</TD>
<TD>B2</TD>
<TD>23</TD>
</TR>
<TR CLASS="time" TIMEACTION="class:hiliteText" DUR="2s">
<TD>Oranges</TD>
<TD>O3</TD>
<TD>12</TD>
</TR>
<TR CLASS="time" TIMEACTION="class:hiliteText" DUR="2s">
<TD>Strawberries</TD>
<TD>S4</TD>
<TD>31</TD>
</TR>
</TBODY>
</TABLE>
<BR>
<BUTTON ID="pauseBtn" onclick="doPause();">Pause</BUTTON>&nbsp;&nbsp;
<BUTTON ID="resumeBtn" DISABLED="true" onclick="doResume();">Resume</BUTTON>&nbsp;&nbsp;
</BODY>
</HTML>

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Standards Information

This method is defined in Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) 2.0 .

Applies To

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