REPEATCOUNT Attribute | repeatCount Property

Sets or retrieves the number of times an element's timeline repeats.

What's New for Microsoft?Internet Explorer 6

The begin repeatCount applies to the transitionFilter.

Syntax

HTML <ELEMENT REPEATCOUNT = vRepetitions... >
Scripting object.repeatCount(time) [ = vRepetitions ]

Possible Values

vRepetitions Variant that specifies or receives one of the following values.
indefinite Timeline repeats indefinitely.
repetitions Floating-point number or integer greater than 0 that specifies how many times the timeline repeats.
1 Default. Timeline runs only once.
The property is read/write. The property has a default value of 1.

Remarks

This property supersedes the repeat property exposed by the time behavior.
If the repeatCount property is a floating-point number, the element's timeline multiplies the fractional amount by the simple duration (simpleDur) on the last iteration. For example, a t:SEQ with a simpleDur of 10 seconds and a repeatCount of 2.5 would result in a sequence that plays for a total of 25 seconds. In this case, the sequence completes two full iterations, and the last iteration ends after playing for 5 seconds (10 seconds x .5).
The current iteration of a repeat loop can be obtained on an active timeline using the repeatCount property exposed by the currTimeState object.

Examples

The following example shows how to repeat a parallel timeline container using the REPEATCOUNT attribute.

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>repeatCount Property</TITLE>
<STYLE>
.time{ behavior: url(#default#time2);}
</STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY TOPMARGIN=0 LEFTMARGIN=0 BGPROPERTIES="FIXED" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" LINK="#000000"
VLINK="#808080" ALINK="#000000">
<P>Three paragraphs will be shown for three seconds each, and
the entire process will be repeated three times.
<SPAN ID="parent" CLASS=time BEGIN="0" DUR="9" TIMECONTAINER="PAR"
REPEATCOUNT="3" TIMEACTION="display">
<SPAN ID="span1" CLASS=time STYLE="COLOR:Red;" BEGIN="0"
DUR="3" TIMEACTION="visibility">
<H3>Paragraph 1</H3>
<P>This is paragraph number one.</P>
</SPAN>
<SPAN ID="span2" CLASS=time STYLE="COLOR:Blue;" BEGIN="3"
DUR="3" TIMEACTION="visibility">
<H3>Paragraph 2</H3>
<P>This is paragraph number two.</P>
</SPAN>
<SPAN ID="span2" CLASS=time STYLE="COLOR:Green;" BEGIN="6"
DUR="3" TIMEACTION="visibility">
<H3>Paragraph 3</H3>
<P>This is paragraph number three.</P>
</SPAN>
</SPAN>
</BODY>
</HTML>

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The example below uses the REPEATCOUNT attribute to repeat a transition on a DIV. The REPEATCOUNT attribute inside the t:TRANSITIONFILTER element is set to indefinite. However, the DIV below will only repeat for the duration of the DIV (in this case seven seconds).

<HTML XMLNS:t = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:time">
<HEAD>
<STYLE>
.time    {behavior: url(#default#time2);}
</STYLE>
<?import namespace = t urn = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:time"
implementation = "#default#time2" />
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<t:TRANSITIONFILTER REPEATCOUNT="indefinite" TYPE="barnDoorWipe" DUR="3"
TARGETELEMENT="oDiv1"/>
<!-- The REPEATCOUNT property inside the transitionFilter is set to
indefinite. However, the DIV below will only repeat for the duration
of the DIV (in this case seven seconds).
-->
<DIV CLASS="time" ID="oDiv1" dur="7"  style="position:relative; left:20px;
width:420px; height:100px; background-image:url(ART_time_progress.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;">
</DIV>
</BODY>
</HTML>

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Standards Information

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

Applies To

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