parentTimeToDocumentTime 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 parent timeline to the corresponding point in the document timeline.

Syntax

documentTime = object.parentTimeToDocumentTime(parentTime)

Parameters

parentTime Required. An Integer that specifies a point on the element's parent timeline.

Return Value

An Integer that specifies the point in the document timeline that corresponds to parentTime.

Example

This example uses the parentTimeToDocumentTime method to retrieve the value of the point in the document timeline corresponding to parentTime. To see the element's point in the document timeline, click the element's parentTimeToDocumentTime button.

<HTML XMLNS:t="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:time">
<HEAD>
<TITLE>parentTimeToDocumentTime Method</TITLE>
<?IMPORT namespace="t" implementation="#default#time2">

<STYLE>
    .time{ behavior: url(#default#time2);}
</STYLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY TOPMARGIN=0 LEFTMARGIN=0 BGPROPERTIES="FIXED" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
    LINK="#000000" VLINK="#808080" ALINK="#000000">

<!-- Time Element, t:par, to be tested -->
<t:par id="t1" class="time" repeatCount="3">
    <DIV id="div1" class="time" begin="2s" dur="2s"
        style="color:blue;font-size:0.5in">Hello World</DIV>
</t:par>

<SPAN id="s1" style="position:relative;top:20px;">
    parentTimeToDocumentTime:</SPAN>
<BR>

<!-- Time Method, parentTimeToDocumentTime(), to be tested -->
<!-- Values should be 3,7,& 11 depending on the time in which the button is clicked.-->
<BUTTON id="b1" onclick="s1.innerText='parentTimeToDocumentTime: ' +
    div1.parentTimeToDocumentTime(3);">Get parentTimeToDocumentTime(3)</BUTTON>
</BUTTON>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/behaviors/parentTimeToDocumentTime.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, parentTimeBegin, parentTimeEnd