pause Method

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Pauses the timeline on the HTML document.

Syntax

body.pause()

Return Value

No return value.

Remarks

Only the BODY element supports the pause method. When this method is invoked, the onpause event occurs.

Example

This example uses the pause method to control the highlight sequence for rows in a table.

Sample Code

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<STYLE>
.time        { behavior: url(#default#time);}
</STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="white" ID="docbody">
<H1>Pause and Resume</H1>
<P>The following table highlights the text in each row by 
changing the text color and font weight. Use the buttons below the table 
to pause and resume the highlighting sequence.
</P>
<TABLE ID="parent" BORDER="1" CLASS="time" t:DUR="8" 
t:REPEAT="indefinite" t:TIMELINE="SEQ" t:TIMEACTION="none">
<TBODY>
    <TR>
        <TH WIDTH="120">Item</TH>
        <TH WIDTH="50">Code</TH>
        <TH WIDTH="40">Qty.</TH>
    </TR>
    <TR STYLE="color:#483D8B; font-weight:bold;" CLASS="time" 
    t:TIMEACTION="style" t:DUR="2">
        <TD>Apples</TD>
        <TD>A1</TD>
        <TD>7</TD>
    </TR>
    <TR STYLE="color:#483D8B; font-weight:bold;" CLASS="time" 
    t:TIMEACTION="style" t:DUR="2">
        <TD>Bananas</TD>
        <TD>B2</TD>
        <TD>23</TD>
    </TR>
    <TR STYLE="color:#483D8B; font-weight:bold;" CLASS="time" 
    t:TIMEACTION="style" t:DUR="2">
        <TD>Oranges</TD>
        <TD>O3</TD>
        <TD>12</TD>
    </TR>
    <TR STYLE="color:#483D8B; font-weight:bold;" CLASS="time" 
    t:TIMEACTION="style" t:DUR="2">
        <TD>Strawberries</TD>
        <TD>S4</TD>
        <TD>31</TD>
    </TR>
</TBODY>
</TABLE>
<BR>
<BUTTON ID="pauseBtn" onclick="docbody.pause(); 
pauseBtn.disabled = true; resumeBtn.disabled = false;">
    Pause
</BUTTON>  
<BUTTON ID="resumeBtn" DISABLED="true" onclick="docbody.resume(); 
pauseBtn.disabled = false; resumeBtn.disabled = true;">
    Resume
</BUTTON>
</BODY>
</HTML>

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Applies To

[ Object Name ]

Platform Version

Win16:

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