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LOOP Attribute | loop Property


Sets or retrieves the number of times a sound or video clip will loop when activated.

Syntax

HTML<ELEMENT LOOP = iLoop ... >
Scriptingobject.loop [ = iLoop ]

Possible Values

iLoopInteger that specifies one of the following values:
0, -1Loops infinitely.
countNumber of times to loop.

The property is read/write with a default value of 1.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see Dynamic Properties.

Remarks

To restart a sound or video clip after changing its loop property, set the src property or dynsrc property, respectively, to itself (see Example). In Internet Explorer 4.0, when you restart a video by changing its loop property, the video opens and plays in a new window.

The following are descriptions of how the loop property works for some boundary cases.

<BGSOUND src="file:///c:\win95\system\msremind.wav">Loops one time
<BGSOUND src="file:///c:\win95\system\msremind.wav" LOOP>Loops one time.
<BGSOUND src="file:///c:\win95\system\msremind.wav" LOOP=>Loops one time.
<BGSOUND src="file:///c:\win95\system\msremind.wav" LOOP=0>Loops one time.
<BGSOUND src="file:///c:\win95\system\msremind.wav" LOOP=-1>Loops infinitely.

Example

This example uses the loop property and the src property to change the number of times a background sound loops.

<SCRIPT>
function loopOnce() {
    oBGSound.loop = 1;
    oBGSound.src = oBGSound.src; // reload sound
}
function loopContinuously() {
    oBGSound.loop = -1;
    oBGSound.src = oBGSound.src; // reload sound
}
</SCRIPT>
:
<BGSOUND id="oBGSound" src="sound.wav">
<BUTTON onclick="loopOnce()">Loop Sound Once</BUTTON> 
<BUTTON onclick="loopContinuously()">Loop Sound Continuously</BUTTON>

This feature requires Internet Explorer 4.0 or later. Click the icon below to install the latest version. Then reload this page to view the sample.
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Applies To

[ Object Name ]
PlatformVersion
Win16:
Win32:
Mac:
Unix:
WinCE:
BGSOUND, IMG


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