Animations


Animation resource

<animation name="..." bitmap="..." mode="..."/>


Attributes:

name animation name, to be used in onMouseover, onMousedown...
bitmap referes to a <filmstrip> in resources section which contains the animation film strip.
Filmstrip
mode can be "repeat" or "once"*

Additional flags:
forward- play filmstrip forward
backward- play filmstrip backward
interrupt- interrupt animation immediately if event is over



HOWTO animate switches

To animate a switch, you have to specify an animation name in one of the event handlers.


Event Trigger
onMouseover mouse enters the control
onMouseout mouse leaves the control
onMousedown mouse clicks the control
onMouseup mouse released after click
onSwitchon switch turned to ON state
onSwitchoff switch turned to OFF state


Animation Notes
blend Fades the control bitmap in and
out with a period of 20ms.
rotate Rotates the control bitmap
clockwise one time around.


Example:


<resources>
    <filmstrip name="anim1" path="bitmaps\anim1.bmp" framecount="10"/>
    <animation name="animation1" bitmap="anim1" />
</resources>

<template ...>
    <switch ... style="push" onMouseover="blend" onMousedown="animation1"/>
</template>



Button/Switch




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