ooops again
I meaned 'setTimeOut' of course, setInteval would see it looping!
--- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, "gh_urban" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks Holger,
>
> did the trick
>
> what i was trying to originally was after the <animate> element was
> added then to run the animation
>
> I was using
> a.setAttribute("begin", "indefinite");
>
> and then sending
> document.getElementById('anim2').beginElement()
>
> but I'm guessing this beginElement() is sent too soon afte the
> appendChild so that it doesn't actualy function - it can begin
> something that doesn;'t yet exist!!!
>
> if I hold the begineElement() call back with setInterval it works
as
> intened, but this is cludgy!!!
>
> Thanks again
>
>
>
>
> --- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Holger Will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > gh_urban schrieb:
> >
> > > tottaly bemused by this
> > >
> > > I have looked at the many answers already on this group,
> > >
> > > hacked my code to exactly as some of the final answers
> > >
> > > still no joy, anybody see what's wrong with it?
> > >
> > > here's the code:
> > >
> > > function aniBtn(){
> > > //create a reference for the object that wants animating
> > > var obj = document.getElementById('bt1');
> > >
> > > //create a new 'animate' element
> > > var a = document.createElement("animate");
> > >
> > > //now set the attributes
> > > a.setAttribute("id","anim2");
> > > a.setAttribute("begin", "indefinite");
> > > a.setAttribute("attributeName","width");
> > > a.setAttribute("from","0");
> > > a.setAttribute("to","80");
> > > a.setAttribute("dur","1s");
> > >
> > > // add the element to the
> > > obj.appendChild(a);
> > >
> > > //add onclick to the object to start the anim
> > > //(and an alert() to see if it completes)
> > > obj.setAttribute("onclick","document.getElementById
> > > ('anim2').beginElement();alert('should have recieved the
> > > beginElement');");
> > > }
> > >
> > >
> > Hi
> >
> > use addEventListener instead of setAttribute("onclick",...)
> > so instead of:
> >
> > obj.setAttribute("onclick","document.getElementById
> ('anim2').beginElement();");
> > do this:
> > obj.addEventListener("click",function
> > (){document.getElementById('anim2').beginElement();},false)
> >
> > you could also just comment out this line , and do
> > a.setAttribute("begin","click")
> > which has the same effect.
> >
> > hth
> > Holger
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