RE: Questions on SVGTimer

Thank you,
What is the possibility of getting an SVG element for defining the timer in
the document?

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From: MAHE Vincent RD-TECH-REN [mailto:v.mahe@francetelecom.com] 
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 1:57 AM
To: James Bentley; www-svg@w3.org
Subject: RE: Questions on SVGTimer


Hello James,
 
The SVGTimer interface already has a stop() method which enables you to stop
the timer. 
If you call stop() and then start(), this is equivalent to a reset, right ?
 
Concerning the event generated, I've been given an action to define a new
"timer" event because the WG has decided to introduce this new event in the
list of SVG events.
 
Regards,
 
Vincent


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De : www-svg-request@w3.org [mailto:www-svg-request@w3.org] De la part de
James Bentley
Envoyé : jeudi 9 juin 2005 19:30
À : 'www-svg@w3.org'
Objet : Questions on SVGTimer



Given that an SVG Timer is obtained from SVGGlobal, is there an IDL
specification of SVGGlobal that defines the method for this?

Also, I realize this is in 1.2 full, what is the possibility of creating an
element for this timer and extending its methods to include a reset?

My current requirement is to support screen transitions based on user
inactivity - i.e. a screen saver. I'm not certain that this can be
accomplished with the 'set' element - since 'set' only changes attribute
vaules and can not invoke a script, and script does not have animationTiming
attributes. However, since SVGTimer is an EventTarget, I can add an
EventListener to it to insure that I can produce the expected behavior. With
the addition of a reset method, I can restart the timer when I get user
activity - delaying the listener from being executed.

This, however, brings up another question. What Event will be generated by
the SVGTimer upon timeout? 

Thank you.