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DHTML WITH JAVASCRIPT

 One of the most popular uses of JavaScript is DHTML (Dynamic Hyper Text Markup Language).
 DHTML is the combination of HTML and JavaScript. DHTML is using JavaScript to modify the CSS
styles of HTML elements.
 DHTML is the combination of several built-in browser features in fourth generation browsers that
enable a web page to be more dynamic.
 The HTML document acts as a reference to the DHTML. The DHTML can change the visibility, position,
contents, background color, z-index, clipping, size of the already positioned element. New elements can
also be added to the HTML document.

Differences between HTML and DHTML

HTML DHTML
A plain page without any styles and Scripts A page with HTML, CSS, DOM and Scripts
called as HTML. called as DHTML.
HTML sites will be slow upon client-side DHTML sites will be fast enough upon client-
technologies. side technologies.
HTML stands for only static pages. It is DHTML is Dynamic HTML means HTML
referred as a static HTML and static in nature. JavaScript. Hence it is referred as a dynamic
HTML.

Components of DHTML
Dynamic HTML includes the following components: HTML, Cascading Style Sheets, Scripting and the
Document Object Model.
 HTML:
 HTML defines the structure of a Web page, using such basic elements as headings, forms,
tables, paragraphs and links.
 Cascading Style Sheets (CSS):
 A style sheet controls the formatting of HTML elements.
 Style sheets are used to specify page margins, point sizes and leading.
 Cascading Style Sheets is a method to determine precedence and to resolve conflicts
when multiple styles are used.
 Scripting:
 Scripting provides the mechanisms to interpret user actions and produce client-side changes
to a page.
 DHTML can communicate with several scripting languages but JavaScript is widely used.
 Document Object Model (DOM):
 The DOM outlines Web page content in a way that makes it possible for HTML elements, style
sheets and scripting languages to interact with each other.
 The W3C defines the DOM as a platform- and language-neutral interface that will allow programs and
scripts to dynamically access and update the content, structure, and style of documents. The
document can be further processed and the results of that processing can be incorporated back into the
presented stage.

Positioning elements in DHTML


There are two types of positioning: absolute and relative.
 Absolute positioning allows to place an element anywhere in relation to the page.
 Relative positions the element based on offset values.
 Most DHTML is done with absolutely positioned elements. Relatively positioned elements do
not accept the 'clip' style and do not allow their clipping to be changed.
JavaScript and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
 Cascading Style Sheets are the standard way to define the presentation of the DHTML pages, from
fonts and colors to the complete layout of a page. They are much more efficient than using HTML.
 CSS files are termed “cascading” stylesheets because of two reasons: one style sheet can cascade, or
have influence over, multiple pages. Similarly, many CSS files can define a single page.
 CSS is the most important feature of DHTML. The CSS has various style properties.There are 3 ways
to implement css commands into the site:
1. Use one CSS file for all pages.

2. Integrate CSS commands into the head of each of the documents.

3. Use the style attribute to put CSS code directly into a HTML element.

Common style properties of CSS


1. Position -Specifies how the block should be positioned on the page with respect to other page
elements.
 position: absolute- Block is positioned absolutely within the browser window,
relative to <BODY> block.
 position: relative- Block is positioned relative to its parent block, if any, or else normal flow
of page.
 position: static- Block is positioned according to standard HTML layout rules.
2. width-Specifies the width at which the block's contents should wrap. Width may be in measured units
(50px), as a percentage of the parent block's width (50%), or auto which wraps the block according to
its parent's width.
Examples: width:50px or width:50%
3. height-Specifies the height of the block, measured in units (50px), percentage of the parent block's
height (50%), or auto. The height of the block will be forced to the minimum necessary to display its
contents.
Examples: height:50px or height:50%
4. left-Specifies the offset of the left edge of the block in accordance with the position attribute. Positive
measures (5px) are offset towards the right while negative measures (- 5px) are offset towards the left.
Examples: left:5px or left:-5px
5. top- Specified the offset from the top edge of the block in accordance with the position attribute. Positive
measures (5px) are offset towards the bottom of the page while negative measures (-5px) are offset
towards the top of the page.
Examples: top:10px or top:-10px
6. clip-Specifies a rectangular portion of the block which is visible. The syntax of this property is different
for different browsers.
1. MSIE: clip:rect(top right bottom left)
Example:clip:rect(0px 30px 50px 0px)
2. Netscape: clip:rect(left,top,right,bottom)
Example:clip:rect(0,0,30,50)
7. visibility-Specifies whether a block should be visible. If not visible, the block will notappear on the page,
although you can make it visible later using JavaScript. The possible values for this property vary
between browsers.
1. MSIE
visibility: inherit- Block inherits the visibility property of its parent.
visibility:visible- Block is visible.
visibility:hidden-Block is hidden or invisible
2. Netscape:
visibility:inherit- Block inherits the visibility property of its parent.
visibility:show- Block is visible.
visibility:hide- Block is invisible.
8. z-index- Specifies the "stacking order" of blocks, should they happen to overlap other positioned
blocks. A block is assigned a z-index, which is any integer. When blocks overlap, that which has the
greater positive z-index appears above a block with a lower z-index. Blocks with an equal z-index
value are stacked according to the order in which they appear in the source code (bottom-to-top: first
block defined appears on bottom, last block defined appears on top).
Example: z-index:3
9. background color-Specifies the background color for the block.
Example:background-color:green or background-color:FF8F00
10. backgroundimage-Specifies a background image for the block.
Example: background-image:url('images/cat.jpg')

Advantages of CSS
 Pages download faster.Less code and the pages are shorter and neater.
 The look of the site is kept consistent throughout all the pages that work off the same stylesheet.
 Updating the design and general site maintenance are made much easier, and errors caused by editing
multiple HTML pages occur far less often.
 The ID field is most important, because id will be used to reference the positioned element.
Browsers call these positioned elements as layers.
Grouping elements in CSS:
1. <span>: The element <span> is what you could call a neutral element which does not add
anything to the document itself. But with CSS, <span> can be used to add visual features to
specific parts of text in your documents.
2. <div>:Whereas <span> is used within a block-level element as seen in the previous example,
<div> is used to group one or more block-level elements.
Object Referencing
 The simplest way to reference an element in a DHTML document is by using the element’s id attribute.
The element is represented as an object, and its various XHTML attributes become properties that can be
manipulated by scripting.
Changing text using DHTML
<html>
<head>
<title>Object Model</title>
<script type = "text/javascript">
function start()
{
alert(pText.innerText);
Text.innerText = "Thanks for coming.";
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload = "start()">
<p id = "pText">Welcome to our Web page!</p>
</body>
</html>
 The onload calls JavaScript start function when document loading completes. Start() displays an alert
box containing the value of pText.innerText.
 The object pText refers to the p element whose id is set to pText. The innerText property of the object
refers to the text contained in that element in this example it is Welcome to our Web page!.
 The start() sets the innerText property of pText to a different value. Changing the text displayed on
screen is a Dynamic HTML ability called dynamic content.
Collections all and children
 Collections are arrays of related objects on a page. Collections provide an easy way of referring to any
specific element without an id.
 There are several special collections in the object model. The all collection contains all the XHTML
elements in a document.
 The length property of the collection specifies the size of the collection. The children collection of a
specific element contains that element’s child elements. For example, an html element has only two
children—the head element and the body element.

Object Description
Window This object represents the browser window and provides access to the document object
contained in the window. If the window contains frames, a separate window object is created
automatically for each frame, to provide access to the document rendered in that frame.
Frames are considered to be subwindows in the browser.

document This object represents the XHTML document rendered in a window.The document object
provides access to every element in the XHTMLdocument and allows dynamic modification
of the XHTML document.body This object provides access to the body element of an
XHTML document.
History This object keeps track of the sites visited by the browser user. The object provides a script
programmer with the ability to move forward and backward through the visited sites, but
for security reasons does not allow the actual site URLs to be manipulated.

navigator This object contains information about the Web browser, such as the name of the browser,
the version of the browser etc.
Location This object contains the URL of the loaded document. When this object is set to a new
URL, the browser immediately switches (navigates) to the new location.

Event This object can be used in an event handler to obtain information about the event that
occurred.
Screen The object contains information about the computer screen for the computer on which the
browser is running. Information such as the width and height of the screen in pixels can be
used to determine the size at which elements should be rendered in a Web page.

Collections Descriptions
all Many objects have an all collection that provides access to every element contained in
the object. For example, the body object’s all collection provides access to every
element in the body element of an XHTML document.
anchors This collection contains all anchor elements (a) that have a name or id attribute. The
elements appear in the collection in the order they were defined in the XHTML
document.
applets This collection contains all the applet elements in the XHTML document. Currently,
the most common applet elements are Java applets.
embeds This collection contains all the embed elements in the XHTML document.

forms This collection contains all the form elements in the XHTML document. The elements
appear in the collection in the order they were defined in the XHTML document.
frames This collection contains window objects that represent each frame in the browser
window. Each frame is treated as its own subwindow.

Dynamic Styles
An element’s style can be changed dynamically. Often such a change is made in response to user events. The
Dynamic HTML object model also allows to change the class attribute of an element—instead of changing
many individual styles at a time.
<html >
<head>
<title>Object Model</title>
<style type = "text/css">
.bigText
{
font-size: 3em;
font-weight: bold;
}
. smallText
{
font-size: .75em ;
}
</style>
<script type = "text/javascript"> function start()
{
var inputClass = prompt("Enter a className for the text " + "(bigText or smallText)", "" );
pText.className = inputClass;
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload = "start()">
<p id = "pText">Welcome to our Web site!<a
href="https://www.w3schools.com/">w3schools</a></p>
</body>
</html>

The above example contains two classes: .bigText and .smallText. The class attribute applies a style class to
an element.The class name always follows a period operator (.). Similar properties can be grouped into
one class.The property name is followed by a colon (:) and the value of that property. Multiple properties
are separated by semicolons (;).

Dynamic Positioning
In dynamic positioning, the XHTML elements can be positioned with scripting. This is done by
declaring an element’s CSS position property to be either absolute or relative, and then moving the
element by manipulating any of the top, left, right or bottom CSS properties.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Dynamic Positioning</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
var speed = 5;
var count = 10;
var direction = 1;
var firstLine = "Text growing";
var fontStyle = ["serif", "sans-serif", "monospace"];
var fontStylecount = 0;
function start()
{
window.setInterval(run, 100);
}
function run()
{
var pText = document.getElementById("pText");
count += speed;
if ((count % 200) == 0) {
speed *= -1;
direction = !direction;
pText.style.color = (speed < 0) ? "red" : "blue";
firstLine = (speed < 0) ? "Text shrinking" : "Text growing";
pText.style.fontFamily = fontStyle[++fontStylecount % 3];
}
pText.style.fontSize = (count / 3) + "px";
pText.style.left = count + "px";
pText.innerHTML = firstLine + "<br /> Font size: " + (count / 3) + "px";
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="start()">
<p id="pText" style="position: absolute; left: 0; font-family: serif; color: blue">Welcome!</p>
</body>
</html>
 In the above example the position of the element is varied on the page by accessing its CSS left
attribute, scripting to vary the color, fontFamily and fontSize attributes, and the element’s innerHTML
property is used to alter the content of the element.
 This function set interval takes two parameters—a function name, and how often to run that function
(in this case, every 100 milliseconds). The setTimeout() takes the same parameters but instead waits the
specified amount of time before calling the named function only once.
Frame collection
 Frames are seen as collection in DHTML. Usage of frames makes the web page more interactive.
Frame.html
Cross frames

Output:
Filters and transitions
Applying filters to text and images causes changes that are persistent.Transitions are temporary
phenomena. Applying a transition allows to transfer from one page to another with a pleasant visual
effect.Filters and transitions do not add content to the pages. They just add
visual effects that work on some event.Filters and transitions are specified with the CSS filter property.
Transitions give the same kind of graphics capabilities got from presentation software like Microsoft’s
PowerPoint. Filters are applied in the style attribute. The filter property’s value is the name of the filter.
Each filter has a property named enabled. If this property is set to true, the filter is applied. If it is set to
false, the filter is not applied.

Filter Description Syntax


Flipv Mirrors text vertically < style = "filter: flipv ">Text</style>
Fliph Mirrors text horizontally < style = "filter: fliph ">Text</style>
Chroma Applies transparency effects dynamically, chromaImg.filters( "chroma" ).color
without using a graphics editor to hard-code = theColor;
transparency into the image. This filter must be chromaImg.filters( "chroma" ).enabled
set and then enabled explicitly. = true;
mask Allows to create an image mask, in which <style ="filter: mask(color=CCFFFF )">
the background of an element is a solid color
and the foreground of an element is transparent
to the image or color behind it.
invert Applies a negative image effect— dark areas < style = "filter: invert">
become light, and light areas become dark.
Gray The gray filter applies a grayscale image < style = "filter:gray">
effect, in which all color is stripped from the
image and all that remains is brightness data.
Xray The xray filter applies an x-ray effect, which < style = "filter:xray">
basically is an inversion of the grayscale
effect.
Shadow This filter creates a shadowing effect that gives <style = “filter: shadow( direction = 0,
the text a three- dimensional appearance. color = red )>
Property direction of the shadowfilter
determines in which direction the shadow
effect is applied and Property color specifies
the color of the shadow that is applied to the
text. The direction is given in angles.
Alpha The alpha filter also is used for transparency <style = “filter: alpha( style = 2,
effects not achievable with the chroma filter. opacity = 100,finishopacity = 0 )">
The style parameter takes value of 0 for
uniform opacity, 1 for linear gradient, 2 for
circular gradient and 3 for rectangular
gradient. The opacity and finishopacity
properties are both percentages that
determineat what percent opacity the specified
gradient starts and finishes, respectively.
Additional attributes are startX, startY, finishX
and finishY specifies at what x-y coordinates
the gradient starts and finishes in that element.
Glow The glow filter adds an aura of color around < style = “filter: glow(color = red,
text. The color and strength can both be strength = 5 )”>
specified as parameters.
Blur The blur filter creates an illusion of motion by <style = "filter: blur( add = 0,
blurring text or images in a certain direction direction = 0, strength = 0 )">
and can be applied in any of eight directions,
and its strength can vary. The add property,
when set to true, adds a copy of the original
image over the blurred image, creating a more
subtle blurring effect.
Wave The wave filter allows you to apply sine- <style = " filter: wave(add = 0, freq =
wave distortions to text and images on your 1, phase = 0,strength = 10)”>
WebPages. The add property, like the blur
filter, adds a copy of the text or image
underneath the filtered effect. The freq
and phase
property determines the frequency and phase
shift of the wave
applied respectively. Strength is the amplitude
of the sine wave that is applied.
Drop Shadow The drop Shadow filte drops shadow we <style=” filter: dropShadow( offx = 0,
applied to images. offy = 0, color = black ) “>

Light The light filter simulates the effect of a light < style = "filter: light”>
source shining on the page.

Filters

<html><head><title> filters</title></head><body>
<div style=”position:absolute; top:125; left:2; filter:mask”>
</div><img src="images.jfif" width=400 height=400 style="filter:invert">
</body></html>
Transitions Description Syntax
blendTrans This creates a smooth fade-in/fade- out <style=”: blendTrans( duration = 3 )">
effect. The duration determines how long
the transition takes.
revealTrans This allows the transition by using <style=” filter: revealTrans( duration =
professional-style transitions, from box 2, transition = 0 )">
out to random dissolve. The transition
parameter is the index of the element as
specified in the transition array. There
are 24 transitions.

Transitions
<html><head>
<script language=”text/javascript”>
Function blendOut()
{
f.filters(“blendTrans”).apply();
f.style visibility=”hidden”; f.filters(“blendTrans”).play();
}
</script></head>
<body><div id=” f” onClick=”blendOut()” style=”filter:blendTrans(duration=5)”>
This is a nice effect</div>
</body></html>
Data binding with tabular control
Before the advent of DHTML, the data manipulations were done on the server thus increasing the
server load and the network load. With DHTML, these manipulations can be done directly on the client
without involving the server and the network.Data binding is a process that allows an Internet user to
manipulate Web page elements using a Web browser. It employs dynamic HTML and does not require
complex scripting or programming.With data binding, data need no longer reside exclusively on the
server. The data can be maintained on the client. The data storage is well distinguished from the XHTML
markup on the page. In DHTML, larger amount of data will be sent to the client on the first request.
Changes done to the data the client side do not propagate back to the server. To bind external data to
XHTML elements, Internet Explorer employs software that iscapable of connecting the browser to live
data sources. These are known as Data Source Objects(DSOs).
Tabular Data Control
The Tabular Data Control (TDC) is an ActiveX control that is added to a page with the object
element. Data are stored in a separate file and will not be a part of the XHTML document. TDC is one
way of accessing data from DSO.
 The object element will have the following properties :
 Classid-specifies the TDC to be added to the page
 Param tag-specifies the parameters for the object in the form of ‘name-value’ pairs.
 The following are the parameters taken by TDC:
 Data URL: URL of data source.
 UseHeader: If this value is true, then the first line of the data file has header field.
 TextQualifier: Qualifiers are characters that are placed at both the ends of a filed.
 FieldDelim: Characters that act as separaters between different data fields.
 Record set is the set of data from the data source. The following are the methods to access the record
set:

Methods Description
Move Next() Moves the recordset to the next row in the data source.
Move First() Moves to the first recordset in the file.
Move Last() Moves to the last recordset in the file.
Move Previous() Moves to the previous recordset in the file.

Tabular Data Control


Create a data sorce named HTMLStandardColors.txt that contains colors and its color values.

<html><head><title>Dynamic Recordset Viewing</title>

<object id="Colors" classid ="CLSID:333C7BC4-460F-11D0-BC04- 0080C7055A83">

<param name = "DataURL" value ="HTMLStandardColors.txt" />

<param name = "UseHeader" value = "TRUE" />

<param name = "TextQualifier" value = "@" />

<param name = "FieldDelim" value = "|" /></object>

<script type = "text/javascript">

varrecordSet = Colors.recordset;

function update()

h1Title.style.color = colorRGB.innerText;

function move( whereTo )

switch ( whereTo )

case "first": recordSet.MoveFirst();

update();

break;

case "previous":recordSet.MovePrevious();

if ( recordSet.BOF ) recordSet.MoveLast();
update();

break;

case "next": recordSet.MoveNext();

if ( recordSet.EOF ) recordSet.MoveFirst();

update();

break;

case "last": recordSet.MoveLast();

update();

break;

</script>

<style type = "text/css">

input

background-color: khaki; color: green; font-weight: bold

</style>

</head>

<body style = "background-color: darkkhaki">

<h1 style = "color: black" id = "h1Title"> XHTML Color Table</h1>

<span style = "position: absolute; left: 200; width: 270; border-style: groove; text-align:
center;background-color: cornsilk; padding: 10">

<strong>Color Name: </strong>

<span id = "colorName" style = "font-family: monospace" datasrc = "#Colors" datafld =


"ColorName">ABC</span><br />

<strong>Color RGB Value: </strong>

<span id = "colorRGB" style = "font-family: monospace" datasrc ="#Colors" datafld


="ColorHexRGBValue">ABC

</span><br />

<input type = "button" value = "First"onclick = "move( 'first' );" />


<input type = "button" value = "Previous"onclick = "move( 'previous' );" />

<input type = "button" value = "Next" onclick = "move( 'next' );" />

<input type = "button" value = "Last" onclick = "move( 'last' );" />

</span></body></html>

Binding to an image
Many different types of XHTML elements for instance, image can be bound to data sources.Images are
binded with data set by modifying the src attribute of the image.
<imgdata src=”cat.jpeg” datafld=”image”>
The previous example, changes the color based on the recordset. Now by changing the datasrc and
datafld attribute as above will make the recordset to traverse through various images (create an image
data source). Omit the update();
Binding to a table and sorting the table data: Tables could also be binded to the data source and sorted.

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<title>Data Binding and Tables</title>

<style>

body {

background-color: darkseagreen;

color: white;

font-family: Arial, sans-serif;

table {

border-collapse: collapse;

width: 100%;
background-color: lightcyan;

th, td {

border: 1px solid darkseagreen;

padding: 8px;

text-align: left;

th {

background-color: mediumslateblue;

color: white;

tr:nth-child(even) {

background-color: lightsteelblue;

caption {

margin: 10px;

font-weight: bold;

</style>

</head>

<body>

<h1>Sorting Data</h1>

<table id="colorTable">

<caption>

Sort by:

<select id="sortOptions">

<option value="ColorNameAsc">Color Name (Ascending)</option>

<option value="ColorNameDesc">Color Name (Descending)</option>

<option value="ColorRGBAsc">Color RGB Value (Ascending)</option>

<option value="ColorRGBDesc">Color RGB Value (Descending)</option>


</select>

</caption>

<thead>

<tr>

<th>Color Name</th>

<th>Color RGB Value</th>

</tr>

</thead>

<tbody id="tableBody">

<!-- Data rows will be populated here -->

</tbody>

</table>

<script>

// Example data, replace this with actual data from your data source

const data = [

{ ColorName: "Red", ColorHexRGBValue: "#FF0000" },

{ ColorName: "Green", ColorHexRGBValue: "#00FF00" },

{ ColorName: "Blue", ColorHexRGBValue: "#0000FF" }

];

function renderTable(data) {

const tableBody = document.getElementById("tableBody");

tableBody.innerHTML = ""; // Clear existing rows

data.forEach(item => {

const row = document.createElement("tr");

row.innerHTML = `

<td>${item.ColorName}</td>

<td style="font-family: monospace">${item.ColorHexRGBValue}</td>


`;

tableBody.appendChild(row);

});

function sortTable(criteria) {

let sortedData;

switch (criteria) {

case 'ColorNameAsc':

sortedData = [...data].sort((a, b) => a.ColorName.localeCompare(b.ColorName));

break;

case 'ColorNameDesc':

sortedData = [...data].sort((a, b) => b.ColorName.localeCompare(a.ColorName));

break;

case 'ColorRGBAsc':

sortedData = [...data].sort((a, b) =>


a.ColorHexRGBValue.localeCompare(b.ColorHexRGBValue));

break;

case 'ColorRGBDesc':

sortedData = [...data].sort((a, b) =>


b.ColorHexRGBValue.localeCompare(a.ColorHexRGBValue));

break;

default:

sortedData = data;

renderTable(sortedData);

document.getElementById("sortOptions").addEventListener("change", (event) => {

sortTable(event.target.value);
});

// Initial rendering

renderTable(data);

</script>

</body>

</html>

Specify the column by which to sort in the Sort property of the TDC. This example sets property Sort
to the value of the selected option tag (this.value) when the onchange event is fired.By default, a column is
sorted in ascending order. To sort in descending order, the column name is preceded with a minus sign (-).

Data binding elements


The following elements allow data binding:

Element Bindable attribute


A Href
Frame Href
Iframe Href
Img Src
Div Contained text
Input type=”button” Value
Input type=”chaeckbox” Checked
Input type=”hidden” value
Input type=”password” Value
Input type=”radio” Checked
Input type=”text” Value
Marquee Contained text
Param Value
Select select option
Span Contained text
Table Contained elememts
Textarea Contained text
Structures graphics and ActiveX controls
The Structured Graphics Control is an ActiveX control that can be add to the page with an object
element. It is easily accessible through scripting.

The Structured Graphics Control is a web interface that is used for visual presentations.The
Structured Graphics control facilitates the creation of simple shapes by using functions that
can be called via scripting or through param tags inside object elements.

The name attribute of the param tag method determines the order in which the function specified in
the value attribute is called. The distortion of shapes like translation, rotation can also be done. To provide
interaction with the user, the Structured Graphics Control can process the Dynamic HTML mouse
events onmouseup, onmousedown, onmousemove, onmouseover, onmouseout, onclick and ondblclick. By
default, the Structured Graphics Control does not capture mouse events, because doing so takes a small
amount of processing power.The Structure Graphics Control allows you to keep a set of method calls in a
separate source file and to invoke those methods by calling the SourceURL function.The following are the
functions available for Structured Graphics Control:

Function Description
SetLineColor(Rvalue, sets the color of lines and borders of shapes that are drawn. It takes an
Gvalue, Bvalue) RGB triplet in decimal notation as its three parameters.

SetLineStyle(line style, line Draws a line. A value of 1 for line style creates a solid line (the
width) default). A value of 0 does not draw any lines or borders, and a value
of 2 creates a dashed line.
SetFillColor(color) Sets the foreground color with which to fill shapes.
SetFillStyle(color style) Sets the style in which a shape is filled with color; a value of 1 fills
shapes with the solid color declared with the SetFillColor method.

Oval(x, y, height, width, Places the oval in specifies x-y location. The last parameter specifies
direction) the clockwise rotation of the oval relative to the x- axis, expressed in
degrees.
Arc(x,y,height,width,starti Draws an arc with the given parameters.
ng angle, size, rotation).

Pie(x,y,height,width,starti It fills in the arc with the foreground color, thus creating a pie shape.
ng angle, size, rotation)

Polygon(no of vertices, Constructs a polygon. If the no of vertices of the polygon is 3, then 3


(x,y) coordinates of the pairs of (x,y) co-ordinates must be specified.
sides of the polygon)
Rect(x, y, height, weight, Constructs a rectangle.
rotation)

RoundRect(x, y, height, Constructs a rounded rectangle.


weight, rotation, height of
rounded arc, width of
rounded arc )
SetFont() Sets the font style to use when placing text with the Text method.

PolyLine(no of points in Draws a line with multiple segments


the line, x, y of other
vertex)
SetTextureFill(x, y, Fills a shape with a texture. A last parameter of 0 specifies that the
location of texture, value) texture should be stretched to fit inside the shape. A last parameterof
1 would instead tile the texture as many times as necessary inside the
shape.
Translate(x, y, z) Moves a shape in coordinate space without deforming it. Its three
parametersdetermine the relative distance to move along the x-, y- and
z-axes, respectively.
Rotate(x, y, z) Rotates shapes in three-dimensional space. The three parameters of the
Rotate function specify rotation in the x-, y- and z-coordinate planes,
respectively.
MouseEventsEnabled() Turn event capturing on

Path, Sequencer and Sprite ActiveX Controls


The DirectAnimation Path Control allows to control the positions of elements on the page.The Path
Control, the Sequencer Control and the Sprite Control allows a Web page designer to add certain
multimedia effects to Web pages.This mechanism is more advanced than dynamic CSS positioning,
because it allows to define paths that the targeted elements follow. This capacity to define paths gives the
ability to create professional presentations, especially when integrated with other Dynamic HTML
features such as filters and transitions.
Setting AutoStart attribute of the object to a nonzero value starts the element along a path as
soon as the page loads. Setting a zero value prevents it from starting automatically, in which case a script
would have to call the Play method to start the path.
 The Path Control also allows setting paths for multiple objects present on your page. To set paths
for multiple objects, add a separate object tag for each object.
 The z-index of elements that overlap is determined by their order of declaration in the XHTML source
(elements declared later in the XHTML file are displayed above elements declared earlier).
 A useful feature of the Path Control is the ability to execute certain actions at any point along an
object’s path. This capability is implemented with the AddTimeMarker method, which creates a time
marker that can be handled with simple JavaScript event handling.
 The Sequencer Control provides a simpler interface for calling functions or performing actions at
time intervals.The oninit event fires when the Sequencer Control has loaded.
 The Item object of the Sequencer Control creates a grouping of events using a common name.The
Sprite Control allows the displaying animated images composed of individual frames.
 The object tag inserts the Sprite Control. The height and width CSS properties are needed to display
the image correctly; they should be equal to the size of one frame in the file. Setting attribute
 Repeat to a nonzero value loops the animation indefinitely. NumFrames specifies how many frames
are present in the animation source image.
 Attributes NumFramesAcross and Num-FramesDown specify how many rows and columns of
frames there are in the animation file, respectively.SourceURL gives a path to the file containing the
frames of the animation.
 The animated GIFs are most popular animation formats and are composed frames in the GIF image
format. GIF images must be inserted into animated GIF files by using graphics applications such as
Adobe PhotoShop elements.

Method Description
Repeat() Determines how many times the path will be traversed; setting the value to -1
specifies that the path should loop continuously
Duration() Specifies the amount of time that it takes to traverse the path, in seconds.

Bounce() When set to 1, reverses the element’s direction on the path when it reaches the
end. Setting the value to 0 returns the element to the beginning of the path
when the path has been traversed.
PolyLine() Creates a path with multiple line segments.

Target() Specifies the id of the element that is targeted by the Path Control. Setting the
CSS attribute position to absolute allows the Path Control to move an element
around the screen. Otherwise, the element would be static, locked in the position
determined by the browser when the page loads.
AddTimeMarker() The first parameter determines the point at which our time marker is placed
along the path, specified in seconds; when this point is reached, the onmarker
event is fired. The second parameter gives an identifyingname to the event,
which is later passed on to the event handler for the onmarker event. The last
parameter specifies whether to fire the onmarker event every time the object’s
path loops pastthe time marker (value=0) or to fire the event just the first time
that the time marker is passed (value= 1).
At(waiting time, This method takes two parameters: How many seconds to wait, and what action
action) to perform when that period of time has expired.

Play() Starts the targeted element along the path.


Sprite Control() Controls the rate at which frames are displayed

MouseEventsEnabled( Enables or disables mouse events.


)
Stop() Stops the animation in place

PolyLine() Creates a path with multiple line segments.


Target() Specifies the id of the element that is targeted by the Path Control. Setting the
CSS attribute position to absolute allows the Path Control to move an element
around the screen. Otherwise, the element would be static, locked in the position
determined by the browser when the page loads.
AddTimeMarker() The first parameter determines the point at which our time marker is placed
along the path, specified in seconds; when this point is reached, the onmarker
event is fired. The second parameter gives an identifyingname to the event,
which is later passed on to the event handler for the onmarker event. The last
parameter specifies whether to fire the onmarker event every time the object’s
path loops pastthe time marker (value=0) or to fire the event just the first time
that the time marker is passed (value= 1).
At(waiting time, This method takes two parameters: How many seconds to wait, and what action
action) to perform when that period of time has expired.

Play() Starts the targeted element along the path.

Sprite Control() Controls the rate at which frames are displayed

MouseEventsEnabled( Enables or disables mouse events.


)
Stop() Stops the animation in place

Advantages of Activex Controls:


Platform Control, Active X Scripting and Easy To Use and Easy to Find
Disadvantages of Activex Controls:
Requires User to Download Something, System Vulnerabilities, Built-in Malware and Spyware and Only
Compatible with Microsoft Programs

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